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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Music
Hole - Nobody's Daughter
Okay, let's just get this out of the way: Nobody's Daughter is not the self-immolating abomination many hoped for and more probably expected. As potentially ... Read more »| 07 May 2010 -
Books
The Valkyrie Song
Thanks to the continuing popularity of crime/detective fiction, these days it must be difficult for up-and-coming authors to find some new twist that... Read more »| 07 May 2010 -
Music
Damien Jurado - Saint Bartlett
There’s a familiar lilt in the voice of Damien Jurado. The Seattle-born songsmith may not resonate on the radar of all-knowing indie aficionados, but h... Read more »| 07 May 2010 -
Theatre
Steps In Time
Twenty five years old and still tapping away... Read more »| 07 May 2010 -
Books
Voluntary Madness by Norah Vincent
Norah Vincent's account of her year admitted by choice to mental institutions in America is carefully articulated, yet personal. She talks realistica... Read more »| 07 May 2010 -
Film
Four Lions
A dark comedy about Muslim suicide bombers was always going to be a contentious endeavour, but in the qualified hands of satirist Chris Morris it proves bewi... Read more »| 07 May 2010
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Music
LCD Soundsystem @ Barrowlands, 28 April
At times, LCD Soundsystem live feels like the greatest show on earth. The highlights of tonight's Barrowlands set are mesmerising: the raucous second-half cl... Read more »| 06 May 2010 -
Theatre
Senior Moments
Òran Mór grows old gracefully Read more »| 06 May 2010 -
Comedy
Flight of the Conchords
Flight of the Conchords return to British stages for the first time in five years with two nights in the Clyde Auditorium. Read more »| 06 May 2010 -
Music
Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
Band of Horses’ second LP – Cease to Begin – was largely billed as a response to their changing circumstances; the band had left Seattle to... Read more »| 06 May 2010 -
Books
The Artist, The Philosopher and The Warrior by Paul Strathern
This is a story to rival most works of fiction. Cesare Borgia, with the backing of his father (the Pope!), is trying to dominate Italy and create a f... Read more »| 06 May 2010 -
Music
Teenage Fanclub - Shadows
Teenage Fanclub are a reliable bunch, in the sense that even if the overall quality varies from album to album – though even here they’ve... Read more »| 05 May 2010 -
Music
Born Ruffians - Say It
With their 2008 debut album Red, Yellow and Blue, Canadian trio Born Ruffians eschewed derivative CYHSY comparisons by injecting some Monks-style silliness i... Read more »| 05 May 2010 -
Music
Track-by-Track: Band of Horses' Infinite Arms
Band of Horses frontman Ben Bridwell offers an exclusive insight into the heart of their forthcoming third album Read more »| 05 May 2010 -
Books
Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter by Russell T.Davies and Benjamin Cook.
Comprising two and a half years' worth of emails between Doctor Who’s outgoing head writer Russell T Davies and fan journalist Ben Cook, readers are gi... Read more »| 05 May 2010