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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MusicFor A Minor Reflection – Heading Towards Chaos
For about fifteen minutes, For A Minor Reflection are the best instrumental post-rock band to reach these ears in years. Obviously for some, this will sound ... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
MusicEl Guincho – Pop Negro
Barcelona based Pablo Díaz-Reixa has taken the envelope-pushing potential of his last LP, Alegranza, and instigated an evolution away from its loop-he... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
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Black Sun – Twilight Of The Gods
Opening with Code Black - a track easily sitting on the more upbeat and melodic (if you an call it that) side of Black Sun's destructive sonic spectrum - Twi... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
MusicAfrirampo – We Are Uchu No Ko
Having disbanded in July of this year, this latest release from Osaka-based sister duo Afrirampo may well represent their swan song. Should that be the case,... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
Film
September Film Events
For budding filmmakers or those simply interested in exploring the future of cinema and the moving image, head to the GFT in Glasgow on 28 September for Film... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
MusicRose Elinor Dougall – Without Why
In the wake of homegrown femme-pop dominating the airwaves, Florence, Marina, Kate Nash and, ahem, Diana Vickers – all but spoken like an avid listener... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010
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Film
Electric Dreams: David Barras on a new low-budget Edinburgh film
Nicola Balkind finds out about Electric Man, a low-budget film being made in Scotland's capital, described as The Maltese Falcon meets Clerks Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
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Washington Irving – Little Wanderer, Head Thee Home EP
With their debut EP, Washington Irving show a storytelling impetus similar to that of their namesake; considered lyrics paint a picture at the intersection b... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
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Crystal Fighters – Star of Love
And so – joining Crystal Castles, Crystal Antlers and Crystal Stilts to form a veritable Crystal kingdom – Crystal Fighters break out their debut... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
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Eels @ O2 Academy, 24 Aug
Mark ‘E’ Everett has the blues, it’s no secret, with the untimely deaths of his father and sister, and the loss of his mother to cancer, it... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
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Bad Religion @ O2 ABC, 25 Aug
Brett Gurewitz and Greg Graffin perfectly epitomise the differing tolls that time can take on your ageing rock star. Mr Brett has the rugged, gracefully-grey... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
Art
David Shrigley: A Catalogue of Ideas
Glasgow-based artist David Shrigley is a rare thing in the art world: someone whose work people – normal(ish) people – actually love. He's made sculptures, music videos, drawings and books too numerous to count, and much more besides. He kindly made time to have a chat with The Skinny about his new anthology, What The Hell Are You Doing? Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
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Lights Out Asia – In The Days Of Jupiter
Lights Out Asia are a band saddled with genres: post-rock, shoegaze and ambient are all adjectives frequently flung at the Milwaukee trio, although neither s... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
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I Love UFO – Dirty Animals
It's said that the French can't do rock, which sounds pretty unfair, until you start digging around and find a dearth of notable guitar-slinging groups haili... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
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Magic Kids – Memphis
Magic Kids are yet another Beach Boys influenced act making waves right now, by serving up a diet of sun, surf and nostalgia. The Tennessee six-piece might l... Read more »| 29 Aug 2010