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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ClubsSebastian Ingrosso and Killer Kitsch @ SoCo Social, The Winchester, Glasgow, 10 Oct
SoCo Social hijacks The Winchester on Friday 10 October to provide a remedy to the increasingly bleak nights we've been experiencing lately. Highly recommen... Read more »| 06 Oct 2008 -
Music
Black Kids @ ABC, 26 Oct
Arriving earlier this year amidst a furore of hype, Reggie Youngblood and his Jacksonville cohorts’ debut E.P. Wizard of Ahhhs mixed up Robert Smith st... Read more »| 06 Oct 2008 -
MusicGregory & The Hawk - Moenie and Kitchi
Young New Yorker Meredith Godreau may have named herself Gregory & The Hawk to avoid being stereotyped as 'another female singer-songwriter', but the sec... Read more »| 06 Oct 2008 -
Music
BSS Presents: Brendan Canning - Hit The Wall
Weird prefixes aside though, Hit The Wall is a tasty little indie-pop morsel Read more »| 06 Oct 2008 -
Theatre
Don Juan, Relevance Nil
Gareth K Vile like Don but struggles to understand what it has to say to him. Read more »| 05 Oct 2008 -
ClubsCapitals Apart But Moving Closer
Forget what you think you know about top European locations for electronic music - Berlin, Barcelona, London, Paris... bringing up the rear and fast approaching is Zurich Read more »| 05 Oct 2008
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Theatre
Unneeded: The Porcelain Project
Gareth K Vile is unsettled but not convinced by Needcompany. Read more »| 04 Oct 2008 -
Music
Ladyhawk at Nice 'n' Sleazy Review
The Canadian quartet treats Glasgow's lucky minority to some of the most well-crafted and unaffected rock music since Sebadoh's heyday Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
MusicMercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight
Mercury Rev recapture their playful spirit with an enjoyable venture into electronica. Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
Music
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – Is It The Sea?
In place of normal audience interaction there is a palpable sense of bewitched reverence, even retrospectively on this CD Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
Music
Seasick Steve - I Started Out With Nothin' And I Still Got Most Of It Left
Everybody's favourite hobo comes home to roost in disappointingly bland style Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
Music
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
What now comprises The Stand Ins was originally intended to be the second disc of a double album with The Stage Names, which was instead released last year o... Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
Art
Emergent Artists: Christy Cole And Manu Kurewa
Of the hundreds of artists that step out of its doors each summer, Glasgow School of Art chooses to bring a couple back every now and again and showcase thei... Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
Music
Go Zoey, Go Go Go
Ally Brown sits down for a pint with Zoey Van Goey, another international band based in Glasgow that we can claim as our own to strengthen the team Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
Music
Army of Freshmen - Above the Atmosphere
Like a huge, fake, toothy grin, this is Prozac pop-punk at its most synthetic and processed Read more »| 03 Oct 2008