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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MusicPredestination Records Unveil Premeditation III
Some five years into its existence, Glasgow (via Stirling) label Predestination Records releases the third chapter in its Premeditation compilation series this month – an indelible snapshot of Scotland’s independant alternative rock landscape and the international ties it has developed. Co-founder Chris Cusack introduces the release and many of its players, with additional notes by our own Dave Kerr Read more »| 06 Jul 2010 -
MusicCrosby, Stills and Nash @ SECC, 6 July
Following their triumphant show at Edinburgh Castle last year, David Crosby, Steven Stills and Graham Nash return to Scottish soil this month for a night by ... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
MusicScragfight – Last Friday On The Underground EP
Glasgow trio Scragfight put their twist on Riot Grrrl punk with new EP, Last Friday On The Underground. First track, Zombie Girl, is a yelping tale o... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
TheatreBurlesque is Dead: Long Live Burlesque
Almost as soon as it revived, burlesque was announced dead Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
Clubs
Sasha & Max Cooper @ Musika, 17 July
It's back... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
Music
Various – The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria
In 1967, as Western teenagers were clearing their diaries for a summer of love, Nigerians were preparing for a far less peaceful revolution. The civil war en... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010
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Music
Boohgaloo Zoo – Boohgaloo Zoo
Imagine a reanimated James Brown jerking around artificially in front of a backing band consisting of a Stars in Their Eyes Prince, a sober Sly Stallone and ... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
Music
Mongo Ninja – No Cunt For Old Men
Colossal riffs, break-neck drumming, and throat-ripping vocals – these Norwegian thrashers deliver a relentless bout of fat-metal frolics and a perturb... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
Art
Sideshow @ Filmhouse
Torsten Lauschmann’s Sideshow is a performance work that continues in the same experimental vein as his currently exhibited Patchwork Cinema Compilatio... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
Clubs
Holy Ghost: Beyond the Grave
The disco loving DFA duo are set to unleash their new live show after the crossover success of their debut release Read more »| 03 Jul 2010 -
Music
Tony da Gatorra vs Gruff Rhys – The Terror of Cosmic Lonliness
Man, this is weird – but then, it was always going to be. Brazilian musician (and TV repair man) of the 'cult' variety Tony da Gatorra has invented his... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Music
Kid Adrift – Oxytocin EP
Variously described as “a dubsteppy Muse” and “the new Mylo” by lazy mothers, Clackmannanshire’s Kid Adrift could be a mess or ... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Music
The Young Veins – Take A Vacation!
If Pretty Odd’s prominent Beatles-isms felt like a, er, pretty odd change of direction for Panic! At The Disco, Take A Vacation! offers perspective. Th... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Music
Lonely Ghosts - Return From the Search Party
Despite the best efforts of day-glo horrorshow Brokencyde to taint the marriage of Chiptune-esque electronics and shrieked vocals in minds and ears forever, ... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Music
Conrad Vingoe – Simple Secrets
In an age where gunshots are establishing themselves as a legitimate form of percussion, Johnny Rotten advertises butter and everyone seems to have a fucking... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010