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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MusicA Muso’s Top 10: Animal Collective
With two UK tours already under their belt this year, Animal Collective might not come back to these shores for a while. Just as well then that we took the c... Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
ClubsThe Street Party Survival Guide
If you’re up for some good old-fashioned fun The Street Party is the ultimate way to celebrate Hogmanay, just make sure you read our survival guide to ensure it’s all cheers and no tears. Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
Music
Taken By Trees: Lady December
After departing The Concretes in 2006, Victoria Bergsman became Taken By Trees. Already two solo albums into her solo career, her latest is a triumph against adversity Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
MusicDOOM - Gazzillion Ear EP
Impeccable flow and thick with cartoon punchlines. Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
Music
The Phantom Band: Going Swimmingly
It would be fair to say that this time last year The Phantom Band were as elusive as their name suggests. Twelve months later, the band are enjoying deluxe Swiss hospitality, can count Peter Buck as a fan and are already knuckling down to their second LP. Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
MusicUncle John and Whitelock - A Post-mortem by Jacob Yates
In celebration of the acknowledgment shown to their debut LP by our readership, Mark Shukla talks to Jacob Yates (formerly Jacob Lovatt) about his time as frontman of one of Scotland's most loved cult bands. Read more »| 25 Nov 2009
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Music
Scottish Albums of the Decade #18: Uncle John and Whitelock - There Is Nothing Else...
To say that Uncle John and Whitelock were a good live band would be an egregious understatement. Helmed by demonic Bowie-doppelgänger Jacob Lovatt [now ... Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
MusicScottish Albums of the Decade #19: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
It was the mating call of four art school underachievers committed to tape. Having toiled in various no-hope outfits throughout the 90s, Alex, Bob, Nick and ... Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
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Scottish Albums of the Decade #20: Malcolm Middleton - Into the Woods
The results of our reader poll are in, and so the countdown begins... Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
Film
Inglourious Basterds
Tarantino’s superb genre pastiche is the cinematic equivalent of Woody Guthrie’s guitar case: a defiant, aggressive and life-affirming two-finger... Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
Film
Bunny and the Bull
Bunny and the Bull is the authorial debut of Paul King, best known for directing The Mighty Boosh and Darkplace - inevitable but deceptive touchstone... Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
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Interview: Paul King on Bunny and The Bull
Paul King discusses his cinematic follow-up to The Mighty Boosh, the inventive anti-bromance Bunny and the Bull Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
Music
Exclusive Studio Report: The Vaselines
Further to news earlier this year that Scottish indie rock progenitors The Vaselines were in the process of writing new material to bolster their 19 song cat... Read more »| 24 Nov 2009 -
Music
Slayer – World Painted Blood
Approaching their thirtieth year, the forefathers of thrash have yet to churn out any surprises since their unholy trinity of landmark albums was unleashed i... Read more »| 24 Nov 2009 -
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The Brian Molko Effect
The Skinny recently sat down for a pint with Brian Molko, the outspoken singer and songwriter with the consistently popular alternative rock band Placebo, to ask about the secret of their long-standing success Read more »| 24 Nov 2009