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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MusicLykke Li @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9 Oct
An appearance by Lykke Li at Cabaret Voltaire brings with it the promise of sunny pop, even as summer becomes an obscure memory in Auld Reekie. Well-inform... Read more »| 26 Sep 2008 -
Music
Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
It’s the same old Fucked Up sound—but a bit more epic Read more »| 26 Sep 2008 -
TheatreArches Live! 2008
Gareth K Vile descends beneath the earth and enjoys the variety he finds there. Read more »| 26 Sep 2008 -
MusicDamien Jurado - Caught In the Trees
Damien Jurado is nothing if not eclectic; having forged an experimental path during the last decade, his sound has migrated from introspective folk to the ou... Read more »| 26 Sep 2008 -
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Jocasta Sleeps @ Wee Red Bar, 10 Oct
Melodic Glasgow rockers embark on a short Scottish tour Read more »| 26 Sep 2008 -
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The All New Adventures of Us - Best Loved Goodnight Tales
Singing about holding hands and making shadow puppets - would it be rude to stab a guess that these guys are all still virgins? Read more »| 26 Sep 2008
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Music
Catfish Haven - Devastator
At their core, Catfish Haven are essentially a rock act, however with third album Devastator they diversify further; tracing a pendulum swing of musical styl... Read more »| 26 Sep 2008 -
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Land of Talk - Some are Lakes
Some are Lakes is basically a hipster's favourite album from the mid to late 90s - reanimated, cleaned-up and put to work for a new generation. The album's m... Read more »| 26 Sep 2008 -
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The Mill Presents: Ross Clark and dBass
From opposite ends of the musical spectrum, Ross Clark & the Scarfs Go Missing and dBass are up and coming Scottish acts with shared interests at heart. Finbarr Bermingham profiles both acts ahead of their respective performances at The Mill this month Read more »| 26 Sep 2008 -
Clubs
Sunday Circus @ The Courtyard, 26 Oct
Holding a passion for deep, profound electronic sounds, Stuart Geddes took inspiration from such respected DJs as Derrick Carter, Kerri Chandler and Murk whe... Read more »| 26 Sep 2008 -
Comedy
October Comedy Highlights
Brendan Burns? I don't know why a drunken ozzy is such a speciality in the UK when there are thousands of them in Australia. He's not even attractive, but ma... Read more »| 26 Sep 2008 -
Music
Foals: Communication Breakdown
Six months after the release of their debut LP, Foals find themselves dodging a tangled web of media-fuelled disinformation while they keep their heads down to nail it on stage, as Edwin Congreave explains to Tobias Kahn Read more »| 25 Sep 2008 -
Music
O'Death @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 28 Sep
With a uniquely melancholic but jubilant southern-gothic sound, honed through years of intensive touring, Brooklyn-based quintet O’Death grace the stag... Read more »| 25 Sep 2008 -
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Jenny Lewis @ QMU, 18 Oct
Sans Watson Twins, sans Rilo Kiley, ginger indie-pop dream Jenny Lewis breezes into Glesgie in October, hot on the heels of her new LP Acid Tongue, welcoming... Read more »| 25 Sep 2008 -
Music
Lambchop - OH (Ohio)
Kurt Wagner and his ever-changing Nashville outfit continue to impress Read more »| 25 Sep 2008