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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MusicStabwound - Alone At Last EP
Murky but no less brutal debut from menacing Glasgow metallers Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
MusicThe Thermals - Now We Can See
This Portland-based trio (sometimes duo) received high praise for their 2006 album The Body, The Blood, The Machine with its grunge-pop tunefulness and the i... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
MusicPeter Bjorn and John - Living Thing
“Peter Bjorn and John? The happy-go-lucky Swedes responsible for whistle-core pop smash Young Folks? They’re great, any whistling this time?&rdqu... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
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Casiotone For The Painfully Alone @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 21 Apr
To welcome the release of his upcoming album, entitled Vs. Children, Owen Ashworth, aka Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, will be taking his synths, sadness... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
MusicSoutherly - Storyteller & the Gossip Columnist
Southerly seem to tick all the right boxes for admission into the hearts and iPods of zeitgeist-alt-America. Central creative prodigy à la Beirut? Che... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
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Instal 2009, a Year on the Quiet
Moments of exquisite and minute beauty and explosive hullabaloos. Read more »| 25 Mar 2009
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Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
Anyone acquainted with Bat For Lashes’ highly regarded debut Fur and Gold will know that the Brighton singer-songwriter (real name Natasha Khan) is som... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
MusicCharles Spearin - The Happiness Project
The Happiness Project is the brainchild of Charles Spearin, founding member of Broken Social Scene and Do Make Say Think. The album's concept is so unique th... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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Earth @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 19 Apr
Despite its unpleasantly abject title, last year’s The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull demonstrated a subtlety rarely associated with long-h... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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The Enemy @ Barrowlands, 15 Mar
Having realised that banal, modern-day punk albums are ten-a-penny these days, The Enemy have decided to branch out… kind of. They open tonight with a... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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Calling all DJs, Noiseporn wants your mix-tapes...
The flourishing blogosphere is the place to be these days; Nicol Craig sits down with Ally and Gellan from Noiseporn and finds out what a ‘Mongolian mix-tape marathon’ is all about Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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The Xcerts - In The Cold Wind We Smile
We’ve all been there: in depths of angst, we see no way to express emotion other than through the outward pouring of aggression. The Xcerts have made t... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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Stinking Lizaveta @ The GRV, 16 Mar
Banging heads and twisting neurons. Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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Grandmaster Flash @ Classic Grand, 12 Apr
It's an Easter Sunday with a twist, as the Grandmaster himself dusts off the wheels of steel and takes his legendary hip-hop legacy to Glasgow. This show is ... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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The Rakes Make Their Own Breaks
The Rakes have endured a rocky road with the critics. They’ve scaled dizzying heights of acclaim, but have also been tossed into the bottom barrel of disapproval. Lead singer Alan Donohoe tells Gordon Bruce why everyone should be back on board for album number three. Read more »| 24 Mar 2009