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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MusicAn Evening with Nick Cave @ HMV Picture House, 13 Oct
One of the first rules of writing, in any sector, is to write about what you know; so one great challenge all novelists face is to create characters and stor... Read more »| 15 Oct 2009 -
MusicEdinburgh's Red Dog Music Wins Big
It's a brutal thing to state, but it could be argued that on the upside the recession really has done us all a favour by cutting the wheat from the chaff as ... Read more »| 15 Oct 2009 -
Theatre
Playing Houses
Martin O'Connnor has been a vibrant presence in recent Glasgays!, and Playing Houses sees him take his natural, witty monologue style into a four way meditation on the role of fathers Read more »| 15 Oct 2009 -
Clubs
Thundercats Assemble
How does a new club night manage to sell out an almost unknown venue without booking any guest DJs or live acts? Welcome to the surprising case of Thunder Disco Club. Read more »| 15 Oct 2009 -
Music
Confusion is Sex
Confusion is Sex feels tough tonight. Not only is DJ Dolby Anol banging out hard electro to a crowd of face-painted girls and topless rave boys, Parisian tec... Read more »| 15 Oct 2009 -
TheatreWide Asleep
Scotland's big name playwright hits the stage alone. Read more »| 15 Oct 2009
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Theatre"I am not a ginger activist, but.."
Helen Cuinn gets medieval on the ginger-haters in her new show for Glasgay. Read more »| 14 Oct 2009 -
Film
Ip Man
Grandmaster Ip Man trained Bruce Lee. Frankly, he could have done nothing else and died a proud and happy man. But he also survived the Japanese invasion of ... Read more »| 14 Oct 2009 -
Comedy
Eddie Izzard
Grab your tickets quick for Eddie Izzard's first UK tour in six years. Read more »| 14 Oct 2009 -
Music
Hudson Mohawke - Butter
LuckyMe's Hudson Mohawke finally delivers his debut album, with exceptional results. Read more »| 13 Oct 2009 -
Music
Spiral Stairs - The Real Feel
Despite being voted Most Likely to Succeed alongside childhood friend Stephen Malkmus in the 1999 Pavement yearbook, Scott Kannberg has made only modest busi... Read more »| 13 Oct 2009 -
Music
Meretto - Street Talking
Meretto have a difficult battle ahead of them. With the lad-rock market currently saturated by the likes of The Enemy, Reverend and the Makers, Pigeon Detect... Read more »| 13 Oct 2009 -
Music
Portico Quartet – Isla
Jazz isn’t a genre that features heavily in these pages, so the question that arises when reviewing the new Portico Quartet album is this: ... Read more »| 13 Oct 2009 -
Music
Massive Attack @ O2 Academy, 29 Sep
“So many new songs,” rasps Robert “3D” Del Nadja as he takes a breather from shadowboxing smoke and whispering his way through the we... Read more »| 12 Oct 2009 -
Music
Rain Machine: Time for a Kyp
With TV on the Radio announcing a year-long hiatus this past month, guitarist Kyp Malone is afforded the time necessary to strike out on his own as Rain Machine. Some ten years in the making, Malone's stripped down alter ego pushes his inimitable voice to the forefront whilst eschewing the anthemic tendencies of his day job to produce a gentle and affecting debut. The Skinny patches in a call before the down-to-earth axeman embarks on an extensive stateside tour. Read more »| 12 Oct 2009