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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MusicPete and the Pirates @ Captain's Rest, 26 September
With seasoned ex-members of Morning Runner at the helm, Glass’s polish garners at least one breathless endorsement tonight (“They blew my mind!&n... Read more »| 29 Sep 2011 -
Music
Jeffrey Lewis – A Turn In The Dream-Songs
Anti-folk figure Jeffrey Lewis is known for his tendency to divide listeners. He addresses this point directly in the song Cult Boyfriend, a highlight on thi... Read more »| 29 Sep 2011 -
Film
All Night Horror Madness 3!
Matt Palmer brings another slice of old-school horror to the Cameo with the third All Night Horror Madness! Read more »| 29 Sep 2011 -
MusicLoch Lomond – Little Me Will Start A Storm
Every Scottish review of this record will doubtlessly refer to the recognisable moniker of this sextet from Portland, Oregon, but with this, their first rele... Read more »| 29 Sep 2011 -
MusicShonen Knife – Osaka Ramones
Cover albums often carry an air of redundancy, beckoning the question: why bother? For punk-pop trio Shonen Knife, the motivation is to mark their 30th... Read more »| 29 Sep 2011 -
ComedyMargaret Cho: "I think it would be great if everyone was ordered to get gay married”
One of America's most provocative comedians, Margaret Cho is on a world tour that begins and ends in Scotland. But where is she now? Read more »| 29 Sep 2011
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Theatre
The Cabaret Revival (Reprise)
It's Here, It's Queer, Get Used to It Read more »| 29 Sep 2011 -
Music
The Moth & The Mirror – Honestly, This World
Comprising previous and occasional members of bands including Frightened Rabbit, Smoke Jaguar and The Reindeer Section, The Moth & The Mirror form ... Read more »| 28 Sep 2011 -
Music
Siskiyou – Keep Away The Dead
This second LP from indie-folk band Siskiyou finds a balance between soft reflective folk songs and angst-ridden stomp-alongs. Recorded mostly in the tiny to... Read more »| 28 Sep 2011 -
Clubs
Dispatches from the Golden Isle
As Ibiza's party season wraps up for another year Kat Young checks out two of the major players, We Love and Cocoon. Read more »| 28 Sep 2011 -
Clubs
Clubbing Highlights – October 2011
Festivals: over! Summer: over! You might as well get a good selection of soup stocked in your cupboards, dig out the winter wardrobe and invest in a SAD lamp... Read more »| 28 Sep 2011 -
Clubs
Blitz
First time DJs Corrina Hornsby-Walsh and Paul Challinor launch their queer and camp 80s-inspired club night Blitz at Glasgow’s Flying Duck. They were i... Read more »| 28 Sep 2011 -
Clubs
Perc @ La Cheetah, 19 Nov
Pounding pounding techno music comes to La Cheetah this week in the form of bass throbbing tub-thumper Perc. With releases on Kompakt, Adam Beyer’s Dru... Read more »| 28 Sep 2011 -
Clubs
Tribute (Launch Night) Presents DJ Stingray
Detroit’s enduring influence on electronic music is hard to play down, not least it would seem, in Glasgow. It’s fitting then that the city&... Read more »| 28 Sep 2011 -
Clubs
Death Disco Presents Peaches (DJ Set)
Outlandish costumes and lascivious lyrics have been the cornerstone of the stratospheric rise of Lady Gaga in recent years. The idiosyncrasies of Ms Germanot... Read more »| 28 Sep 2011