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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MusicMudhoney @ The Arches, 9 Oct
I’m not saying girls don’t like Mudhoney (***) – that would be a ridiculous and sexist generalisation. But judging by tonight, it’s f... Read more »| 12 Oct 2010 -
ArtChristen Købke @ National Gallery of Scotland Complex
Sitting modestly beside the vast Impressionist Gardens exhibition at the National Gallery complex, one might wonder if the Christen Købke exhibition h... Read more »| 12 Oct 2010 -
Music
Eastern Promise @ Platform, 1 Oct
Wounded Knee and his age of austerity orchestra as he calls it, or rather nifty vocal loop pedal as I do, is a hypnotising act. Making no effort to reassure ... Read more »| 12 Oct 2010 -
ClubsAnnie Mac presents Felix Da Housecat, Caspa & MC Rod Azlan @ Xplicit
Edinburgh’s famed d'n'b behemoth Xplicit rattles the cages of the city’s Ocean Terminal again in October, this time bringing the celebrated and m... Read more »| 12 Oct 2010 -
Art
Giles Round: The Form of the Book @ SWG3
You move down the line of Vs and say ‘VVVVVVVVVVVV…’ to yourself, trying to form it into a word. Nothing comes of it. Wondering if the ita... Read more »| 11 Oct 2010 -
Film
No Impact Man
No Impact Man documents the year in which writer Colin Beavan and his family attempted to reduce their carbon emissions to zero. They begin by recycling, giv... Read more »| 09 Oct 2010
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TheatreDedomegamix @ Phoenix
Two hours after the performance, my mother and Dedominici are deep in conversation, sharing their disappointment at Watford's mayor's inability to support th... Read more »| 08 Oct 2010 -
ClubsCarte Blanche @ HYP?, 29 Oct
HYP? turns three in style Read more »| 08 Oct 2010 -
Theatre
Panic Patterns
Press the Panic Button Read more »| 08 Oct 2010 -
Music
Win a place on the Hogmanay stage!
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay have just launched a new scheme, inviting up and coming bands to do battle for a coveted spot upon the stage of the capital’... Read more »| 07 Oct 2010 -
Clubs
Oni Ayhun, Oneohtrix Point Never & Veronica Vasicka @ Huntleys and Palmers Audio Club, 30 Oct
Our first love returns to town and we discover that we never got over Huntleys and Palmers leaving us at the altar Read more »| 07 Oct 2010 -
Theatre
Chromotherapy
A word from Drew Taylor, poet and theatre maker presenting Chromotherapy as part of Glasgay! Read more »| 07 Oct 2010 -
Clubs
Smirnoff Nightlife Project
Pack Slam and a bottle of Buckfast into a crate, the folk in Argentina won't know what hit them Read more »| 07 Oct 2010 -
Film
Last Train Home
Each year China's 130 million migrant workers travel home to celebrate Chinese New Year with their families. These arduous journeys from smog-shrouded cities... Read more »| 06 Oct 2010 -
Film
Jackboots on Whitehall
A British film with an all-star voice cast, including Timothy Spall, Ewan McGregor and Richard E. Grant, Jackboots on Whitehall offers an alternative version... Read more »| 05 Oct 2010