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 Appleblim Of My Eye
Steve Glencross quizzes Appleblim, co-owner of one of the leading dubstep labels, Skull Disco, about the London and Bristol scenes, and dubstep’s new wave of producers Read more »| 01 Jul 2008 -
ClubsDrum & Breaks Curriculum - July, 2008
July sees the launch of several clubnights in Scotland, with The Reading Rooms, GRV and Bongo all hosting brand new events. We start at the GRV on Sunday 6 ... Read more »| 01 Jul 2008 -
MusicRadiohead @ Glasgow Green Review 27 Jun
Once Radiohead begin playing, even being soaked to the skin ceases to be of importance Read more »| 30 Jun 2008 -
MusicThe Last Shadow Puppets - Standing Next to Me
A two-and-a-half minute long track of finely crafted retro pop, but there are certain flourishes present that allude to new territories Read more »| 30 Jun 2008 -
Music
Melt-Banana @ Oran Mor, 18 Jun
Simply put: a force to behold Read more »| 30 Jun 2008 -
Music
Victoria Berg and the Blindfolded Man - I'll Meet You at the Chicken Lodge
Harmless, lo-fi, electro-pop of little note Read more »| 30 Jun 2008
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Music
Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
Equally workable as party album and hangover soundtrack Read more »| 30 Jun 2008 -
Music
Chris Bradley - Voices
Bradley’s predominantly country-folk thing ultimately proves less dusky ode, more simple, straw-in-mouth knees-up Read more »| 30 Jun 2008 -
Music
Albert Hammond Jr - ¿Cómo Te Llama?
It's sometimes difficult to get too excited about side-projects, no matter the sincerity invested in them Read more »| 30 Jun 2008 -
Music
Live Music Highlights - July, 2008
Edinburgh Isosceles couldn’t sound more Glasweigian if they tried, so if you dig on choppy riffs, hip-shaking rhythm sections and an oh-so-insouicant ... Read more »| 30 Jun 2008 -
Clubs
Mark E @ Dance! Dance! Dance!, Twisted Wheel, Glasgow, 11 Jul
The Jisco! head will definitely make you Dance! Dance! Dance! Read more »| 30 Jun 2008 -
MusicJames Blunt - I Really Want You
The use of ‘really’ in song lyrics is almost always redundant. Ray Davies pulled it off in You Really Got Me, because the next line is ‘you... Read more »| 30 Jun 2008 -
Books
Rodge Glass: One to Watch
Or, how to write a second novel whilst nearly losing your mind in the process. Read more »| 29 Jun 2008 -
Theatre
Feast @ Arta
Food and theatre are the perfect partners: a new company brings them together. Read more »| 28 Jun 2008 -
Music
Izzie Voodoo – The Push (Basilica Music)
Music for the internet generation. This really should be circulated on teenage MySpaces, where I'd never have to listen to it. To be fair the industro-rock i... Read more »| 28 Jun 2008