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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MusicKid Harpoon – Once
Here follows a warning to aspiring singer-songwriters. If you want to hold on to any hard-fought credibility on your debut album, it’s probably not a g... Read more »| 29 Aug 2009 -
TheatreThis One's Optimistic
A marvelous couple of hours can be spent laughing at how bad the world can be. Read more »| 29 Aug 2009 -
Music
In Fine HEALTH
HEALTH's self-titled debut brought them to the attention of anyone who could stand to listen to their ambitious mix of searing dissonance and pulverizing beats. Now about to release their second, Get Color, their reputation for being one of the most inventive and intense live acts around is growing as fast as their ambition. As the band hit the road in preparation for the album's release, The Skinny catches up with Jake Duzsik, one of the band's four multi-instrumentalists for a bit of a chat about the method behind the madness. Read more »| 29 Aug 2009 -
Music
frYars - Dark Young Hearts
From the moment he released his crudely-recorded but doubly sincere debut EP The Ides onto an unsuspecting internet in 2007, frYars’ Ben Garrett has ne... Read more »| 29 Aug 2009 -
Clubs
Wrong Sounds
The basement of one of Glasgow's favourite watering holes continues to hold some of the most exciting new club nights in the city. Wrong Island host Teamy talks about his creation ahead of its second birthday Read more »| 29 Aug 2009 -
Music
Schlachthofbronx - Schlachthofbronx
“Middle fingers up like we don’t give a damn”, begins guest rapper Doubla J on dubstep flavoured Di Finga. Whilst at first glance it appea... Read more »| 28 Aug 2009
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MusicMr Irvine - You've Been Injected With a Tracking Device
Over a jaunty, early Depeche Mode-style synth track, 50-year-old “electronic poet” Mr Irvine explores paranoia and bourgeois sensibilities. It&rs... Read more »| 28 Aug 2009 -
Art
Nashashibi/Skaer: Our Magnolia
Magnolia flowers start to unfold on screen in the dark hush of the projection room, creating a false expectation of quiet introspection: a close up of Paul N... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
Music
The Big Pink - Dominos
Until now, The Big Pink’s creepy crawly atmospherics seemed an unlikely target for industry hype: too weird, too esoteric and too light on direct pop t... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
MusicTaken By Trees - East of Eden
Victoria Bergsman's second album as Taken By Trees is born of admirable intentions: seeking to break free from her comfort zone, she travelled with a sound e... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
Music
Faith No More @ Corn Exchange, 25 Aug
By their own admission, Faith No More are old men in rock ‘n’ roll circles, and a fair portion of tonight’s audience are marching unquestio... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
Music
A Year of The Mill @ Òran Mór, 27 Aug
The Mill’s anniversary shindig gets off to a disappointing start when it transpires that illness has spirited away Jill O’Sullivan from Sparrow a... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
Music
Pastels/Tenniscoats - Two Sunsets
The evocative title of this collaboration between Glasgow’s Pastels and Tokyo’s Tenniscoats neatly summarises its scope, cleanly articulating the... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
Music
Rebellious Jukebox - Another Precious Day
Beck tried and failed to recreate the spirit of Odelay when he reunited with the Dust Brothers for 2003’s Guero. Judging by this rollicking effort, M... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
Music
The Hot Melts - The Hot Melts
The Hot Melts recently got nobody hot under the collar with their “ultra-controversial” video for single Red Lips. It features semi-naked, cavort... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009