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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Film(500) Days of Summer
Let’s get one thing straight, (500) Days of Summer is, without doubt, a rom-com. Despite declaring at the start that “This is not a love story&h... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
MusicCome In Tokyo: The Dynamic Duo
If the rock gods say keep it simple, who are we to question? Come In Tokyo prove you need little else than drums and guitar to move a crowd Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
MusicPlanet Brain & Lebatol - Split LP
Planet Brain are really two bands putting up with each other, with the rhythm section doing their level-best to sound like a Washington hardcore outf... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Music
Magazine @ HMV Picture House, 30 Aug
If you ever wanted to organise a middle-aged-men-who've-still-got-a-bit-of-an-edge holocaust (I don't know, David Cameron might - has anyone thought to ask h... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Clubs
The Wee Chill
The Wee Chill makes a return for its second outing this year in the familiar confines of Queens Park’s Glasshouse. Another tasty line-up has been draw... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Music
Andrew Bird @ HMV Picture House, 23 Aug
An expert in both violin and verbosity, Andrew Bird is cut from a peculiar musical cloth. His idiosyncratic stylings make him the perfect accompaniment to Ed... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009
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ArtLilah Forever
I meet up with the artist Lilah Fowler at a café in Crouch End, London, to discuss her forthcoming show at the Corn Exchange Gallery, Edinburgh. The o... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Theatre
Only Beggars Will Understand
The Future Past: Vanishing Point Theatre Company drags John Gay's 18th Century satire The Beggar's Opera kicking and screaming into the 22nd Century Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Music
Peasant - On the Ground
Some albums are one night stands that blaze away momentarily before burning out, leaving a hollow aftertaste and rueful self-reflection (why did you like the... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Music
Popolo: The Great Northern Trendkill
Come on now, admit it: since the dawn of time there has existed an unspoken elitism which decrees that any act hailing from further north than Kilsyth can't... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Art
Trongate 103: Creating Space
Discussed for 20 years, planned for 9, Trongate 103 brings together a host of Glasgow's East End art institutions under one specially designed roof. Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Music
Mayer Hawthorne: Don’t Call it Retro
Mayer Hawthorne and the County have reinvented vintage soul and count Mark Ronson amongst their famous following. David McNamara catches up with Hawthorne in Manchester to find out how it all started. Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Music
Gary War - New Raytheonport
Psychedelic music may have hit its commercial peak around the time of Sgt Pepper's, but that hasn’t stopped a succession of space cadets from setting o... Read more »| 31 Aug 2009 -
Art
The Last Days of Jack Sheppard @ CCA
The Last Days of Jack Sheppard is a grandiose pantomimic exploration of speculation: speculation and projection as they relate to both economic predictions a... Read more »| 31 Aug 2009 -
Clubs
Keep Your Eye On The Ballers: Social Club Celebrates Its 2nd Birthday
One of the most eye-and-ear catching club nights in Glasgow's club scene celebrates its second birthday this month. Read more »| 31 Aug 2009