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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MusicSantogold @ The Sub Club, 15 Jul
Two months after her debut Scottish booking, Santogold finally shows up to play Read more »| 18 Jul 2008 -
MusicMicah P Hinson and the Red Empire Orchestra
Hinson's playing by his own rules Read more »| 18 Jul 2008 -
Music
Apache - Boomtown Gems
How this ever made it to the UK from San Francisco is a mystery Read more »| 18 Jul 2008 -
MusicPonytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
Four-way cacophony bristles from within songs where melody is as fundamental to the music as mania Read more »| 18 Jul 2008 -
FilmBaby Mama
Re-treading the ol’ nine month story arc familiar to knocked-up waitresses called Juno and the like, Saturday Night Live alumni Tina Fey and Amy Poehle... Read more »| 18 Jul 2008 -
Film
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Don’t attempt to watch this film without first mentally assuming the approximate mindset of the average 14 year-old girl. Think pink and purple sparkle... Read more »| 18 Jul 2008
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Theatre
Evita
Lloyd Webber updates his musical - has Evita been improved or undermined by added musical power? Read more »| 17 Jul 2008 -
Music
Primal Scream - Beautiful Future
Where is the band that recorded XTRMNTR? Read more »| 17 Jul 2008 -
Art
Altered States of Paint @ DCA
Andrew Cattanach gives the press releases a body swerve to look at an exhibition of rare scope and flair Read more »| 17 Jul 2008 -
Music
Port O' Brien - All We Could Do Was Sing
So much for any port in a storm – at times All We Could Do Was Sing barely even musters a breeze Read more »| 17 Jul 2008 -
Books
Elephantina by Andrew Drummond
Elephantina is a cross between a historical novel and a comic one. Drummond invents the journals of one Gilbert Orum, assistant to the very real Dr Patrick B... Read more »| 17 Jul 2008 -
Music
V/A – House It Goin?
The old slogan "Glasgow's Miles Better" may be a bit of a tired cliché, but when it comes to our music it is certainly "nae blawn’ oor ain trump... Read more »| 16 Jul 2008 -
MusicMarcel Dettmann - Berghain 02
Resident at Berlin’s legendary techno palace Berghain, Marcel Dettman follows Andre Galluzzi’s offering with his first commercially available mix... Read more »| 16 Jul 2008 -
Music
Red Sparowes @ Stereo, 10 Jul
Underground metal acts can be impressively deceptive. Case in point: Opening for the spell-check hated Red Sparowes, Loss Leader (4/5), a two-piece from Glas... Read more »| 16 Jul 2008 -
Books
Mio's Hospital Diary
Unusually for a book about someone with cancer, the book is often light-hearted Read more »| 16 Jul 2008