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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MusicMalcolm Middleton @ Òran Mór, 10 Dec
The Òran Mór is laid out in seated rows like a Sunday service as tonight's preacher-in-residence, and one of Scotland's prime purveyors... Read more »| 14 Dec 2009 -
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Modest Mouse @ ABC, 10 Dec
Modest Mouse may enter to the sound of World War II air sirens whilst spotlights swoop the sold out ABC, but the precision deployment of their openin... Read more »| 14 Dec 2009 -
MusicThe Mars Volta @ HMV Picture House, 9 Dec
Tonight’s two-hours of tantric prog makes their slot T in the Park this year seem like a desolatory cry-wank by comparison. Read more »| 11 Dec 2009 -
MusicBroadcast @ Stereo, 9 Dec
Currently operating as a two-piece, tonight Broadcast seriously up the ante in the visual stakes, Trish Keenan seemingly having just escaped from the Jonesto... Read more »| 11 Dec 2009 -
FilmWhere the Wild Things Are
The first fifteen minutes of Spike Jonze's new film are possibly the most convincing representation of a child's world ever committed to celluloid, v... Read more »| 11 Dec 2009 -
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Meursault - William Henry Miller Pt. 1 & 2
Meursault have had a good 2009: they’ve grown without losing lustre and garnered wide critical praise (including a place in our Scottish albums of the ... Read more »| 11 Dec 2009
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Film
The Red Shoes
All the best fairytales have a dark sub-theme and this certainly proves to be the case with the re-release of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1... Read more »| 11 Dec 2009 -
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Deer Tick @ The Dulcimer, Manchester, 3 Dec
American pseudo-hillbillies turn suburbian Chorlton into the OK Coral Read more »| 10 Dec 2009 -
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When Vultures Circle
From the belly of the rock world's most anticipated meeting of minds since Dio danced with Sabbath, former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones reveals the genesis, the chemistry and the future of Them Crooked Vultures. Read more »| 10 Dec 2009 -
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ O2 Academy, 4 Dec
With the Yeah Yeah Yeahs it can be hard to cut through the fashion and get to the music. The queue outside buzzes mostly with conversations about Karen O&rsq... Read more »| 10 Dec 2009 -
Clubs
Test Pressing
Volume six of the rare and highly collectible White Label imprint is now ready for advance orders Read more »| 08 Dec 2009 -
Music
Portishead's Geoff Barrow Gets His BEAK> On
Already loaded with his own label, some band called Portishead and a number of other recording personas, surely the last thing Geoff Barrow needs is another creative outlet? BEAK> says no. Read more »| 07 Dec 2009 -
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Homecoming Live: The Final Fling @ SECC, 28 Nov
The Final Fling marks the end of the year's Homecoming festivities, showcasing some of the finest musical talent the country has to offer. Stalwarts such as ... Read more »| 07 Dec 2009 -
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2009: A Year in Records (#1)
Merriweather Post Pavilion is going to be spoken of in rarefied terms for years to come, so you'd better get used to it Read more »| 07 Dec 2009 -
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2009: A Year in Records (#2-10)
2. GRIZZLY BEAR - VECKATIMEST Through no fault of their own, sometimes great bands acquire unhealthy legacies: Nirvana, I'm looking at you particularly. One ... Read more »| 07 Dec 2009