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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ClubsCarl Cox: Looking to the Phuture
Carl Cox reflects on his beginnings in acid house and techno and tells Chris Duncan why he swapped his records for mp3s Read more »| 30 Jul 2009 -
MusicJames Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players - Folk Songs
A deliberate reaction to recent folk-mutations, Folk Songs sees James Yorkston take time out from his work with The Athletes to record eleven traditional tra... Read more »| 30 Jul 2009 -
MusicSir Vincent Lone - Troubadour Heart
Jackie Leven kills off his musical pseudonym Sir Vincent Lone and consequently produces a ‘posthumous’ album that’s actually better than th... Read more »| 30 Jul 2009 -
Theatre
Beyond the Fringe
Gareth K Vile entertains himself outside out of Edinburgh Read more »| 30 Jul 2009 -
TheatreAberdeen Youth
Nicole Hepburn celebrates youth. Read more »| 30 Jul 2009 -
Clubs
Sweet as the Nut
Rinse FM's crown jewel speaks to Colin Chapman about kindred spirits and the power of pirate radio. Read more »| 30 Jul 2009
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Art
The Glasgow Collective
The Glasgow Collective is a group of recent graduates from Glasgow School of Art. Fighting the inevitable tide of stagnation that follows graduation, these s... Read more »| 29 Jul 2009 -
Clubs
Dumont & Sinden @ HYP?
HYP? promise to flank Sub Club punters with a double dose of bass filled house Read more »| 29 Jul 2009 -
Music
The Metal Column – August, 2009
OK, so this is just a metal column, but these are complicated times. Boundaries are blurred. Man or woman (Lady Gaga)? Straight or gay (Sufjan Stevens)? Blac... Read more »| 29 Jul 2009 -
Music
Yim Yames - A Tribute To George Harrison
It may appeal most to devoted My Morning Jacket fans, but this six song requiem for George Harrison deserves a wider audience. Recorded solo and acousticall... Read more »| 29 Jul 2009 -
Music
Kasms - Absent Without Leave/Murmur
London Quartet get dark with impressive double A-side. Read more »| 29 Jul 2009 -
Clubs
Claude VonStroke: Man or Machine?
Despite running several record labels and rigorous touring commitments, Claude VonStroke has still found time to release two great records so far this year. David McNamara discovers that the bird obsessed madman is not done yet Read more »| 28 Jul 2009 -
Music
Pastels/Tenniscoats – Vivid Youth / About You
The pairing of Glasgow indie darlings The Pastels with Japanese avant-gardists Tenniscoats might seem like an oddly exotic match-up. But in actual fact Steph... Read more »| 28 Jul 2009 -
Music
Live Music Highlights - August, 2009
Art rock weirdos Victorian English Gentlemen's Club impressed the pants off us with their punchy, unpredictable 2006 debut but they never really got the atte... Read more »| 28 Jul 2009 -
Music
Lovvers - OCD Go Go Go Girls
The plot of Dan Brown’s forthcoming crime-against-literature/bestseller is top secret, but I reckon I’ve figured out the subject of investigation... Read more »| 28 Jul 2009