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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MusicGruff Rhys @ Bongo Club, 8 October
The latent tension of a heavily oversubscribed Bongo Club and a few early technical "malfunctions" fail to deter Gruff Rhys from his stated mission; that of ... Read more »| 12 Oct 2011 -
MusicKid Koala: "I'm not a dancefloor type of guy!"
Kid Koala has never been just your average turntablist. With his new graphic novel and album, he wants to take you beyond the dancefloor, to the stars… Read more »| 12 Oct 2011 -
Music
True Widow / Vom / The Downs @ Captain's Rest, 10 October
Both of tonight’s support acts bear superficial similarities with their headliner – being guitar/bass/drums trios that rely heavily (excuse the p... Read more »| 12 Oct 2011 -
Music
Detour presents... Meursault / Happy Particles @ Glasgow Science Centre, 9 October
The planetarium isn't just a novel location for the sake of gimmickry, since a certain brand of rock music routinely provokes descriptions like "star-gazing"... Read more »| 12 Oct 2011 -
MusicGold Panda @ King Tut's, 8 October
It’s not just the red paper lantern hanging from his lighting rig that hints at Gold Panda's interest in all things far eastern, but the series of t... Read more »| 11 Oct 2011 -
Music
Detour presents... Remember Remember / Miaoux Miaoux @ Glasgow Science Centre, 8 October
For the past couple of years, the selfless folk at Detour Scotland have been doing everything in their power to make Scottish music fresh, intriguing and som... Read more »| 11 Oct 2011
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Comedy
Noel Fielding: The Mighty Brush
Boosh star pours his art out. Read more »| 11 Oct 2011 -
Comedy
Wicked Wenches
Bearing witness to a varied, exciting and sophisticated all-female line-up of acts, tonight's Wicked Wenches show is wide-ranging in subject matter and consi... Read more »| 11 Oct 2011 -
Music
Pettybone – From Desperate Times Comes Radical Minds
The all-female punk combo is hardly an untried concept but what Pettybone bring to the table is a sense of righteous conviction that the likes of The Donna... Read more »| 11 Oct 2011 -
ArtScotland+Venice Diaries: One team leaves, another arrives
As our team of IAs are getting ready to leave Venice (new team to arrive soon), Emma, Fran and Alex throw in a bit of self-promotion to show us what else they've been up to these past few weeks... Read more »| 11 Oct 2011 -
Music
Snoop Dogg @ O2 Academy, 9 October
The Doggfather has long been the smooth, acceptable and debonair face of hip-hop and – for better or worse – his performance tonight reflects it.... Read more »| 11 Oct 2011 -
MusicDeath Grips @ Captain's Rest, 29 September
Californian heavy-hop trio Death Grips are a group certain to have polarized listener opinion with their free Ex Military mixtape released earlier this year.... Read more »| 10 Oct 2011 -
Music
We Were Promised Jetpacks @ The Liquid Room, 6 October
It’s been over a year since the Jetpacks' previous home-turf Liquid Room gig, and as such there awaits an enthusiastic crowd tonight, near-buckling the... Read more »| 10 Oct 2011 -
Film
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
A haunted David Bowie dominates the screen in one of his most iconic roles as British soldier and prisoner of war Jack Celliers, pitched into a battle of wil... Read more »| 10 Oct 2011 -
Music
Gruff Rhys @ The Bongo Club, 8 October
Gruff Rhys at The Bongo Club, Edinburgh, 8 October 2011. Photography from Eoin Carey Read more »| 10 Oct 2011