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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MusicThe Main Event: Blur vs Mogwai
Seconds Away… Round 1 In 1999, heavyweight cheeky champs Blur were basking in the success of their album 13. Having successfully defined their singl... Read more »| 08 Jul 2009 -
MusicMiss the Occupier: The Beautiful Occupation
Miss The Occupier have begun to turn heads with eye-catching style and glam-punk sound. Gillian Watson talks feminism, far-flung touring and daytime soaps with the Glasgow trio Read more »| 08 Jul 2009 -
Music
Magnolia Electric Co. - Josephine
Records borne of personal tragedy are an odd beast: tinged with pain, they’ll often contain heartbreakingly honest song-writing, but can become stiflin... Read more »| 08 Jul 2009 -
Theatre
Dusty tests the Limits
Gareth K Vile shakes off his presbyterian puritanism to enjoy songs of desire and disillusionment. Read more »| 08 Jul 2009 -
Music
Oasis @ Murrayfield Stadium, 17 Jun
With an intimidating police presence, local schools locked down in anticipation of an invasion and a number of convulsing bodies already strewn across the li... Read more »| 07 Jul 2009 -
Clubs
Battant @ Sub Club, 28 Jun
London's Battant capture hearts down in the Sub Club Read more »| 07 Jul 2009
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Music
Silversun Pickups @ Òran Mór, 1 July
It's not surprising that Silversun Pickups haven't quite managed to graduate to the mainstream in the UK, despite a repertoire of radio-friendly tunes. Most... Read more »| 07 Jul 2009 -
Music
There Will Be Fireworks: Sky's the Limit
Scotland is gaining a reputation for darkly ambitious indie, but Glasgow four-piece There Will Be Fireworks are determined to carve out their own space, Nick Mitchell hears Read more »| 07 Jul 2009 -
Music
Reverend & The Makers - A French Kiss In The Chaos
Jon McClure is on the ropes, so to speak. The self-proclaimed heavyweight champ of his own ego has taken a fair battering over the last year, ostensibly as s... Read more »| 07 Jul 2009 -
Clubs
Slam Tent Stage Times Confirmed for T in the Park 2009
The folks over at Soma have confirmed the exact times for this weekend's mashup. Sense seems to have prevailed, with less intense acts like Beardyman and The... Read more »| 07 Jul 2009 -
Music
Lucky Number Nine Showcase @ Captain's Rest, 26 Jun
Glasgow's Peter Parker (****), supergroup by name as well as nature, are picking up rave reviews before their debut 7-inch has even hit the shelves; as they ... Read more »| 06 Jul 2009 -
ClubsDeparture Lounge 6th Birthday @ The Caves, 24 July
Edinburgh's Departure Lounge celebrates six years in the business Read more »| 06 Jul 2009 -
Music
The Stupids - The Kids Don't Like It
Surely the greatest musical proposition ever to hail from Suffolk – not that The Darkness and Tim Westwood present much of a challenge – John Pee... Read more »| 06 Jul 2009 -
Musicof Montreal: Wild Mood Swings
After several universally lauded LPs, psych-pop outfit of Montreal unleashed the divisive Skeletal Lamping on the public late last year. Jason Morton steps into the expressive world of Kevin Barnes. Read more »| 06 Jul 2009 -
Music
Django James & The Midnight Squires - Hurricane
Django James fancies himself as a fast-living ingénue, and his band’s debut single, Hurricane (sample lyric: “my eyes are rolling backward... Read more »| 06 Jul 2009