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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MusicNME Awards Tour @ O2 Academy, 3 Feb
Many have yet to arrive when The Vaccines (***) take the stage, the poor punctuality particularly pronounced when compared with previous NME tours, when the ... Read more »| 07 Feb 2011 -
FilmThe Valley (Obscured by Clouds)
Like trying to follow the ramblings of an old hippy whose brain has been fried by too much acid, watching the counter-cultural films of the 60s and 70s can b... Read more »| 07 Feb 2011 -
MusicStateless – Matilda
Leeds outfit Stateless' debut album of a few years back effortlessly mixed jazzy, electronic beats with singer Chris James' earnest vocals — think some... Read more »| 07 Feb 2011 -
Theatre
We Will Rock You @ The Kings
The Bohemians are back. Following a successful 2009 tour, We Will Rock You returns to Scotland in all its crowd-pleasing glory. Packed with Queen’s inh... Read more »| 05 Feb 2011 -
Music
The Dirty Dozen – February 2011
Giving the world's rock stars a month off to tend their flamboyant facial hair, Chris Buckle immerses himself in the seedy underworld of February's singles pile Read more »| 04 Feb 2011 -
MusicConquering Animal Sound: Command and Conquer
With a staunch DIY ethic and a vivid imagination in their favour, Conquering Animal Sound release their debut album this month. James Scott and Anneke Kampman talk us through Kammerspiel’s conception Read more »| 04 Feb 2011
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Music
Sleeping Gruff
The newly reunited solo act Gruff Rhys on these times of austerity and his foray into the world of budget accommodation Read more »| 04 Feb 2011 -
Film
True Grit
The Dude replaces The Duke in the Coens' first pure western, with the brothers ignoring the antiquated 1969 Wayne vehicle and choosing instead to mine the Am... Read more »| 04 Feb 2011 -
MusicBand of Horses @ O2 Academy, 27 Jan
A seemingly relentless touring schedule finds Ben Bridwell and his Band of Horses making an early 2011 return to these shores following their high profile su... Read more »| 04 Feb 2011 -
Art
Adam Kennedy, Ship Painter
A 2009 graduate of the Intermedia course at Edinburgh College of Art, Adam Kennedy has successfully launched himself into the Scottish art scene. His mixed m... Read more »| 03 Feb 2011 -
Music
The Cave Singers – No Witch
‘Authenticity’ is fetishised in folk and rock alike. It’s a vague, unempirical concept, the application of which relies upon a paraphrasing... Read more »| 03 Feb 2011 -
Art
Rosemarie Trockel @ Talbot Rice
Talbot Rice Gallery eschews Rosemarie Trockel's multi-faceted work in film, sculpture and painting and begins with a meticulous survey of her considerable us... Read more »| 03 Feb 2011 -
Music
Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
Following the success of her charismatic 2008 debut Youth Novels, Swedish Chanteuse Lykke Li returns with this much anticipated next move. Admirably tackling... Read more »| 03 Feb 2011 -
Film
Alan Jones: Maestro of the Macabre
With Film4’s FrightFest lurking round the corner like a restless Michael Myers ready to terrorise the closing weekend of the Glasgow Film Festival, we've hunted down the festival's founder and horror aficionado Alan Jones to pick his brains Read more »| 03 Feb 2011 -
Comedy
In Profile: Steve Williams
The Welshman explains why heart trouble will always lure him back to Scotland Read more »| 03 Feb 2011