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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ComedyOne to Watch in 2010: Mark Nelson
Scottish comedians recommend Glasgow's Mark Nelson as the number one to keep an eye out for this year. Read more »| 01 Jan 2010 -
MusicA Roadmap For New Bands In 2010
Greg Kane is a musician (one half of pop-soul duo Hue and Cry), and an expert on digital content production. As a board member of the newly established Scottish Music Industry Association, here he offers guidelines to musicians on how to maximise their chances of success. Read more »| 01 Jan 2010 -
MusicState of Play: An Economist's Overview of the Music Industry
Will Page is an influential music industry economist. As head of economics for the UK's PRS for Music collection agency, he's principally concerned with representing and researching on behalf of UK artists. At the start of a new decade, he gives his take on the forces at play. Read more »| 01 Jan 2010 -
Theatre
State of the Theatre Nation
A look at today's Scottish theatre world reveals that the credit crunch doesn’t seem to have damaged it too much: if anything, 2009 saw an even more diverse programme from the major players. Read more »| 01 Jan 2010 -
ClubsPollyn: Going It Alone
Los Angeles trio Pollyn have taken time out from high profile remixing duties to create a stellar debut album. The Skinny speaks with founding member Adam Jay Weissman about the origins of their downtempo electronica and why they are holding out for the right record deal. Read more »| 30 Dec 2009 -
Books
The State of Books to Come
What's happening in the literary scene in 2010? Let's have a look... Read more »| 29 Dec 2009
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Music
Live Music Highlights - January, 2010
There's a pretty good case to be made for Henry Rollins being the hardest-working man in the music industry. Whether you're talking about his brilliant radio... Read more »| 29 Dec 2009 -
Clubs
Numbers: Staying Ahead
Numbers continue their quest for global domination with the first releases on their brand new label. Read more »| 29 Dec 2009 -
Film
Afghan Star
Havana Marking’s film documents the journey of four young hopefuls in the final stages of a reality singing show. But forget The X-Factor: this is abou... Read more »| 29 Dec 2009 -
Film
District 9
With a formal approach in keeping with the Youtube era of digital filmmaking, Neill Blompkamp’s debut is an exciting and provocative rush, its success ... Read more »| 29 Dec 2009 -
Music
Owen Pallett - Heartland
Restraint has always been a key factor for the artist formerly known as Final Fantasy. Owen Pallett’s delicate chamber-pop nuggets could easily be expa... Read more »| 28 Dec 2009 -
Music
Eels - End Times
E marks his divorce with another unflinchingly honest album. Read more »| 28 Dec 2009 -
Clubs
Subcity Radio Start of Term Party @ Heatherington Research Club, 16 Jan
Glasgow University's Subcity Radio start a new term in style at the Heatherington Research Club. Read more »| 28 Dec 2009 -
Film
The Beast Stalker
Opening with a thrilling police chase which results in an impressive slow motion pile-up, director Dante (The Twins Effect) Lam’s latest is a stylish b... Read more »| 28 Dec 2009 -
Film
January Film Events
As we ring in the new year, it’s always good to reflect on the past. What better way to do that than with a selection of film classics? January is al... Read more »| 28 Dec 2009