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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TheatreTell Me A Story
Storytellers come together to keep the festival spirit rolling and establish a claim to Performance Art. Read more »| 01 Oct 2009 -
Music
The Low Miffs and Malcolm Ross: A Chance Meeting
The Low Miffs and Malcolm Ross may not seem the perfect match, but as The Skinny finds out on the eve of their collaborative LP, they're really a match made in heaven Read more »| 01 Oct 2009 -
MusicAA Bondy - When The Devil's Loose
Alabaman mirrors Ryan Adams' earlier solo endeavours with fine second album Read more »| 01 Oct 2009 -
Music
Get Back Guinozzi! - Carpet Madness
The relationship between the French and the English has not always been smooth, but this debut album by the joyously unhinged Get Back Guinozzi! ... Read more »| 30 Sep 2009 -
MusicYeasayer: Wait for the Winter
Yeasayer have kept us waiting on their second album, but their fans' patience is about to be rewarded. Guitarist Anand Wilder gives The Skinny a progress report Read more »| 30 Sep 2009 -
Music
Mudhoney: Here Comes the Fuzz
After a 20 year absence, Seattle scuzz progenitors Mudhoney finally make their return to the capital this month. Read more »| 30 Sep 2009
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Theatre
About a Boy
Better known for his one man quip-filled specials, Martin O'Connor is bringing on the family in a Glasgay commission. Read more »| 30 Sep 2009 -
MusicEfterklang & The Danish National Chamber Orchestra - Performing Parades
When orchestras and pop (in the loosest sense) collide, the results tend to be either peculiarly misjudged (say, Metallica’s S&M) or pleasant-but-p... Read more »| 30 Sep 2009 -
Music
Electric Eel Shock - Sugoi Indeed
Cards on the table: Electric Eel Shock are a technically excellent rock and roll band... but so what? Were this a band of three dumpy, middle-aged guys from ... Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
Clubs
Soulwaxmas @ Braehead Arena, 18 Dec
Ghent's premier export ride in on a sleigh for an extended evening of festive fun. Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
Music
St Deluxe: Cutting the Slack
They've been hailed by Alan McGee as a "Scottish Nirvana for the twenty-first century", but don't let that put you off. Glasgow's St Deluxe insist they're a different breed altogether Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
Music
In The [Big] Pink
The Big Pink have produced one of the most talked about debut albums in ages, but on the day of its release, is the pressure beginning to show? Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
Music
Citizens: A Spoonful of Hardcore
Glasgow trio Citizens prove that there's much more to hardcore punk than the BPM Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
Music2004: A Franztastic year
In honour of The Skinny’s first proper chat with Mr Alex Kapranos and to get the jump on next year’s inevitable Channel 4 ‘nostalgia trip’ I Heart the Noughties, our dedicated team of historians peer through the mists of time and try to decipher what - if any - meaning 2004 A.D. has on our lives today. Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
Theatre
Bursting with Pride
Glasgay! is controversial, dynamic and taboo-busting and this year's theatre line-up is no exception. Read more »| 29 Sep 2009