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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MusicSailor Jerry Presents !!!
For those who look to the raw aesthetics of punk for their pleasure, Glasgow’s art-house institution The Arches will play host to an evening which is tailore... Read more »| 08 Jun 2010 -
MusicTeenage Fanclub @ O2 ABC, 2 June
With ex-members of The Royal We and Sexy Kids at work, you’d expect a level of song-writing a notch above the average new-start. Expectations are met: ... Read more »| 08 Jun 2010 -
MusicThe Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
For the past few years, The Gaslight Anthem have gathered momentum mining classic rock standards – such as Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty &nda... Read more »| 07 Jun 2010 -
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Lorn – Nothing Else
Does Lorn know his name sounds like a flat sausage popular in Scotland? His output betrays the fact he wouldn’t be too impressed with such an associati... Read more »| 07 Jun 2010 -
MusicGeorge Demure – The Drifter
George Demure abandoned electronica in favour of guitars, and has revealed both an eccentric song writing sensibility and fruity baritone voice. Liza... Read more »| 07 Jun 2010 -
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Slash: Appetite For Distraction
Slash talks about his fight with technology, working with Ozzy, and the ongoing search for a frontman he won't fall out with Read more »| 04 Jun 2010
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It's DEVOlution Baby!
Hold the phone - DEVO are back with their first album in twenty years. As ever, there's a twist; Jerry Casale explains the band's new 'Corporate Identity' Read more »| 04 Jun 2010 -
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Black Carrot – Milking Scarabs for Dough
Few bands come with an in-house bard, but Black Carrot do – thus summing up their rather unwieldy brand of art rock pretty well. Helmed by Oliver Betts... Read more »| 04 Jun 2010 -
Comedy
An Evening With Kevin Bridges
Kevin Bridges gives a polished, friendly but not altogether imaginative performance at the SECC Read more »| 04 Jun 2010 -
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Mathew Jonson – Agents of Time
Like a troupe of dancing skeletons, Canadian electronic producer Mathew Jonson’s first solo LP is stripped-back, funky and slightly sinister in places.... Read more »| 04 Jun 2010 -
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DEVO - Something For Everybody
There’s a template reaction to new material from beloved bands of yesteryear: a ‘legacy’ evaluation followed by a damage assessment. So let... Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
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Southern Tenant Folk Union - The New Farming Scene
Folk music is a tricky thing to get right these days, so a la mode and with so many cynics tweaking their musical tweets to fit the trend. Yet, Southern Tena... Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
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Thomas Truax – Sonic Dreamer
New Yorker Thomas Truax is unlikely to ever find himself in even the dimmest-lit corner of the mainstream public consciousness, and if he did he’d inev... Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
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A Rough Guide to Sage Francis
As part of our ongoing commitment to expanding your musical knowledge, we’d like to take the release of Sage Francis’s Li(f)e to prime you on some of his key releases. There will be a test. Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
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Sage Francis: Walk The Line
If you're going to make it in hip-hop, it takes discipline and a dedication to the craft. Few have it like Sage Francis Read more »| 03 Jun 2010