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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MusicWoodpigeon @ Captain's Rest, 22 Feb
There’s silence when The Miserable Rich (***) ask if anyone owns a hotel that could put them up after the show, but if anyone were to offer, they could... Read more »| 27 Feb 2009 -
ClubsRhumba Club presents: 2 Many DJs @ The Ice Factory, Perth, 14 Mar
This preview page is usually held in the vice like grip of Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh, with the three cities offering so much for every type of clubber.... Read more »| 27 Feb 2009 -
MusicU2 - No Line on the Horizon
The band will argue vehemently that this is a departure from their previous work but the reality is there’s no way that No Line on the Horizon will ali... Read more »| 26 Feb 2009 -
Music
Crystal Stilts @ Sneaky Pete’s, 22 Feb
Crystal Stilts are all about intensity. And in a space as small as Sneaky Pete's (imagine your living room, minus furniture, plus 100 indie misfits), the int... Read more »| 26 Feb 2009 -
Music
FOUND – The Fidelities EP
Apparently designed to give the lie to those who say the Scottish music scene is too ponderous or introspective, Edinburgh collective FOUND are specialists i... Read more »| 26 Feb 2009 -
MusicUnited Fruit: The seeds of success
United Fruit are currently lighting up the murky Glasgow underground with their unique brand of experimental rock. As the band continue to break the ice, just a year in, they sit down with Ryan Drever to tell the story so far Read more »| 26 Feb 2009
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Music
Mi Ami - Watersports
Forget what the damn press release says. There is no way this is a guy singing. That aside, Mi Ami is a rhythm-infatuated trio from San Francisco. Effervesce... Read more »| 26 Feb 2009 -
Music
Wake The President - You Can't Change That Boy
There’s a familiarity to Wake the President’s debut album, partly due to its relative belatedness - some songs have been in record collections an... Read more »| 26 Feb 2009 -
Music
Instal 09 @ The Arches / CCA, 20-22 Mar
Despite the demise of Triptych, the experimental music scene in Scotland has gone from strength to strength in recent years. This is in no small part attribu... Read more »| 26 Feb 2009 -
Comedy
Laughing Horse New Act of the Year Competition
Credit crunch be damned. The Laughing Horse New Act of the Year Competition has more entrants than ever, with four heats taking place in Edinburgh this weekend. Read more »| 26 Feb 2009 -
Music
XRABIT & DMG$ - Hello World
Rap producers are often guilty of selling their souls at the altar of the recording studio, gladly embracing the mixing desk as a means to tweak their artist... Read more »| 26 Feb 2009 -
Music
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band - Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
The most immediate thing about this record is a frolicking yelp, somewhere between Steve Bays and Tim Harrington - high, stabbing vocals which are quite inap... Read more »| 26 Feb 2009 -
Theatre
National Review of Live Art
Gareth K Vile consideres the complexity of this year's performance extravaganza Read more »| 26 Feb 2009 -
Theatre
A play, a Pie and a Pint Event Preview at Oran Mor Glasgow
Mhairi Graham welcomes a Glasgow institution east to Edinburgh Read more »| 25 Feb 2009 -
Music
Tricky @ The Arches, 19 Feb
His trademark rasp might be buried in the mix, but stadium-aspiring pretenders would do well to emulate Tricky’s panache. Walking on to an instrumental... Read more »| 25 Feb 2009