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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MusicGil Scott-Heron @ HMV Picture House, 26 April
"I did not disappear…wish I knew how." And so poet, novelist and self-proclaimed 'Bluesologist' Gil Scott-Heron shrugs off troubled times and goads hi... Read more »| 13 May 2010 -
FilmThe Lair: Season 3
A new series is a welcome chance for gleefully supernatural cheesefest The Lair to clean house and sort out the problems that plagued the previous year. At i... Read more »| 13 May 2010 -
Clubs
The Wee Chill @ The Glasshouse, Queen's Park, Glasgow, 29 May
Forget numerous bank holidays, losing an hour of sleep and increasing amounts of sunshine. For clubbers, The Wee Chill festival is the true herald of the Sco... Read more »| 12 May 2010 -
MusicPavement @ Barrowlands, 5 May
“It’s good to be back, underneath all these lights,” squints a visibly uncomfortable Scott Kannberg. Undoubtedly, the trend for 90s alt-ro... Read more »| 11 May 2010 -
Music
The Black Keys - Brothers
After years of making spare blues-rock records, something happened to the Black Keys: they recorded with Danger Mouse, then Wu-Tang members and Mos Def, and ... Read more »| 11 May 2010 -
Books
The Rough Guide to Sex
Don't be fooled by the title: The Rough Guide to Sex is not a guide to rough sex, nor is it a primer on how to sort of vaguely do it. This book tells you eve... Read more »| 11 May 2010
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Theatre
LBW: Jetsetters versus Newcomers
Can the lastest wave of cabaret stars stand against the established stars? Read more »| 11 May 2010 -
Music
Slash Talks Going Solo and Working with Weiland
Scott Weiland's old bandmate speaks his mind on the demise of Velvet Revolver and the need to go solo Read more »| 10 May 2010 -
Music
Rod Jones - A Sentimental Education
Generally speaking, blame/praise for Idlewild’s moderation from raucousness into country sad ballad territory has been levied at Roddy Woomble, whose p... Read more »| 10 May 2010 -
Music
The Scottish Enlightenment - Pascal EP
Strong return EP from some of Scotland's favourite philosophers Read more »| 10 May 2010 -
Film
Daybreakers
As Stephen Fry has noted, one of life’s great pleasures is when something is better than it needs to be, and that’s exactly the case with Daybrea... Read more »| 10 May 2010 -
Music
Scott Weiland on Stone Temple Pilots' Discography
As Stone Temple Pilots return from their sabbatical with album number six, Scott Weiland reflects on the San Diego quartet's catalogue to date Read more »| 10 May 2010 -
Music
Scott Weiland on the return of Stone Temple Pilots
As Stone Temple Pilots return with their first album in nine years, Scott Weiland explains the difficulty of hauling himself out from under history's bootheels Read more »| 10 May 2010 -
Music
Jamie Lidell - Compass
Jamie Lidell hasn’t been typically ‘Warp’ (if the label can still be said to possess a core sound these days) since solo debut Muddlin&rsqu... Read more »| 10 May 2010 -
MusicMale Bonding - Nothing Hurts
So another Sub Pop summer is upon us. Following such recent successes as No Age and Band of Horses, the Seattle based label couldn't capture the carefree haz... Read more »| 10 May 2010