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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MusicThe Apple Scruffs - Big Hearts
Even bigger choruses Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
MusicMetronomy @ Cabaret Voltaire, 29 Oct
Metronomy belong to that new breed of band: the band who love synthesizers; who make music with the party in mind; who do remixes; who probably started as on... Read more »| 03 Nov 2008 -
MusicThe Soda Boys - Everybody Cha Cha
How is it that a single featuring the vocal delights of David Jude Jolicoeur from the legendary De La Soul can be so below average? De La Soul were truly ori... Read more »| 03 Nov 2008 -
MusicMirror Mirror - The Society For The Advancement Of Inflammatory Consciousness
There are more than enough moments of smirk-inducing bravery to keep this record interesting throughout Read more »| 03 Nov 2008 -
Music
General Fiasco - Rebel Get By
If feeling generous, General Fiasco might warrant the epithets “competent”, or perhaps “unpretentious”, but one listen to the vapid indie-by-numbers of Rebel... Read more »| 03 Nov 2008 -
Art
Richard Forster | Ruth Claxton @ Ingleby Gallery
On the floor of the Ingleby's Gallery 2 lies a spunk-like trail of mother of pearl droplets inset into the boards. This remnant of the inaugural exhibition,... Read more »| 03 Nov 2008
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Film
Shine A Light
Legendary director Martin Scorsese has picked the Rolling Stones for his next music documentary after the success of 2005’s Dylan documentary, No Direc... Read more »| 03 Nov 2008 -
Books
Solo Faces by James Salter
Verne Rand is a born climber, a man so at ease on tricky ascents that it’s as if he’s part of the mountains. He’s the fascinating (fictiona... Read more »| 03 Nov 2008 -
Music
Gabby Young and Other Animals - Bear With Me
Inarguably original and difficult to categorise, with a great set of pipes Read more »| 03 Nov 2008 -
Music
Voo - Same Mistakes/What Will Happen and When
The press release for Same Mistakes/What Will Happen And When is a series of brightly coloured statements (shock! - ed), ranging from the informative (&ldquo... Read more »| 03 Nov 2008 -
Clubs
Optimo 11th Birthday @ Sub Club, Glasgow, 30 Nov
The peerless Optimo celebrates its eleventh birthday by doing what it does best, ensuring everyone is out on a school night when really they should be at hom... Read more »| 03 Nov 2008 -
Clubs
Digitalism @ Snafu, Aberdeen, 23 Nov
Here, lets play a little game. I mention a production duo, you think of a colour. Actually, you know what… it’s already too late – once yo... Read more »| 03 Nov 2008 -
Clubs
Guru Josh Project - Infinity 2008
“Here’s my key, philosophy, a freak like me, just needs infinity”. So begins the house anthem that is Infinity 2008, where it doesn’t... Read more »| 01 Nov 2008 -
Theatre
Scottish Opera: The Secret Marriage
Gareth K Vile, fan of performance art and radical dance, enjoys a more polite evening Read more »| 01 Nov 2008 -
Music
The Dälek of Enlightenment
Many players, labels, fads and facets have come and gone since Dälek came to play with rugged beats and dystopian rhymes ten years ago. Will Brooks tells Dave Kerr why they’ve survived. Read more »| 31 Oct 2008