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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MusicDamu – Unity
Unity is one of the more counter-intuitive off-shoots of UK bass music's amorphous, lexically-challenged evolution. Almost completely cleaved... Read more »| 17 Oct 2011 -
MusicaCivilian – Invention
Given that Phil Critten’s persona seemingly hovers somewhere between Mother Theresa and a Norfolkian Jack Kerouac, it’s little wonder that his ... Read more »| 17 Oct 2011 -
Music
Warp Films, ATP festival and Vincent Moon want your money
On Burning, director Vincent Moon worked with Mogwai; on A Skin, A Night, he worked with The National; for La Blogothèque’s Take-Away Shows, he ... Read more »| 13 Oct 2011 -
Music
A Little Night Music: Tindersticks and Claire Denis
Tindersticks’ performance of their soundtracks for French filmmaker Claire Denis at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall, along with footage from the accompanying films, will be an atmospheric blend of cinema and music as live performance. Read more »| 12 Oct 2011 -
Music
Gruff Rhys @ Bongo Club, 8 October
The latent tension of a heavily oversubscribed Bongo Club and a few early technical "malfunctions" fail to deter Gruff Rhys from his stated mission; that of ... Read more »| 12 Oct 2011 -
MusicKid Koala: "I'm not a dancefloor type of guy!"
Kid Koala has never been just your average turntablist. With his new graphic novel and album, he wants to take you beyond the dancefloor, to the stars… Read more »| 12 Oct 2011
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MusicTrue Widow / Vom / The Downs @ Captain's Rest, 10 October
Both of tonight’s support acts bear superficial similarities with their headliner – being guitar/bass/drums trios that rely heavily (excuse the p... Read more »| 12 Oct 2011 -
Music
Detour presents... Meursault / Happy Particles @ Glasgow Science Centre, 9 October
The planetarium isn't just a novel location for the sake of gimmickry, since a certain brand of rock music routinely provokes descriptions like "star-gazing"... Read more »| 12 Oct 2011 -
MusicGold Panda @ King Tut's, 8 October
It’s not just the red paper lantern hanging from his lighting rig that hints at Gold Panda's interest in all things far eastern, but the series of t... Read more »| 11 Oct 2011 -
Music
Detour presents... Remember Remember / Miaoux Miaoux @ Glasgow Science Centre, 8 October
For the past couple of years, the selfless folk at Detour Scotland have been doing everything in their power to make Scottish music fresh, intriguing and som... Read more »| 11 Oct 2011 -
Comedy
Noel Fielding: The Mighty Brush
Boosh star pours his art out. Read more »| 11 Oct 2011 -
Comedy
Wicked Wenches
Bearing witness to a varied, exciting and sophisticated all-female line-up of acts, tonight's Wicked Wenches show is wide-ranging in subject matter and consi... Read more »| 11 Oct 2011 -
Music
Pettybone – From Desperate Times Comes Radical Minds
The all-female punk combo is hardly an untried concept but what Pettybone bring to the table is a sense of righteous conviction that the likes of The Donna... Read more »| 11 Oct 2011 -
Art
Scotland+Venice Diaries: One team leaves, another arrives
As our team of IAs are getting ready to leave Venice (new team to arrive soon), Emma, Fran and Alex throw in a bit of self-promotion to show us what else they've been up to these past few weeks... Read more »| 11 Oct 2011 -
Music
Snoop Dogg @ O2 Academy, 9 October
The Doggfather has long been the smooth, acceptable and debonair face of hip-hop and – for better or worse – his performance tonight reflects it.... Read more »| 11 Oct 2011