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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MusicHinterland 2010 @ Various Venues (Glasgow), 3 April
It may only be heading in to its sophomore year, however Glasgow’s one-day, multi-venue Hinterland festival has already made its mark on Scotland&rsquo... Read more »| 12 Mar 2010 -
Clubs
Photonz @ Stay Plastic, La Cheetah, 19 March
Photonz make a rare appearance at Le Cheetah. Read more »| 12 Mar 2010 -
TheatreLa Bohème Review
Does opera reduce outsiders to something safe for the picture frame? Read more »| 12 Mar 2010 -
Music
Grizzly Bear @ Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 9 March
This billing is surely an indie purist's dream. And tonight's purists could be forgiven for leaving daytime reality at the door as Beach House cast their int... Read more »| 11 Mar 2010 -
Theatre
Rob Drummond talks control
Rob Drummond has been working up a reputation as one of Scotland's more prolific writers and performers. A long association with The Arches has seen him move... Read more »| 11 Mar 2010 -
Theatre
La Cheetah Burlesque March Show
The Burlesque scene within Glasgow is growing at a rapid pace, with new events popping up all over the place. La Cheetah! is the new brainchild of Dolly Tartan based in the heart of Glasgow City Centre. Read more »| 10 Mar 2010
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TheatreOne to Watch: Kate Stannard
Kate Stannard, a performer at the NRLA, discusses her own work and the importance of this Live Art platform Read more »| 10 Mar 2010 -
Music
Jawbox Revisited: A Special Sweetheart
Post-hardcore forefathers Jawbox re-release their long out-of-print masterpiece this month, Chris Cusack rediscovers its charm and considerable influence. Read more »| 10 Mar 2010 -
Music
Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
Most musicians will never have to follow an album like Ys. Unwinding across three discs, the epic Have One On Me develops the ideas bubbling within its intim... Read more »| 10 Mar 2010 -
Clubs
Death Disco: Swiss Watch
An EP on Modular, name-checking Erol Alkan as a fan and having SidWho? as a band member. No wonder The Swiss are making joyful, upbeat disco nuggets, they haven't got a care in the world Read more »| 10 Mar 2010 -
MusicPicore @ 13th Note, 4 March
If the lo-fi noodling of last single Pick Up Sticks was your introduction to Super Adventure Club, their presence on such a noisy bill might raise eyebrows. ... Read more »| 09 Mar 2010 -
Music
Broken Bells - Broken Bells
What do you get when you cross the creative force behind a soft-spoken indie/pop/alt country collective and a sonic whiz kid with a list of collaborators as ... Read more »| 09 Mar 2010 -
FilmGeorge A. Romero's Survival of the Dead
Number six in Romero’s flesh-eater franchise, this latest opus of the undead is a pretty moribund effort. Things kick off nicely with a group of soldie... Read more »| 09 Mar 2010 -
Theatre
One to catch: Liz Aggiss
Liz Aggiss explains how to have game Read more »| 08 Mar 2010 -
Film
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
In case this particular publishing phenomenon has passed you by, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the first book in The Millennium Trilogy – ... Read more »| 07 Mar 2010