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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MusicSparrow and the Workshop's Crystals Fall: Track-by-Track, By the Band
Into the Wild We were at a point where we had just begun to go out touring, to deal with promoters, labels, press, etc, and this song is a testament of the f... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
MusicThe Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
When even your press release foregrounds a similarity to early Bob Dylan, you know there’s no escaping Zimmerman’s substantial shadow. In... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
Music
Forever The Sickest Kids - The Weekend: Friday
With all its sickeningly sunny, auto-tune riddled vocals - processed to within an inch of their life - and sparkly synths coming out the arse, Friday - the f... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
Music
Dosh - Tommy
For a man turning out his fifth album, Dosh sounds remarkably fresh. New longplayer Tommy makes good on the Minnesotan instrumentalist’s ear for arrang... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
Music
Dundee Blues Bonanza @ Various Venues, 23-25 July
Strong echoes emanating out of Chicago and the Mississippi Delta will reverberate through Dundee's city centre come July as the city readies itself once agai... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
Theatre
In My Garden
Is the credit crunch provoking Òran Mór's dystopian dramas? Read more »| 29 Mar 2010
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FilmKick-Ass
Do you really need superpowers to be a superhero? Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) doesn't think so. This geeky teen relies on nothing more than his own determi... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
Clubs
By The Power Of Zygadlo
Recent addition to the Planet Mu family Rudi Zygadlo is bringing his dense sound to a whole new audience Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
Theatre39 Steps to Heaven
This production of John Buchan’s The 39 Steps is a hilarious romp through a fast moving spy adventure. Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
Music
The Metal Column - April 2010
In April of 1999, a handful of bands gathered for a showcase gig that grew from an online music zine. Known simply as Roadburn, this annual event takes place... Read more »| 28 Mar 2010 -
Music
Super Adventure Club - Avoid Zombies
In theory, Glasgow (via Livingstone) trio Super Adventure Club could be a nightmarish proposition: they have a singer/guitarist, Bruce Wallace, who screeches... Read more »| 26 Mar 2010 -
Music
Live Music Highlights - April 2010
Poet, provocateur and bona fide cultural icon Gil Scott-Heron plays Edinburgh's HMV Picture House on 21 April and The Warehouse in Aberdeen the following night. Don't sleep. Read more »| 26 Mar 2010 -
Theatre
One Night Stand
A rapid show upstairs in the Tron: it rises from sand, and then it's gone Read more »| 26 Mar 2010 -
Clubs
David Labeij @ Bigfoot's Tea Party, 3 April
The Bigfoot's Tea Party mob bring the first of their Dutch pals to The Courtyard. Read more »| 26 Mar 2010 -
Music
Drive-By Truckers - The Big To Do
In this modern age of flavour-of-the-moment music, Georgia’s Drive-By Truckers should be viewed as something of an institution, with The Big To Do mark... Read more »| 26 Mar 2010