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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TheatreTango
The Polish influx is now extending to the arts, with Polish Absurdism reaching the Ramshorn Read more »| 27 May 2008 -
Music
V/A - Toolroom Knights Mixed by Tom Novy & Wally Lopez
Novy shows a disconcerting love of cheesy vocals though his instrumental version of Ono’s No No No Read more »| 27 May 2008 -
ClubsFindo Gask @ Record Playerz, The Art School, Glasgow, 12 June
Findo Gask's melodic but certainly danceable sound is the perfect anecdote to 'mad-wae-it' techno noize overload Read more »| 27 May 2008 -
Music
Fanattica - Edingrad
Balkan-influenced mania to make even the scurviest of sea dogs heave and haul those oars Read more »| 27 May 2008 -
Music
Bilge Pump - Rupert the Sky
A disturbing and difficult album Read more »| 27 May 2008 -
Music
A Subtle Guide to Hip-Hop
Once dismissed as "a fake ass Marky Mark" in a rap battle against Eminem, Adam "DoseOne" Drucker has taken his vision of what hip-hop represents to dizzy heights with cult favourites cLOUDDEAD and his latest Subtle venture. Ali Maloney finds out his secret, but doesn't mention that he looks like his long lost identical twin Read more »| 26 May 2008
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Music
Steve Von Till - A Grave Is A Grim Horse
A striking and heart-rending late night desert soundtrack Read more »| 26 May 2008 -
Music
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
Toronto-based Crystal Castles are the kind of band whose persona and music screams ‘WE ARE SO SCENE!’, and the fact that they appeared on the mos... Read more »| 25 May 2008 -
MusicVarious Artists - My Favourite Things
This compilation from Mule Musiq's ambient and experimental offspring lacks the power of its parent's 12"s Read more »| 24 May 2008 -
Music
A Muso's Top 10: Battles
In honour of The Skinny's scran special, Ian Williams of math rock virtuosos Battles serves up a tasty mixtape and a carnivorous dish to devour Read more »| 23 May 2008 -
Music
Radiohead - The Best Of
Radiohead's former label try to cash in on the Oxford band's back catalogue, without their permission, but who are they appealing to? Read more »| 23 May 2008 -
MusicLive Music Highlights - June 2008
When it comes to gig action, June's looking totally fucking weapon Read more »| 23 May 2008 -
Music
Kunt and the Gang - One Last Wank and One Last Cry
‘THE TRILOGY IS COMPLETE’ thunders the Basildon pop shocker Kunt and the Gang. Wanking and crying was first coined in his song about finding a po... Read more »| 23 May 2008 -
Music
V/A - Calling All Nations
If you were to see Calling All Nations on the shelf of a shop, you may pick it up on the merit of its artwork, a dynamic illustration of a samurai-staff-wiel... Read more »| 23 May 2008 -
Music
V/A mixed by High Contrast - Watch The Ride
High Contrast shows how a real drum n bass mix should sound: kicking things off with the old school sound of Axwel's retro hit I Found You, piano stabs aplen... Read more »| 23 May 2008