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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MusicBibio – Mind Bokeh
Bibio's second album for Warp plays out very much as as a companion piece to 2009's impressively diverse Ambivalence Avenue, with evocative instrumental loop... Read more »| 02 Mar 2011 -
MusicThe Kills – Blood Pressures
Brooding for so long in the shadowy realm, The Kills' latest record is the soil splattered coffin in which we can lay to rest the limp body of The White Stri... Read more »| 02 Mar 2011 -
Music
Various Artists – Late Night Tales: Midlake
The concept behind a Late Night Tales release is simple enough: a featured artist presents us with a mix of songs that sound good – you guessed it &nda... Read more »| 02 Mar 2011 -
MusicConny Ochs – Raw Love Songs
From both the album title and the overtly pandering cover art, it would be all too easy to dismiss Raw Love Songs as cheeseball balladry with nary a second t... Read more »| 02 Mar 2011 -
Theatre
Into The New: Plunge into the Future
"Into The New is our graduating students' festival," explains Kate Stannard, teacher on the RSAMD's Contempory Performance Practice course. "It kicks off in ... Read more »| 02 Mar 2011 -
Theatre
New Territories 2011
Having retired the National Review of Live Art with last year's thirtieth anniversary special, New Territories has reformulated itself as it returns to Scotland to educate us about performance art Read more »| 02 Mar 2011
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ComedyCrystal Baws: March Horoscopes
ARIES Despite the energetic kneecap-breaking efforts of your secret police in early Spring, the rising prices of food drive the lumpen proletariat into furi... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Music
James Blake @ Nice n' Sleazy, 27 Feb
It’s difficult to believe that James Blake has only been touring his eponymous full-length debut for just a matter of weeks, so startlingly assured is ... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
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The Dirty Dozen – Mogwai Takeover
Welcome to Mogwai’s take on The Dirty Dozen, where even the single of the month can get a bit of a drubbing. Step forward Stuart Braithwaite and Barry Burns... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Music
Goblin @ The Arches, 25 Feb
Tonight sees the first-ever Glasgow performance from legendary Italian prog outfit Goblin, chiefly known for their luridly engrossing soundtracks to Dario Ar... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
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Janelle Monae @ O2 ABC, 26 Feb
A top-hatted usher stalks on stage, pledging spectacle. “This is far more than a musical presentation” the cackling host promises, as Janelle Mon... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Music
Cat's Eyes – Broken Glass EP
With The Horrors, frontman Faris Badwan has already displayed an admirable ambition to grow and diversify. Cat’s Eyes (a teaming up with soprano Rachel... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Music
Lost and FOUND
Having recently slimmed down to the original trio formed back in 2001, experimental pop collective FOUND are set to return with a somewhat unrecognisable and brilliant third album, a brand new art installation and a potential side business in Sellotape Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
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FOUND’s Factorycraft: a track by track tour by Ziggy Campbell
Anti Climb Paint Written at the arse-end of an epic argument, this is an acidic plea to a lover. Friend of FOUND, Nuala Kennedy recorded some vocal harmonies... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Music
Efterklang @ Òran Mór, 24 Feb
There is a theory developed recently, on this very night to be precise, that Efterklang are a new breed of cult, growing larger by the day. Like many cults, ... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011