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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Theatre5:15 Sublimation and 74 North
Scottish Opera might be selling out the venues, but not the aesthetic: these two short operas are unashamedly serious Read more »| 18 May 2010 -
MusicFunki Porcini - On
Sampled-based music is, too often, a case of mere archaeology. As fascinating as layers of sound and history being laid atop one another might be, it’s... Read more »| 17 May 2010 -
MusicTrummor & Orgel - Visions
The Hammond organ is a funny old beast; capable of conjuring forth ocean storms of electricity one minute, and sounding like elevator muzak the next, they ne... Read more »| 17 May 2010 -
Theatre
5:15 Zen Story and The Money Man
Two of the Five "New Operas Made in Scotland" use classic forms for original expressions Read more »| 17 May 2010 -
Music
Asaf Avidan & The Mojos - The Reckoning
Straight out of Jerusalem, via a record collection that dot-to-dots Seattle grunge, seventies metal and Delta blues, Asaf Avidan & The Mojos present a pe... Read more »| 17 May 2010 -
Music
Mother Mother - O My Heart
O My Heart is the sophomore album from Canadian twee darlings, Mother Mother, offering some vibrant compositions that play with all the classical complexity ... Read more »| 13 May 2010
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Music
Gil Scott-Heron @ HMV Picture House, 26 April
"I did not disappear…wish I knew how." And so poet, novelist and self-proclaimed 'Bluesologist' Gil Scott-Heron shrugs off troubled times and goads hi... Read more »| 13 May 2010 -
Film
The Lair: Season 3
A new series is a welcome chance for gleefully supernatural cheesefest The Lair to clean house and sort out the problems that plagued the previous year. At i... Read more »| 13 May 2010 -
ClubsThe Wee Chill @ The Glasshouse, Queen's Park, Glasgow, 29 May
Forget numerous bank holidays, losing an hour of sleep and increasing amounts of sunshine. For clubbers, The Wee Chill festival is the true herald of the Sco... Read more »| 12 May 2010 -
Music
Pavement @ Barrowlands, 5 May
“It’s good to be back, underneath all these lights,” squints a visibly uncomfortable Scott Kannberg. Undoubtedly, the trend for 90s alt-ro... Read more »| 11 May 2010 -
Music
The Black Keys - Brothers
After years of making spare blues-rock records, something happened to the Black Keys: they recorded with Danger Mouse, then Wu-Tang members and Mos Def, and ... Read more »| 11 May 2010 -
Books
The Rough Guide to Sex
Don't be fooled by the title: The Rough Guide to Sex is not a guide to rough sex, nor is it a primer on how to sort of vaguely do it. This book tells you eve... Read more »| 11 May 2010 -
Theatre
LBW: Jetsetters versus Newcomers
Can the lastest wave of cabaret stars stand against the established stars? Read more »| 11 May 2010 -
Music
Slash Talks Going Solo and Working with Weiland
Scott Weiland's old bandmate speaks his mind on the demise of Velvet Revolver and the need to go solo Read more »| 10 May 2010 -
Music
Rod Jones - A Sentimental Education
Generally speaking, blame/praise for Idlewild’s moderation from raucousness into country sad ballad territory has been levied at Roddy Woomble, whose p... Read more »| 10 May 2010