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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MusicI Love UFO – Dirty Animals
It's said that the French can't do rock, which sounds pretty unfair, until you start digging around and find a dearth of notable guitar-slinging groups haili... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
MusicMagic Kids – Memphis
Magic Kids are yet another Beach Boys influenced act making waves right now, by serving up a diet of sun, surf and nostalgia. The Tennessee six-piece might l... Read more »| 29 Aug 2010 -
Music
Chilly Gonzales – Ivory Tower
Spectacle is something Chilly Gonzales doesn’t shy away from – an acclaimed virtuoso pianist, ‘super producer’, soft-pop crooner and ... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
MusicEdwyn Collins – Losing Sleep
Indie-legend Edwyn Collins is pretty extraordinary by any yardstick. It’s disappointing, however, that recent expressions of amazement have focussed le... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
Music
Ólöf Arnalds – Innundir Skinni
Holding true to the winning blueprint of debut album, Við Og Við, Icelander Ólöf Arnalds once again employs Kjartan Sveinsson of Sigur R&... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
Clubs
Shed - The Traveller
Shed's sophomore album delivers Read more »| 27 Aug 2010
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Clubs
Todd Terje @ Melting Pot, 4 Sep
Those of you who thought the mighty Melting Pot crew would not be able to top last year’s appearance of French disco icon Dimitri from Paris should mak... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
Music
Grinderman – Grinderman 2
As The Bad Seeds fast approach their 30th year, their music has become naturally more bombastic and grandiose. The Grinderman offshoot was, in some r... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
Theatre
Kafka and Son
He had a Bad Dad Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
ClubsRedinho & Actress @ Numbers, 3 Sep
Glasgow's most influential club night and record label of the past few years must be feeling a little nostalgic after celebrating their seventh birthday back... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
Music
We Were Promised Jetpacks @ The Liquid Room, 21 Aug
To the uninitiated, We Were Promised Jetpack’s set tonight will likely come across as a bit ‘samey’. To those accustomed to last year&rsquo... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
MusicAmelia Curran – Hunter Hunter
Recently winning a prestigious Juno Award for Best Roots and Traditional Album Of The Year in her native Canada, Amelia Curran's fifth album finally gets its... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
Music
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Hawk
As unlikely a pairing as they are, Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan are onto their third outing together; if it doesn’t add up on paper it sure as hell... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
Clubs
Jack in the BumBumBox
Street parties with bikers, Marxist club culture and freaky sort-of techno: The Skinny meets Matias Aguayo Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
Theatre
La Cheetah Burlesque August Show
With the Edinburgh Fringe Festival taking centre stage for the international theatre, cabaret and burlesque scenes, it’s always nice to see events cont... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010