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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MusicGrizzly Bear @ ABC, 2 Nov
So will Veckatimest be in your top ten for 2009? That depends whether you can stomach arch indie austerity, sparse, loping, minor-key chamber pop, or yet ano... Read more »| 15 Oct 2009 -
Music
An Evening with Nick Cave @ HMV Picture House, 13 Oct
One of the first rules of writing, in any sector, is to write about what you know; so one great challenge all novelists face is to create characters and stor... Read more »| 15 Oct 2009 -
MusicEdinburgh's Red Dog Music Wins Big
It's a brutal thing to state, but it could be argued that on the upside the recession really has done us all a favour by cutting the wheat from the chaff as ... Read more »| 15 Oct 2009 -
TheatrePlaying Houses
Martin O'Connnor has been a vibrant presence in recent Glasgays!, and Playing Houses sees him take his natural, witty monologue style into a four way meditation on the role of fathers Read more »| 15 Oct 2009 -
Clubs
Thundercats Assemble
How does a new club night manage to sell out an almost unknown venue without booking any guest DJs or live acts? Welcome to the surprising case of Thunder Disco Club. Read more »| 15 Oct 2009 -
Music
Confusion is Sex
Confusion is Sex feels tough tonight. Not only is DJ Dolby Anol banging out hard electro to a crowd of face-painted girls and topless rave boys, Parisian tec... Read more »| 15 Oct 2009
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Theatre
Wide Asleep
Scotland's big name playwright hits the stage alone. Read more »| 15 Oct 2009 -
Theatre"I am not a ginger activist, but.."
Helen Cuinn gets medieval on the ginger-haters in her new show for Glasgay. Read more »| 14 Oct 2009 -
Film
Ip Man
Grandmaster Ip Man trained Bruce Lee. Frankly, he could have done nothing else and died a proud and happy man. But he also survived the Japanese invasion of ... Read more »| 14 Oct 2009 -
Comedy
Eddie Izzard
Grab your tickets quick for Eddie Izzard's first UK tour in six years. Read more »| 14 Oct 2009 -
Music
Hudson Mohawke - Butter
LuckyMe's Hudson Mohawke finally delivers his debut album, with exceptional results. Read more »| 13 Oct 2009 -
Music
Spiral Stairs - The Real Feel
Despite being voted Most Likely to Succeed alongside childhood friend Stephen Malkmus in the 1999 Pavement yearbook, Scott Kannberg has made only modest busi... Read more »| 13 Oct 2009 -
Music
Meretto - Street Talking
Meretto have a difficult battle ahead of them. With the lad-rock market currently saturated by the likes of The Enemy, Reverend and the Makers, Pigeon Detect... Read more »| 13 Oct 2009 -
Music
Portico Quartet – Isla
Jazz isn’t a genre that features heavily in these pages, so the question that arises when reviewing the new Portico Quartet album is this: ... Read more »| 13 Oct 2009 -
Music
Massive Attack @ O2 Academy, 29 Sep
“So many new songs,” rasps Robert “3D” Del Nadja as he takes a breather from shadowboxing smoke and whispering his way through the we... Read more »| 12 Oct 2009