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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MusicDEVO - Something For Everybody
There’s a template reaction to new material from beloved bands of yesteryear: a ‘legacy’ evaluation followed by a damage assessment. So let... Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
MusicSouthern Tenant Folk Union - The New Farming Scene
Folk music is a tricky thing to get right these days, so a la mode and with so many cynics tweaking their musical tweets to fit the trend. Yet, Southern Tena... Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
Music
Thomas Truax – Sonic Dreamer
New Yorker Thomas Truax is unlikely to ever find himself in even the dimmest-lit corner of the mainstream public consciousness, and if he did he’d inev... Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
Music
A Rough Guide to Sage Francis
As part of our ongoing commitment to expanding your musical knowledge, we’d like to take the release of Sage Francis’s Li(f)e to prime you on some of his key releases. There will be a test. Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
MusicSage Francis: Walk The Line
If you're going to make it in hip-hop, it takes discipline and a dedication to the craft. Few have it like Sage Francis Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
Music
Astral Planes – Sit Still Child EP
How nice it would be to never outgrow those formative years, when music was music, cool was cool, and being a fan was just that with no regard for a canonise... Read more »| 03 Jun 2010
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Music
The Dirty Dozen – June 2010 (The Cavalera Takeover)
Making a rare visit to the capital, a charitable Max Cavalera invites Ryan Drever aboard his tour bus lounge to compare the June singles to Sonic Youth and shock us with the news that he never dug disco Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
MusicDead Western – Suckle At the Supple Teats of Time
If I had a name as manly and cool as Troy Mighty, I wouldn’t bother adopting a stage name. But then again, if I had a singing voice as mysterious and g... Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
Clubs
Kelburn Garden Party, 3 & 4 July
Two days of superb talent in sublime settings. Oh, and IT HAS A PAINTED CASTLE Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
Theatre
Little Johhny Gets Hitched
He has had Mr Gasmask. He has hidden in closets. Now, Johnny looks for Mr Right Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
Theatre
Words Per Minute
Does Glasgow need another open night? Of course, especially if it is eclectic, energetic and witty Read more »| 02 Jun 2010 -
Music
Klak Tik – Must We Find a Winner
When musicians cite ‘musical differences’ for parting company, assumptions of petty arguments abound. Though not privy to the reasons behind 6 Da... Read more »| 02 Jun 2010 -
Clubs
DJ Chart: The Blessings
Busta Rhymes feat Swizz Beatz - Stop The Party (Columbia) We play everything in our sets and get lost in BRAND NEW genres of dance music for months at a tim... Read more »| 02 Jun 2010 -
Music
Crowded House – Intriguer
Crowded House are perfect candidates for achieving the successful reunion. With a legacy based on good, but not era-definingly great albums, the threat of ta... Read more »| 02 Jun 2010 -
Music
King Creosote, Meursault & Animal Magic Tricks – Cold Seeds
This album, recorded over two weekends in the Song, by Toad living room, manages to capture the uncanny joy of accidentally tuning into a wonderful but inevi... Read more »| 02 Jun 2010