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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ComedyIdle worship
Local comedian Teddy tells of meeting his comedy hero. Read more »| 11 Sep 2008 -
MusicA Muso's Top 10: Paramount Styles
Scott McCloud, of post-punk legends Girls Against Boys, recently dropped us a line with some recommended listening and the announcement of his intentions to tour a new electroacoustic outfit featuring GvsB man Alexis Fleisig and Richard Fortus of Psychedelic Furs and Guns N' Roses. Stay tuned for a forthcoming interview over at www.theskinny.co.uk Read more »| 11 Sep 2008 -
Clubs
Night of the Tiger @ The Arches, 12 Sep
Tigers are sexy. Not even in an anthropomorphic sexy-rabbit-off-the-old-Cadbury's-Caramel-ads kind of way, they're just sexy. It's probably 'cause they're w... Read more »| 11 Sep 2008 -
Music
The Aliens - Magic Man
The Aliens’ first release from their second album Luna takes up where their debut LP left off. Magic Man is a psychedelic pop stomper, layered with voc... Read more »| 11 Sep 2008 -
Film
XXY
The tense confusion of something unspoken is thick from the opening credits of XXY. Lack of understanding is at the heart of every single frame of the film:... Read more »| 11 Sep 2008 -
MusicThe Skinny Dip: Rolo Tomassi @ Barfly, 26 Sep
You should expect that their already incredibly tight, energy packed show be even more chaotic than before Read more »| 10 Sep 2008
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Clubs
Navigating the Industry - Keep Your Ears Open
Attention bedroom DJs: Here, Liam Arnold and Steve Glencross attempt to navigate their way through the minefield that is the modern music industry Read more »| 10 Sep 2008 -
Music
Monkey - Journey to the West
Can you believe that the lad who once wrote Country House is now adapting 500 year old Chinese folk tales about travelling monkey kings into fully fledged operas? Read more »| 09 Sep 2008 -
MusicOf Montreal - Id Engager
Id Engager, whilst a bizarre choice to close Of Montreal's forthcoming Skeletal Lamping, makes for an excellently jilted dance-pop single. Though a little li... Read more »| 09 Sep 2008 -
Clubs
Tokyoblu 6th Birthday @ Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, 19 Sep
Set to celebrate their 6th Birthday this month, Tokyoblu blurs the lines between club night, DJ duo and seven-piece band. Starting out in Club Ego's Cocteau ... Read more »| 09 Sep 2008 -
Music
Fence Records: Keeping it Surreal Since 1996
From small beginnings, Anstruther-based label Fence Records has deservedly grown in stature over the last decade or so, and now boasts a dedicated fanbase and an impressive roster of artists whilst very much retaining its down-to-earth DIY ethos. Milo McLaughlin caught up with label lynchpins Johnny Lynch and Kenny Anderson, otherwise known as The Pictish Trail and King Creosote for a chinwag just before they played a blinding gig as part of the Retreat! mini-festival in Edinburgh last month Read more »| 09 Sep 2008 -
Music
The Black Box Revelation - Live at the AB EP
Lands a little too close to derivative rockers Jet in its sound, but in that line of thinking these Belgians could have a hit on their hands Read more »| 09 Sep 2008 -
Music
Serj Tankian @ ABC, 1 Sep
"Who likes the Beatles?", asks an upbeat Serj Tankian halfway through tonight's set. The sweaty masses packed into the ABC roar with approval as Tankian and ... Read more »| 09 Sep 2008 -
Music
NiYi - I Love You All / Poached Eggs
St Martin’s drop-out in arts-meets-pop collision Read more »| 09 Sep 2008 -
Music
Under the Influence: Mogwai
Mogwai's Barry Burns walks us through five of the bands who have helped influence and sculpt the Glasgow quintet into the aural beast we fear today. Read more »| 08 Sep 2008