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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ClubsBattant @ Sub Club, 28 Jun
London's Battant capture hearts down in the Sub Club Read more »| 07 Jul 2009 -
MusicSilversun Pickups @ Òran Mór, 1 July
It's not surprising that Silversun Pickups haven't quite managed to graduate to the mainstream in the UK, despite a repertoire of radio-friendly tunes. Most... Read more »| 07 Jul 2009 -
Music
There Will Be Fireworks: Sky's the Limit
Scotland is gaining a reputation for darkly ambitious indie, but Glasgow four-piece There Will Be Fireworks are determined to carve out their own space, Nick Mitchell hears Read more »| 07 Jul 2009 -
MusicReverend & The Makers - A French Kiss In The Chaos
Jon McClure is on the ropes, so to speak. The self-proclaimed heavyweight champ of his own ego has taken a fair battering over the last year, ostensibly as s... Read more »| 07 Jul 2009 -
Clubs
Slam Tent Stage Times Confirmed for T in the Park 2009
The folks over at Soma have confirmed the exact times for this weekend's mashup. Sense seems to have prevailed, with less intense acts like Beardyman and The... Read more »| 07 Jul 2009 -
Music
Lucky Number Nine Showcase @ Captain's Rest, 26 Jun
Glasgow's Peter Parker (****), supergroup by name as well as nature, are picking up rave reviews before their debut 7-inch has even hit the shelves; as they ... Read more »| 06 Jul 2009
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ClubsDeparture Lounge 6th Birthday @ The Caves, 24 July
Edinburgh's Departure Lounge celebrates six years in the business Read more »| 06 Jul 2009 -
Music
The Stupids - The Kids Don't Like It
Surely the greatest musical proposition ever to hail from Suffolk – not that The Darkness and Tim Westwood present much of a challenge – John Pee... Read more »| 06 Jul 2009 -
Music
of Montreal: Wild Mood Swings
After several universally lauded LPs, psych-pop outfit of Montreal unleashed the divisive Skeletal Lamping on the public late last year. Jason Morton steps into the expressive world of Kevin Barnes. Read more »| 06 Jul 2009 -
Music
Django James & The Midnight Squires - Hurricane
Django James fancies himself as a fast-living ingénue, and his band’s debut single, Hurricane (sample lyric: “my eyes are rolling backward... Read more »| 06 Jul 2009 -
Music
The Shock of The Horrors
Like Radiohead and Blur before them, The Horrors have followed a fault-ridden debut with a superb second album that few saw coming. But frontman Faris Badwan tells us that it wasn't the complete shift that some would have you believe Read more »| 06 Jul 2009 -
Film
Total Eclipse of the Art
Duncan Jones has gone from directing commercials to being the toast of Sundance. Moon, which received its British premiere at this year's EIFF, is an ambitious and assured take on the "hard" science fiction genre. Michael Gillespie met the director to discuss his film, his career and his somewhat famous father. Read more »| 06 Jul 2009 -
Music
The High Plane Drifters - Sweet Poppy Jean
Whatever else you might think of their gleefully inept garage shtick, you can’t say the High Plane Drifters haven’t swotted up on their rock heri... Read more »| 06 Jul 2009 -
Film
35 Shots of Rum
A pivotal scene in Claire Denis’ latest film, 35 Shots of Rum, takes place with almost no dialogue. Yet, in its quietness, it perfectly captures ... Read more »| 06 Jul 2009 -
Film
High Art
Photography's one of those things which looks simple, but there’s something about a great picture that can’t be denied. Lisa Cholodenko's High Ar... Read more »| 06 Jul 2009