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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MusicGreg Weeks - The Hive
Espers frontman flirts with prog rock and freak folk on impressive solo album Read more »| 28 Oct 2008 -
Music
Live Music Highlights - November, 2008
Controversy-courting, super-prolific lo-fi indie superstar Jay Reatard brings the ruckus to Glasgow ABC2 on 18 Nov Read more »| 28 Oct 2008 -
MusicJud - Sufferboy
With a less-than-subtle approach to guitar, Bright White Light starts thick and loud, the faintly distorted vocals and dense production reminiscent of Richar... Read more »| 28 Oct 2008 -
MusicRevere - The Escape Artist
With a full-length version of this single coming in at just over six minutes, Revere are theatrical to say the least. Drawing comparisons to Sigur Ros and en... Read more »| 28 Oct 2008 -
MusicThe Dirty Dozen - November, 2008
This month sees the return of Razorlight, the lesser-spotted five-star rating, and practically everything in between. Nick Mitchell dons his headphones. Read more »| 28 Oct 2008 -
Clubs
Optimo Espookio @ Sub Club, Glasgow, 2 Nov
Out come the freaks Read more »| 28 Oct 2008
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MusicHoly Ghost Revival @ Captain's Rest, 20 Oct
Fed up with waiting forever for Chinese Democracy? Holy Ghost Revival are here to help, with singer Conor St. Kiley (even their names sound as though they we... Read more »| 28 Oct 2008 -
Theatre
Top Five Theatre Events - November, 2008
1. SweetScar: 4.48 Psychosis Tramway 6-15 November A trip to the dark place, courtesy of one of the few writers who has experimented with language after Beck... Read more »| 28 Oct 2008 -
Comedy
Simon Day - What A Fool Believes
Simon Day embarks on his first solo stand-up tour, with Scottish dates in Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow Read more »| 28 Oct 2008 -
Theatre
Traversing New Ground: Traverse Programme Autumn/Winter '08/'09
Agata Maslowska looks at a couple of new strands in the Traverse's New Writing programme Read more »| 28 Oct 2008 -
Books
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman, in addition to being the award winning graphic novelist who wrote the Sandman series amongst other things, and the award winning writer of print... Read more »| 28 Oct 2008 -
Theatre
Snow Clowning
Michael Cox braves an unseasonal storm on the West Coast Read more »| 28 Oct 2008 -
Music
Shred Yr Face @ Glasgow School of Art, 18 Oct
Even the art school kids can let loose tonight. Times New Viking inaugurate both the shredding of yr face and the mutualisation of yr Tennent's with a handfu... Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
Music
De Rosa versus Found @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 15 Nov
De Rosa versus Found, Chemikal Underground versus the Fence Collective, Glasgow versus Edinburgh, poignant and delicate melodic folk-pop versus eclectic expe... Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
Clubs
Men & Machines feat. Efdemin @ Stereo, Glasgow, 22 Nov
Scottish first for respected German producer Read more »| 27 Oct 2008