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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MusicSo Far, So Good
After a decade in the wilderness, cult post-hardcore outfit Far return this month with an odd choice of comeback single. As they put the finishing touches to one of the most anticipated new albums of 2010, The Skinny catches up with front man Jonah Matranga to hear the inside word. Read more »| 01 Feb 2010 -
MusicKassidy - The Rubbergum EP
There’s not enough music in Scotland that makes you want to slap your thigh and chew tobacco. Kassidy have managed to produce such sounds - dus... Read more »| 01 Feb 2010 -
MusicThe Dirty Dozen - February, 2010
Chris Buckle invites The Vivian Girls back to his deluxe Glasgow mansion for a listen to February’s singles. “We could never be music reviewers!” they gasp. “We’re way too hard to please…” Read more »| 01 Feb 2010 -
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Brian Jonestown Massacre - Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?
Perhaps the BJM's most motley selection of songs to date, Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? finds Anton Alfred Newcombe embracing both stylistic eclecticism an... Read more »| 01 Feb 2010 -
ClubsJustus Köhncke @ Cottoncake, 15 Jan
With January a period of clubbing abstinence for many thanks to the familiar combination of post-festive season blues and over-stretched finances, it’s a brave club promoter who books a guest during this reliably fallow period. Read more »| 01 Feb 2010 -
Theatre
Alan Bissett @ Citizens Theatre, 9-13 Feb
A self-confessed ‘sensitive extrovert’, literary chameleon Alan Bissett is taking to the stage for a double feature of his play, The Ching Room, and spoken word ‘one woman show’, The Moira Monologues. Read more »| 01 Feb 2010
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Clubs
Felix Cartal @ RPZ, 4 Feb
Blog wonder boy Felix Cartal makes his debut at RPZ Read more »| 01 Feb 2010 -
Theatre
The Process is the Product
Where does the essence of performance hide? Is it in the end product, or is it tucked away inside daily life and the way that that product is developed? Read more »| 01 Feb 2010 -
Film
Kamikaze Girls
Edited at a frenetic pace, trawling through Japanese sub-cultures and using lurid, intense cinematography, Kamikaze Girls is a female buddy movie re-invented... Read more »| 01 Feb 2010 -
Film
Edge of Darkness
Whether he's taking a beating or dishing one out, Mel Gibson is an actor who's energised by violence, so he's perhaps the inevitable choice to play a vengefu... Read more »| 29 Jan 2010 -
MusicOno Palindromes - The Cum EP
With today's guitar clutching kids variously assimilating the sounds of Vampire Weekend, Klaxons or the Arctic Monkeys, the good ship Punk currently finds it... Read more »| 29 Jan 2010 -
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Hieroglyphics Deciphered
Easily as prolific as Wu-Tang, Oakland’s Hieroglyphics collective have a staggering back-catalogue. But where to start? Phesto gives us a few ideas… Read more »| 29 Jan 2010 -
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The Metal Column - February 2010
Even though February is the shortest month of the year, four jam-packed weeks of killer gigs ensures that all the bases are covered (with blood, or course). ... Read more »| 28 Jan 2010 -
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Live Music Highlights - February, 2010
Detroit Social Club may hail from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, but they don't let that stop them from channeling the muscular spirit of US rock into their impressive... Read more »| 28 Jan 2010 -
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Holly Miranda - The Magician's Private Library
To enlist a name like Dave Sitek to produce your solo debut isn't the no-strings guarantee of success you might expect it to be. Because while the TV... Read more »| 28 Jan 2010