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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MusicLangston Hughes – Harlem in Vogue: The Poetry and Jazz of Langston Hughes
As with many innovators, Langston Hughes’ legacy has largely gone neglected, overshadowed by the political heavyweights of the civil rights movement, b... Read more »| 01 Jul 2011 -
TheatreTell Me On a Sunday @ The King's Theatre
“Girl” (yes, that’s her name in the script) is a homely English twenty-something who has moved from Liverpool (updated from Muswell Hill to... Read more »| 01 Jul 2011 -
Theatre10 years of Bard in the Botanics Venue of the Month
Bard in the Botanics will celebrate its 10th year in style this summer Read more »| 01 Jul 2011 -
Music
The Dirty Dozen – Dananananaykroyd Takeover
David Roy and John Baillie Jr popped round ours to play Bad Cop/Worse Cop with the July singles. What will it take to tease out their sensitive side? Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
TheatreJekyll and Hyde @ The King's Theatre
Admittedly one meets any production peddling a nostalgic celebrity heart-throb as the lead with an exaggerated degree of scepticism, but let’s say ther... Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
Music
Hero Worship: Adam Ant
Long-standing new music champion Vic Galloway worships at the altar of Adam Ant Read more »| 30 Jun 2011
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Music
Live Music Highlights – July 2011
Taking place on the weekend of the 2nd/3rd of July and marketing itself as a ‘boutique festival’, the Kelburn Garden Party provides a tantalising... Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
Music
The Metal Column – July 2011
Roots, Bloody Roots... Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
Music
Richard Youngs – Amplifying Host
Over twenty years and a ton of releases (with scores of self-released CDRs supplementing every widely-released full-length), Richard Youngs has built a solid... Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
Clubs
Nicolas Jaar (live) @ The Arches, 29 July
If space is only noise that you can see, then prepare to wander into a parallel world of electronic sounds when Nicolas Jaar plays at The Arches on 29 July. ... Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
Music
Tom Vek: "I’m not going to suggest that it really takes that long to produce 45 minutes worth of music..."
Incommunicado for five years, Tom Vek has a pretty good go at explaining why he's kept us waiting - it's complicated Read more »| 29 Jun 2011 -
Music
Six Degrees of Julia Thirteen
Who knew that so much of Glasgow's rich modern musical lineage could be traced back to the constituent parts of just one band? Read more »| 29 Jun 2011 -
Clubs
Clubbing Highlights – July
Fed up of the long hours and vitamin D deficiency inherent in its proselytising ways, the Clubbing Highlights column has made a devastating concession to 'fu... Read more »| 29 Jun 2011 -
Music
A Midsummer Day's Dream @ The Tramway, 25 June
Once again, the Tramway (and Optimo) step up to the plate and boldly go in directions that seldom few have the balls to with A Midsummer Day’s Dream, a... Read more »| 29 Jun 2011 -
Music
Washed Out – Within and Without
Ernest Greene, alias Washed Out, released his debut EP Life of Leisure in 2009, the Georgia-based talent promptly finding favour with blogging hipsters all o... Read more »| 28 Jun 2011