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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ArtEmergent Artists: Christy Cole And Manu Kurewa
Of the hundreds of artists that step out of its doors each summer, Glasgow School of Art chooses to bring a couple back every now and again and showcase thei... Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
MusicGo Zoey, Go Go Go
Ally Brown sits down for a pint with Zoey Van Goey, another international band based in Glasgow that we can claim as our own to strengthen the team Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
MusicArmy of Freshmen - Above the Atmosphere
Like a huge, fake, toothy grin, this is Prozac pop-punk at its most synthetic and processed Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
MusicPutiferio - Ate Ate Ate
The translation from Italian for Putiferio means "chaos", and this record’s not short on that sentiment. Over the course of seven tracks, these contin... Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
Music
Nadja - Skin Turns To Glass
When Nadja come on you feel like everything should be moving in slow motion. There are countless oblique ways to describe Skin Turns To Glass without directl... Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
Clubs
Ultragroove 9th Birthday @ Cabaret Voltaire, 19 Oct
Edinburgh’s longest running house night, Ultragroove celebrates its 9th Birthday in style this month with a triple-whammy of top notch guests. Germany... Read more »| 03 Oct 2008
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Music
Jenny Lewis: Born to Do It
From Hank III to Hayseed Dixie, subverting the old model of country music is no new phenomenon, nor is the rhetoric of the traditionalists who can’t get their heads around it. Rilo Kiley's frontwoman tells Dave Kerr how she cut her own path... Read more »| 02 Oct 2008 -
Music
Attic Lights - Friday Night Lights
Friday Night Lights won’t win any awards for innovation, but it’s the familiar things in life that hit that sweet spot in your soul. Read more »| 02 Oct 2008 -
Music
Rozi Plain - Inside Over Here
There is a problem when trying to review an album like this, which woos you with its easy charms, which stills your spirit with its banjos rippling like a bu... Read more »| 02 Oct 2008 -
Theatre
Light Falling: Janis Claxton Interview
Susannah Radford follows the latest movements of Edinburgh's vibrant choreographer. Read more »| 02 Oct 2008 -
MusicFrank Turner @ Oran Mor, 23 Oct
Formerly of hardcore upstarts Million Dead, Frank Turner has spent the last three years touring and refining his punk-folk sound across the UK. And while son... Read more »| 02 Oct 2008 -
Clubs
Magnetic Man @ Fortified Sessions 2nd Birthday, The Art School, Glasgow, 17 Oct
It has been 24 months since the Electric Eliminators exploded on the scene with the Fortified Sessions, spinning tinnitus inducing beats and bass wobble. Join them as they celebrate turning terrible 2. Read more »| 02 Oct 2008 -
Music
Seasick Steve @ The Music Hall, 23 Oct
Dodging a beer cup thrown from the T in the Park crowd, Seasick Steve barked in his deep southern drawl: “Anyone throws any more shit at me and I&rsquo... Read more »| 02 Oct 2008 -
Music
Enjoy Destroy - Enjoy Destroy EP
Contains enough moments of real astute writing to suggest that these guys could learn from their predecessors' mistakes Read more »| 02 Oct 2008 -
Music
Catz 'n' Dogz - Stars of the Zoo
Better known for their work as 3 Channels with releases on Crosstown Rebels, Trapez, Pokerflat and pretty much every other underground techno label, Poland&r... Read more »| 02 Oct 2008