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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ClubsSpirit Aid Fundraiser @ Soundhaus, Glasgow, 15 Aug
Heads from Monox and Numbers clash this month to help raise funds for children’s charity, Spirit Aid Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
MusicOneida - Preteen Weaponry
40 minutes of wanky, muso anti-instrumentalism Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
MusicRetreat! @ St. John's Church Hall, Various Dates Between 5-24 Aug
It's the quiet ones you've got to watch... Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
MusicJon Sa Trinxa - Balearic Beach Session
The very words ‘Balearic Beach Session’ bring a chill to the spine. With the number of Ibiza compilations that come out annually, it’s a ra... Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
Music
Unusual & Electric - Pulsating Ting EP
One imagines the air swelling and the floor filling as this 12" hits the turntable. That the creators claim to have “close links with the London clubbi... Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
MusicThe Pigeon Detectives - Everybody Wants Me
In any situation, there’s an automatic fault in bemoaning your own good fortune. “Everybody wants me.” OK, what’s the problem? &ld... Read more »| 28 Jul 2008
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Music
Live @ Loch Lomond, 2-3 Aug
When Live At Loch Lomond burst on to the Scottish festival circuit last year, it boasted an impressive line-up for a brand new day out, with big outdoor gig ... Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
Clubs
Drum & Breaks Curriculum
With all the attention on the capital at this time of year, it’s sometimes easy to forget about Scotland’s other cities. If you find Edinburgh sl... Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
Music
Heather Greene - Five Dollar Dress
She sounds very like Norah Jones but updates her lounge-jazz style with quirkier touches Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
Clubs
Mofomatronix @ Baller$ Social Club, The Ivy, 8 Aug
Baller$ 5ocial Club switch gears this month to bring you Canada's turbo crunksters, Mofomatronix. Prepare to be wowed when duo Philippe Aubin-Dionne and Seba... Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
Clubs
Rejected (Live) @ Sensu, Sub Club, 15 Aug
Sensu returns with another Scottish exclusive: the first live performance of Joris Voorn and Edwin Oosterwal’s Rejected project. The Dutchmen first me... Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
Clubs
Dubstep and Booty with Care
In a bid to raise funds for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centre and Myeloma UK, Volume goes up against Obscene for a night that's so awesome it hurts Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
Film
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
It seems every other review I'm writing these days is loaded with “best such-and-such ever”, but in the case of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, e... Read more »| 25 Jul 2008 -
Music
El Padre: What's In A Name?
With the musical pseudonym falling foul of today’s more typically po-faced standard, Billy Hamilton catches up with El Padre’s Bobby Steve Jacksonson to find out just what’s in a name Read more »| 25 Jul 2008 -
Music
Converge @ Ivory Blacks, 15 Jul
The triumph of Converge's performance is indisputable Read more »| 25 Jul 2008