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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MusicEugene McGuinness - Eugene McGuinness
The main concern with Eugene McGuinness' debut album is that it's hard to tell whether he's having a giggle. That's not to say there's only merit to be found... Read more »| 07 Oct 2008 -
MusicDance Lazarus Dance - Lies EP
The dance-punk umbrella seems to be ever-expanding, and the latest addition is Glasgow’s own Dance Lazurus Dance. With a playful façade – ... Read more »| 06 Oct 2008 -
MusicJames Yorkston @ Carmelite, Aberdeen, 27 Nov
Since receiving a helping hand from John Peel back in 2001, James Yorkston has been busy crafting songs with the Athletes and lending his talents to the band... Read more »| 06 Oct 2008 -
Music
Araya - The Bridge of Hesitation
Araya, the solo work of Inverness-born electronic musician Keir MacCulloch, displays notable experience in the field. From a technical standpoint, The Bridge... Read more »| 06 Oct 2008 -
Music
Kurt Wagner of Lambchop: The Dude Abides
Lambchop have been attributed the tag of "the most consistently brilliant and unique American group to emerge during the 1990s". Kurt Wagner still can't believe people turn up to his gigs. Finbarr Bermingham had a word with the head honcho and found out that he really is "just a dude" Read more »| 06 Oct 2008 -
Music
Noah and the Whale @ Fat Sam's, 24 Oct
Noah and the Whale might be sailing the seas of some pop success, but what's at the bottom of these waters? Read more »| 06 Oct 2008
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Music
Desalvo @ Mono, 28 Sep
Lit strikingly from beneath, a heavy-set man in a butcher's apron and pig mask lurches into the midst of the swaying audience and a sweaty path is cleaved th... Read more »| 06 Oct 2008 -
Music
Copy Haho - Cutting Out the Bad/You Are My Coal Mine
Since 2005, Copy Haho have been sweet words on many a Scottish music critic's lips, despite a seemingly slow build for the Stonehaven four-piece. This latest... Read more »| 06 Oct 2008 -
Clubs
Sebastian Ingrosso and Killer Kitsch @ SoCo Social, The Winchester, Glasgow, 10 Oct
SoCo Social hijacks The Winchester on Friday 10 October to provide a remedy to the increasingly bleak nights we've been experiencing lately. Highly recommen... Read more »| 06 Oct 2008 -
Music
Black Kids @ ABC, 26 Oct
Arriving earlier this year amidst a furore of hype, Reggie Youngblood and his Jacksonville cohorts’ debut E.P. Wizard of Ahhhs mixed up Robert Smith st... Read more »| 06 Oct 2008 -
Music
Gregory & The Hawk - Moenie and Kitchi
Young New Yorker Meredith Godreau may have named herself Gregory & The Hawk to avoid being stereotyped as 'another female singer-songwriter', but the sec... Read more »| 06 Oct 2008 -
Music
BSS Presents: Brendan Canning - Hit The Wall
Weird prefixes aside though, Hit The Wall is a tasty little indie-pop morsel Read more »| 06 Oct 2008 -
Theatre
Don Juan, Relevance Nil
Gareth K Vile like Don but struggles to understand what it has to say to him. Read more »| 05 Oct 2008 -
Clubs
Capitals Apart But Moving Closer
Forget what you think you know about top European locations for electronic music - Berlin, Barcelona, London, Paris... bringing up the rear and fast approaching is Zurich Read more »| 05 Oct 2008 -
TheatreUnneeded: The Porcelain Project
Gareth K Vile is unsettled but not convinced by Needcompany. Read more »| 04 Oct 2008