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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ClubsClassic Grand under new ownership
It has been over two years since Glasgow’s Classic Grand opened its doors to the public, hosting a week long series of free events to celebrate its arr... Read more »| 25 Oct 2008 -
ClubsFierce @ The Tunnel, Glasgow 2 Nov
Glasgow’s electro darlings Dolby-Anol have proven themselves to be Scotland’s most valuable asset when it comes to creating the greatest remixes.... Read more »| 24 Oct 2008 -
Music
Dead or American – Thaumaturgy
This is their witching hour Read more »| 24 Oct 2008 -
Clubs
James Holden @ The Caves, Edinburgh, 14 Nov
Kapital music present James Holden on 14 November, who will be playing an extended set within Edinburgh’s excellent venue The Caves. Deep under the fou... Read more »| 24 Oct 2008 -
Music
Punch & the Apostles - I'm a Hobo/Can of Beans
'1930's influenced avant-garde ska-punk swing' is not a genre that one could say was in danger of over-saturating the market, a fact that certainly works in ... Read more »| 24 Oct 2008 -
MusicEuros Childs - Cheer Gone
Presumably sick of the comparisons of his previous band Gorky's Zygotic Mynci to the Super Furry Animals, Welsh crooner Euros Childs has quietly dropped the ... Read more »| 24 Oct 2008
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Music
Die! Die! Die! - Promises Promises
Testicle-hugging jeans? Check. Converse trainers? Check. Angular guitar riffs? Check. Punchy name? Check. Die! Die! Die! certainly know how to tick the appro... Read more »| 24 Oct 2008 -
Music
Jeremy Warmsley - How We Became
Jeremy Warmsley has been building quite a name for himself, with high profile support gigs with Daniel Johnson, Regina Spektor, Iron and Wine, and The Shins.... Read more »| 24 Oct 2008 -
Art
Gregor Laird @ Q! Gallery
A key motif in the stylised landscapes of Gregor Laird’s Plastic Pastorals, the Edinburgh artist/designer/DJ’s offering to this year's Glasgay!, ... Read more »| 24 Oct 2008 -
Music
Peter, Bjorn and John - Seaside Rock
An undercurrent of nostalgia has always permeated the music of Swedish trio Peter, Bjorn and John. Their previous album Writer's Block (2006) positively reve... Read more »| 23 Oct 2008 -
Music
Ready to Receive: Parts & Labor Reveal New LP
Is it a moog? Is it a keyboard? Or is it just a bloody bagpipe? Don't trouble yourself. B.J. Warshaw of popular Brooklyn instrument recylists Parts & Lab... Read more »| 23 Oct 2008 -
MusicTenebrous Liar - Tenebrous Liar's Last Stand
Tenebrous Liar's second album combines the lo-fi indie of Slint with the post punk misery of Joy Division to great effect Read more »| 23 Oct 2008 -
Clubs
Inner City Acid 4th Birthday @ Soundhaus, 8 Nov
Four years of acid in the city and counting... Read more »| 23 Oct 2008 -
Music
Tragedy: All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees - We Rock Sweet Balls And Can Do No Wrong
Ridiculous yet tremendously well-arranged, righteous and true metal covers of Bee Gees songs Read more »| 23 Oct 2008 -
Music
Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid - NYC
Already? The fourth collaboration between these two in just three years? If previous efforts seemed to be a case of Hebden subsuming his own instincts so as ... Read more »| 23 Oct 2008