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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Art
PLAGUES @ Transmission Gallery
The highly recommended art event of the weekend must surely be PLAGUES, a for-one-night-only performance of new work by artist Donald Urquhart, jointly comm... Read more »| 25 Jun 2008 -
Film
Hollywood's Most Wanted
The Skinny’s Man of the Year for 2007, James McAvoy, is back on our screens this month in the brilliant action extravaganza, Wanted. Based on the graphic novel by Scottish writer Mark Millar, it marks the English language debut of Timur Bekmambetov, the Russian responsible for the stunning, if insane, Night Watch and Day Watch. McAvoy took some time to tell The Skinny about his latest. Read more »| 25 Jun 2008 -
Music
Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
By and large, this is very much like any other Coldplay record, though it contains assured traces of a certain daring that has often escaped them in the past Read more »| 25 Jun 2008 -
Music
Appleblim & Peverelist - Circling
The latest release on Skull Disco sees two of Bristol’s Dubstep kingpins (Apple Pips and Punch Drunk label bosses) deliver one of the deepest, darkest ... Read more »| 25 Jun 2008 -
Music
Sincere - Once Upon A Time
Reggae / Hip-Hop Summer Anthem? Read more »| 25 Jun 2008 -
Theatre
Interview with David McLennan: A Play, a Pie and a Pint at Oran Mor
Something of a secret success story, Oran Mor has pioneered lunchtime drama. The Skinny gets woozily cultured in the West End Read more »| 25 Jun 2008
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Music
Stapleton - Our Returning Champions
The circumstances of Stapleton’s formation might be textbook, but they’re no less romantic for it: future singer (Al Paxton) meets would-be drumm... Read more »| 24 Jun 2008 -
Music
V/A - Goodgreef Future Trance
This is how compilations in any genre should sound. Compilers and mixers Adam Sheridan and Tylor Leigh have fashioned, out of the 26 tracks present here, a ... Read more »| 24 Jun 2008 -
Music
Black Rat Death Squad @ The Halt Bar, 13 Jun
An all day leftfield sonic extravaganza Read more »| 24 Jun 2008 -
Music
Capitol K – Libertania/Go Go Go
Capitol K (Craig Robinson) returns with an upbeat, carefree release, featuring two tracks from his forthcoming fifth studio album Notes from Life on the Wire... Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
Music
Red Sparowes @ Stereo, 10 Jul
As any open-mouthed spectator at one of Red Sparowes' past Glasgow shows would tell you, they are a band that have never willingly consented to the somewhat ... Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
Theatre
Top Five Theatre Events in July
Peeping at Bosch Tramway, Glasgow10-13 July Mischief La Bas, the National Theatre and Tramway team up: medieval mysticism, broad humour and site responsive ... Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
Film
Wanted
Wanted may be the first film where a nobody is turned into an unstoppable assassin as a metaphor for getting off your arse and doing something with your life... Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
Music
Mark Henning - Jupiter Jive
This one might take a couple listens to get into, even for those who do cream themselves for minimal. Jupiter Jive disappoints by failing to recognise its ow... Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
Clubs
Andy Lewis @ Modern Lovers, GRV, 27 Jun
Andy is a legend on the mod club scene as former resident at London's Blow Up; the bassman for Paul Weller has celebrated beaucoups de success recently Read more »| 23 Jun 2008