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 Twilight Sad / Errors @ The Liquid Room, 12 Oct
The final date of a joint tour between Scotland’s foremost post so-and-so combos was always going to be catnip for a certain clientele. In fact, one ra... Read more »| 15 Oct 2010 -
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Oliver $ @ Kollektiv, 5 Nov
New night Kollektiv continues with an appearance from house producer Oliver $ Read more »| 15 Oct 2010 -
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Magnetic Man @ Mixed Bizness, 30 Oct
While there was something inevitable about the formation of Magnetic Man given that dubstep’s popularity, relatively speaking, has already appr... Read more »| 15 Oct 2010 -
TheatreBette/Cavett
From the 70s tube to the contemporary stage Read more »| 15 Oct 2010 -
FilmMary and Max
A very unusual friendship forms the heart of Mary and Max, Adam Elliot's enchanting stopmotion animated debut feature. Mary (Toni Collette) is a lone... Read more »| 15 Oct 2010 -
MusicJosephine Foster & The Victor Herrero Band – Anda Jaleo
Colorado born Josephine Foster appears to be on an endless journey of musical discovery, an opera-school drop-out – oh the shame – she’s si... Read more »| 14 Oct 2010
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Agnes Obel – Philharmonics
It’s not hard to muster some gushing verbal diarrhoea of how enchanting, bewitching, and other-worldly Philharmonics sounds but the truth is that with ... Read more »| 14 Oct 2010 -
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Panico – Kick
It seems almost a cruel joke that Chemikal release this just as we approach the depths of winter, because Kick, from Chilean quintet Panico is the ideal soun... Read more »| 14 Oct 2010 -
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Mice Parade – What It Means To Be Left-Handed
Ever since their inception in 1998, Adam Pierce’s Mice Parade have emblemised bold ambition, baulking any calls to conform with a melting pot of influe... Read more »| 14 Oct 2010 -
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No Age / Male Bonding @ Stereo, 9 Oct
For Glasgow fans of Sub Pop Records, tonight was a brutally hard choice. With Mudhoney also playing down the road at The Arches, a crucial decision needed to... Read more »| 13 Oct 2010 -
ClubsGrandmaster Flash @ Mixed Bizness, 20 Oct
Mixed Bizness throw down one of the strongest school night bookings in recent memory Read more »| 13 Oct 2010 -
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Tut Vu Vu: Stardust From Tomorrow
The Phantom Band's Andy Wake eulogises the late, great horror R&B show that was Uncle John & Whitelock to explain the origins of Tut Vu Vu Read more »| 12 Oct 2010 -
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The Orchids – The Lost Star
Veterans of the Glasgow scene, The Orchids cut their teeth twenty years ago with cult Bristol based Sarah Records, lending the kind of jangly indie credentia... Read more »| 12 Oct 2010 -
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Yeasayer's Chris Keating presents The Crooked Beat
Chris Keating picks out a few choice slabs of wax that helped shape Yeasayer as they are today Read more »| 12 Oct 2010 -
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Grass Widow / Trash Kit @ 13th Note, 7 Oct
Since the last time Trash Kit came to Scotland, they've gained a good amount of positive press recognition, released their debut album on the esteemed label ... Read more »| 12 Oct 2010