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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MusicWussy – Buckeye
Though Buckeye is Wussy’s debut international release, there’s plenty else to explore should it connect with your tastes. Since forming over a... Read more »| 02 Jul 2012 -
MusicLive Music Highlights – July 2012
From Wu-Tang's 'Legends' tour to the live return of The Unwinding Hours, we shave the cream off July's gig calendar Read more »| 02 Jul 2012 -
MusicMilk Maid – Mostly No
If it needed confirmation, Milk Maid’s second album firmly validates Martin Cohen’s decision to tap out from a waning Nine Black Alps to fron... Read more »| 02 Jul 2012 -
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ECA Degree Show 2012
Our Art Editor wanders through the conceptual maze of Edinburgh College of Art's 2012 degree show Read more »| 01 Jul 2012 -
Books
San Carlos by Neil Forsyth
Neil Forsyth’s sixth novel is set in 1989 – in the days of Wimpy, Teletext, Diana and Fergie. Initially San Carlos’ plot doesn’t quit... Read more »| 01 Jul 2012 -
BooksLeaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner
Is Adam Gordon a brilliant young poet, embracing the richness of a foreign culture and meditating on the profound experience of art? Or, is he a self-obsesse... Read more »| 01 Jul 2012
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Books
The Deadman's Pedal by Alan Warner
In The Deadman's Pedal Alan Warner returns to the Port, a fictionalised version of Oban and the setting of his acclaimed debut Morvern Callar. This new novel... Read more »| 01 Jul 2012 -
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Slinky Espadrilles by Ash Dickinson
Don’t be put off by the strange name – this is an extremely accessible, enjoyable collection of poetry. It’s the debut collection in print ... Read more »| 01 Jul 2012 -
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The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus
The Flame Alphabet’s dust jacket describes Marcus as the ‘most maniacally gifted writer of our generation’ (Hark! Hyperbole!) and is laden ... Read more »| 01 Jul 2012 -
Clubs
Kevin McHugh aka Ambivalent: Grounded
Kevin McHugh, aka Ambivalent, returns to Glasgow to talk all things M_nus, his latest mix, and his recent tour of India Read more »| 30 Jun 2012 -
Clubs
Clubbing Highlights – July 2012
This month’s best club event will not be happening inside any walls but instead under the protection of the massive blue expanse that is the Slam Tent ... Read more »| 30 Jun 2012 -
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DJ Top Ten: HARA
HARA are the combined talents and names of Glasgow based DJs and producers HaHaHa (Frazer Graham) and Raksha (Ragnar Rahuoja) who have separately been making... Read more »| 30 Jun 2012 -
Clubs
Hyperdub Showcase with Kode9, LV and Scratcha DVA
Sub Club is not a venue which often strays from the familiar grounds of house-and-techno-land on a Friday night but as part of their quarter-century celebrat... Read more »| 30 Jun 2012 -
Clubs
Bigfoot's Riverside with Ambivalent
The first of Bigfoot’s summer parties graces us with its presence with M_nus mainstay Ambivalent lined up to send the place into orbit. And that place ... Read more »| 30 Jun 2012 -
Clubs
Kapital 5th Birthday with Stephan Bodzin
You only need to look at the sheer pedigree of recent headliners such as Michael Mayer and Mathew Johnson to get some idea of what Kapital is about, and so t... Read more »| 30 Jun 2012