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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MusicThe Dirty Dozen – October 2012
Recovering at his Edinburgh home from a nasty chest infection, Dan ‘Withered Hand’ Willson dutifully bunkers down to the healing sounds of October’s single releases Read more »| 02 Oct 2012 -
MusicHidden Orchestra: In Plain Sight
Joe Acheson talks to The Skinny about Hidden Orchestra's beautiful new album Archipelago, and the highlights of the Scottish urban music scene today Read more »| 02 Oct 2012 -
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Bat for Lashes – The Haunted Man
The biggest difference between The Haunted Man and 2009's Two Suns is in the presentation – gone are the intricate, ornate, quasi-mystical visual trapp... Read more »| 02 Oct 2012 -
MusicWHY? – Mumps, etc.
Alopecia and Eskimo Snow saw WHY? distance themselves from the hip-hop template that defined their earlier albums as Yoni Wolf’s neurotic drawl playe... Read more »| 02 Oct 2012 -
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PAWS – Cokefloat!
Recorded on a boat moored on the Thames, it's easy to imagine that this much-anticipated debut album from garage pop rockers PAWS could have sunk under the... Read more »| 02 Oct 2012 -
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Gav Prentice – The Invisible Hand
You can appreciate why Over the Wall’s Gav Prentice felt the need to release these songs under his own name, as opposed to incorporating them into th... Read more »| 02 Oct 2012
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Errors – New Relics
For a band whose last LP has largely come to be considered their most accomplished to date, it’s no wonder that Errors have, with this mini album relea... Read more »| 02 Oct 2012 -
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We Are the Physics – Your Friend, The Atom
There's always been a touch of crazy to Scotland's most lauded musicians. Orange Juice were awash with art school exhibitionism; mid-career Primal Scream wer... Read more »| 02 Oct 2012 -
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Tenebrous Liar – End of the Road
Since NME photographer Steve Gullick formed Tenebrous Liar in 2006, they’ve racked up an improbable seven LPs of roughly-hewn, heart-on-sleeve grungy ... Read more »| 02 Oct 2012 -
MusicNETVERK – October 2012
In this month's NETVERK: Death Grips measure their dicks, Busdriver gives away a free EP, plus releases from Phuturelabs, Lazerhawk, TEXTBEAK and witch-step phenomenons Bruxa! Read more »| 01 Oct 2012 -
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Azealia Banks @ O2 ABC, 29 September
This virulent hip-hop double-bill opens with New York rapper Zebra Katz, accompanied on stage by whip-fierce Njena Reddd Foxxx, churning the 8pm crowd into ... Read more »| 01 Oct 2012 -
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Frightened Rabbit @ Victoria Hall, Selkirk, 25 September
Small town music communities can be precious and fanatical about their local bands. Yet when the band in question is Frightened Rabbit and tonight’s ... Read more »| 01 Oct 2012 -
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The Skinny Showcase: Igor Termenon
Showcase: Igor Termenon "The series I Used To Live Here documents the places I lived in between 2009 and 2011. During those three years I lived in f... Read more »| 01 Oct 2012 -
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First Listen: PAWS reveal debut album Cokefloat!
Glasgow-based trio PAWS have brought a heartening buzz to national radio with their sweet brand of raw and poppy garage rock. They offer The Skinny first listen to their debut album and chat about its inception over a few sugary treats Read more »| 01 Oct 2012 -
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The Skinny Showcase: Nick Lynch
Showcase: Nick Lynch Nick Lynch is an artist based in Glasgow. He is also one half of Bronze Age Editions, an independent publishing platform specia... Read more »| 01 Oct 2012