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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MusicKing Khan and The Shrines - The Supreme Genius of...
A must for rock revivalists Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
MusicWire @ The Arches, 11 Sep
135 compulsory reasons to go and see Wire: (1) They are Wire (2) They are still playing music after 30 odd (odd being the operative word here) years (3) They... Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
MusicWe Were Promised Chit-Chat
The chiselled cheekbones of the new Indie™ order might be the nightmare of any discerning music hack, but when Billy Hamilton caught up with the lads from We Were Promised Jetpacks he found their infectious patter a breath of fresh air… Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
Music
Ballboy – I Worked On The Ships
Album number five, I Worked On The Shops looks set to continue Ballboy’s trend of garnering chin-stroking acclamation Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
Music
Tom Real & The Rogue Element - Disco of Doom
A musical attack from the internet radio stars Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
MusicThe Foundling Wheel - The Foundling Wheel
A one man wail of screeching banshee sonics, San Francisco-born Ted Koterwas’ debut LP fucks and sucks its way into the skull’s decomposing grey matter Read more »| 25 Aug 2008
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Clubs
DJ Rahaan @ Melting Pot, Glasgow, 6 Sept
Marking only his second appearance in Glasgow, Chicago’s legendary, über-talented DJ Rahaan started out playing house parties alongside The Chuck ... Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
Clubs
Various Production @ Numbers, Sub Club, 5 Sept
An amazing opportunity to witness one of the most exciting musical acts of our times Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
MusicKarine Polwart - This Earthly Spell
Taking inspiration from her historical, rural surroundings, borders lass Karine Polwart has produced a thought provokingly poetic, bittersweet album Read more »| 22 Aug 2008 -
Film
Awake
After 84 minutes, chances are you won’t be awake watching this debut but instead drooling on the person next to you. Millionaire Clayton (Christensen) ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2008 -
Film
The Strangers
In The Strangers, a simple-enough plot revolves around a couple returning to their home in the country. But once back, their every move is watched, by strang... Read more »| 22 Aug 2008 -
Music
Santogold @ The Liquid Room, 19 Aug
Is the former A&R rep anything more than a carefully marketed, cross-genre musical magpie? Read more »| 22 Aug 2008 -
Music
Isosceles @ Cabaret Voltaire, 17 Aug
Angular guitar hits compliment the at-times carnivalesque organ pumping Read more »| 22 Aug 2008 -
Film
Fashion Victims
Despite its vague billing as a risque German 'gay interest' comedy, Fashion Victims is in truth a far straighter affair than the rainbow titles and sartorial... Read more »| 22 Aug 2008 -
Music
Y'All is Fantasy Island - With Handclaps EP
YiFi are not just prolific - they're unstoppable Read more »| 21 Aug 2008