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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ClubsInner City Acid 4th Birthday @ Soundhaus, 8 Nov
Four years of acid in the city and counting... Read more »| 23 Oct 2008 -
MusicTragedy: All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees - We Rock Sweet Balls And Can Do No Wrong
Ridiculous yet tremendously well-arranged, righteous and true metal covers of Bee Gees songs Read more »| 23 Oct 2008 -
MusicKieran Hebden & Steve Reid - NYC
Already? The fourth collaboration between these two in just three years? If previous efforts seemed to be a case of Hebden subsuming his own instincts so as ... Read more »| 23 Oct 2008 -
Music
Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu - Mystery Spot / Black January
For a maverick known for working on the fringe of several music genres (including techno, jazz, and industrial rock), and building his own instruments from s... Read more »| 23 Oct 2008 -
Music
The Lights - The Fair Weather Travelling Companion
It’s difficult not to be slightly worried for the safety of Birmingham quintet The Lights. They are slap bang in the middle of the road with latest EP,... Read more »| 23 Oct 2008 -
ComedyAdrian Edmondson: The Bad Shepherd Speaks
The comic turned musician spills the beans on his own punk roots and middle class wankery Read more »| 22 Oct 2008
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Art
Ernst Logar @ Peacock Visual Arts
The transparency of the Scottish oil industry is tested by Austrian artist Ernst Logar Read more »| 22 Oct 2008 -
Music
GZA / Genius @ ABC, 12 Nov
Glasgow - you'd best protect ya neck, because the Wu-Tang Clan's most potent lyrical swordsman - the GZA (aka The Genius) - is about to tear up the ABC with ... Read more »| 22 Oct 2008 -
Music
Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
If you’re looking for a sonic documentation of schizophrenia (outside of Wesley Willis, RIP), you need look no further than Skeletal Lamping. In the mi... Read more »| 22 Oct 2008 -
Books
Have You Seen...?
David Thomson's Biographical Dictionary of Film is pretty essential for any serious film buff. Yet this is the first time that Thomson has produced the obvio... Read more »| 22 Oct 2008 -
Theatre
Otter Pie
Fish and Game promise traditional delicacies with a modern twist. Susannah Radford tastes the special. Read more »| 22 Oct 2008 -
Music
Okkervil River at Òran Mór, 9 Nov Preview
Penners of The Stage Names return to Ecosse Read more »| 22 Oct 2008 -
Theatre
Quiz Nightmare
Gareth K Vile gets the answers wrong and upsets the rest of his team at the latest Tron adventure. Read more »| 22 Oct 2008 -
MusicBloc Party @ Barfly, 19 Oct
Indie heroes fail to disappoint at tiny Glasgow show Read more »| 22 Oct 2008 -
Music
Ladytron @ ABC, 26 Nov
Ladytron’s last Scottish show saw the band battling not only the elements and a crowd subdued by drizzle at the Hydro Connect festival, but also a mid-... Read more »| 22 Oct 2008