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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ClubsShadow Dancer and DJ Funk @ Sub Club, 1 May
With label mate Strip Steve’s remix of Outlander’s “The Vamp” racing to a finish and the artwork from their first EP flashing lazily ... Read more »| 07 May 2009 -
MusicKatlow - Gorgeous/57 Manchester Road
Katlow finds her voice, and it's not another regional stereotype. Read more »| 07 May 2009 -
Clubs
Unique Beats @ Roxy Arthouse, 30 May
At the end of this month, Roxy Arthouse will host a one day festival dedicated to promoting all forms of electronic music making, by bringing together artist... Read more »| 07 May 2009 -
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Mixed Bizness: Thunderheist @ Glasgow School of Art, 14 May
Lock up your children, Canada’s Thunderheist are coming to compromise Glasgow’s young and impressionable with their glorious brand of sleazy elec... Read more »| 06 May 2009 -
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Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Reading between the lines of praise bestowed upon 2006’s Yellow House, it seemed there were just as many listeners left indifferent to its slow-burning... Read more »| 06 May 2009 -
MusicI Hear a New World - May 2009
Come May we ought to be preparing ourselves for four months of long hot days lounging about in beer gardens in a sun-drenched reverie, complemented by Grease... Read more »| 06 May 2009
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Music
Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds - Dracula Boots
For any Eighties Matchbox super-fan looking for a lesson in the genesis of psycho-billy, this is a worthwhile stop-off. Asides from time served with little-k... Read more »| 06 May 2009 -
MusicJunior Boys - Begone Dull Care
On their third album, Canadian electropop duo Junior Boys still can't shake off the nagging criticisms that have followed them since day one. Last Exit and S... Read more »| 06 May 2009 -
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Clues - Clues
Montreal's Clues show that there is life after Arcade Fire with this collection of fiery, epic material. Read more »| 06 May 2009 -
Music
Joker’s Daughter – Worm’s Head
Since he first emerged with his black market mash-up of The Beatles and Jay-Z, self-proclaimed musical auteur Danger Mouse has handled his projects shrewdly,... Read more »| 06 May 2009 -
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Charge Group - Escaping Mankind
Australia has a pretty damn good musical history, from Kylie and Jason to John ‘The Voice’ Farnham. Charge Group, however, situate themselves in ... Read more »| 06 May 2009 -
Music
An Army of She
The lineage of fiercely independent solo females that leads to Natasha Khan is a long one, but here are a few of our favourites. - KATE BUSH Disenchanted ... Read more »| 05 May 2009 -
Music
Over The Wall: Resistance is Futile
In an industry bloated by the mundane, Glasgow’s Over the Wall make for a refreshing slap in the jowls. Billy Hamilton catches up with the entertaining duo to discover why they break the mould Read more »| 05 May 2009 -
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Glasgow Gallery Weekend
On the weekend when Glasgow art explodes, Rosamund West takes a walk down the newest gallery district of Eastvale Place. Read more »| 05 May 2009 -
Music
The Elvis Suicide - Sweethearts EP
The themes that Glaswegian quartet The Elvis Suicide deal with are unashamedly rock ‘n’ roll, humorously laid out by singer Chris Devotion in the... Read more »| 05 May 2009