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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MusicJenny & Johnny @ Cabaret Voltaire, 30 Nov
“Here's one about being bound and tied up in a dungeon – not unlike this club.” Jonathan Rice informs the Cabaret Voltaire crowd, finishing... Read more »| 07 Dec 2010 -
MusicThree Blind Wolves – Echo On The Night Train / Honey Fire
Still rooted in the Americana of his previous musical incarnation, Ross Clark And The Scarfs Go Missing, the moustachioed songsmith sounds like he's having a... Read more »| 07 Dec 2010 -
ClubsHogmanay 2010: A Clubbing Planner
It's nearly here... The most anticipated night of the year, and the one most likely to end in crushing disappointment as the sheer pressure to have a good time overwhelms you, you drink all the booze by eleven and end up passed out on the floor by the time the bells toll. Luckily for you, we're here to help see that doesn't happen, by providing a short guide to the best nights at which to see in 2011 Read more »| 07 Dec 2010 -
ComedySnow Laughing Matter
Edinburgh comedy club offers free entertainment to stranded travellers Read more »| 06 Dec 2010 -
Music
Different Frequencies - Botanic Dreams
Rob Watson has shaken many a dancefloor with his work as producer The Magic Fly, and here he teams up with seasoned club vocalist Benjamin McCourt for a coll... Read more »| 06 Dec 2010 -
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Dogshite - Dogshite EP
London's Dogshite are a rambunctious outfit whose music hails back to the DIY ethics of punk's golden age, and who could easily have been transported in time... Read more »| 06 Dec 2010
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Music
Daft Punk – Tron: Legacy
If the prospect of having Daft Punk soundtrack the 28-year follow up to cult video-game-as-movie Tron sounds like a marriage made in digital heaven, then wha... Read more »| 06 Dec 2010 -
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Robert Francis – Before Nightfall
With a rich musical heritage – including family ties with Ry Cooder - cindering good looks, and a barrow-load of brooding introspection, American racon... Read more »| 06 Dec 2010 -
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Steven Milne – Chasing Phantoms
Chasing Phantoms is Aberdonian Steven Milne’s first solo outing; however it’s far from being the work of a novice, with the young songwriter havi... Read more »| 06 Dec 2010 -
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10 of 2010 (#1): Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
Pay attention: it's hard – when there are photos, graphics, animations, videos and flashing coloured boxes, links to definitions and further reading an... Read more »| 02 Dec 2010 -
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10 of 2010 (#2): The National – High Violet
From humble beginnings, The National have become one of the most celebrated acts around. And with High Violet, they've taken their art to a new level, as The Skinny found out from Scott Devendorf Read more »| 02 Dec 2010 -
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10 of 2010 (#3): Caribou – Swim
Canadian Dan Snaith has been making good records for over a decade now, but in 2010 he made a great one. After years of dipping his toes into dance music, fo... Read more »| 02 Dec 2010 -
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Laura Yuile @ The Duchy
As with many independent galleries in Glasgow, The Duchy is an old shop front in the east end. A five minute walk from George Square, the gallery and its adj... Read more »| 02 Dec 2010 -
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10 of 2010 (#4): Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Having had three years to stew on it, it’s fair to say that Neon Bible wasn’t the follow up we were hoping for after Funeral (our album of the ye... Read more »| 02 Dec 2010 -
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10 of 2010 (#5): The Phantom Band – The Wants
It could have been horribly messy, the second Phantom Band album. After last year’s debut blindsided us, seemingly from nowhere, and everyone in the kn... Read more »| 02 Dec 2010