Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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MusicWolf Parade @ Cabaret Voltaire, 8 Sep
When Wolf Parade played Glasgow back in May, third album Expo 86 had yet to be released and they were just starting a new tour. Four months and many more sh... Read more »| 21 Sep 2010 -
Music
Eastern Promise @ Platform, 1-2 Oct
Platform’s Easterhouse-based cultural centre adds another string to its bow in October with Eastern Promise, a two-day festival boasting local talent a... Read more »| 20 Sep 2010 -
ArtRobert Barry: Words and Music @ The Common Guild
It’s perhaps no coincidence that The Common Guild, housed in a building owned by Douglas Gordon, has decided to exhibit Robert Barry, one of Gordon&rsq... Read more »| 20 Sep 2010 -
Music
Sivert Høyem – Moon Landing
This is the latest solo release from Sivert Høyem, moody former front-man for Madrugada. The aforementioned group were one of Norway's most successful... Read more »| 20 Sep 2010 -
MusicScreaming Females – Castle Talk
The name Screaming Females is a bit of a misnomer for this tuneful indie rock outfit, as one might expect some riot grrrl fury once the needle hits the wax. ... Read more »| 20 Sep 2010 -
Music
Room 39 - Room 39: EP
The debut EP from Glasgow trio Room 39 is a pleasant surprise, vastly transcending the kind of pub band fodder their name might suggest. Built on a foundatio... Read more »| 17 Sep 2010
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Music
Weezer - Hurley
It’s definitely not blue, it’s definitely not pink, it’s not green, it’s not even red, it makes Make Believe look like Rubber Soul an... Read more »| 16 Sep 2010 -
Music
Roots Manuva Meets Wrongtom - Duppy Writer
Although strictly speaking, this 'new' album from British hip-hop mainstay Rodney 'Roots Manuva' Smith classifies as a remix album, it never feels like one. ... Read more »| 16 Sep 2010 -
Art
Sara MacKillop and Mary Redmond @ DCA
A sculptor presents a solo show in each of the DCA’s two galleries for this intriguing double-header. Sara MacKillop and Mary Redmond’s displays ... Read more »| 15 Sep 2010 -
Books
The Hockey Stick Illusion by A.W Montford
The Hockey Stick Illusion is a term used by climate change sceptics to describe the graph that shows global temperatures have risen higher in recent ... Read more »| 15 Sep 2010 -
Music
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan @ O2 ABC, 8 Sep
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan are a picture as they take to the stage, she in white and he in black. The angel-devil binary is so explicit they would look... Read more »| 13 Sep 2010 -
Music
The Count & Sinden – Mega Mega Mega
Coming off an ace mix for Fabric, The Count & Sinden now provide a fully fledged album that shows the likes of Mark Ronson how to pull off credible, enjo... Read more »| 13 Sep 2010 -
Music
Timber Timbre – Timber Timbre
Timber Timbre is the project of Taylor Kirk, a Canadian singer-songwriter with a love for blues, folk, and country. Yup, i know, heard it all before, but Kir... Read more »| 13 Sep 2010 -
MusicPVT: Consonant, Consonant, Consonant
Australian three-piece PVT, formerly known as Pivot, return with Church With No Magic this month. Founding member and newly elected lead singer Richard Pike tells all about its creation, its contentious title and those missing vowels Read more »| 10 Sep 2010 -
Film
Mother Knows Best: Bong Joon-ho on Mother
The Korean director Bong Joon-ho talks about his highly-anticiapted new film, Mother Read more »| 10 Sep 2010