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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FilmThe King
A story that is fascinating and disturbing, but ultimately frustrating. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Clubs
Talkingmakesnosense - Surroundings
As pleasant as it is to lose oneself in Dixon's web of sounds, there is nothing very challenging on offer here Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
ClubsChrist. - Vernor Vinge
Vernor Vinge is an impressively languid affair Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
MusicOrson - Bright Idea Single
Sugar-coated to beyond sickening and as safe as houses... Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Popup
Mashes the kitchen-sink drama of Aidan Moffat with a lyrical flow untouched upon since the halcyon days of Scatman John Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
The Glasgow School
Sad news this month is the demise of ShitDisco's shitty party den Read more »| 16 May 2006
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Music
The Presets @ King Tut's, 6 Apr
This evening, King Tuts is sparsely populated with an assortment of waifs and strays awaiting the electro disco sleaze of The Presets, though with two EPs an... Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
MusicDrive By Truckers @ The Arches, 4 Apr
Within the tunnels of The Arches, Alabama's Drive-By Truckers return to Glasgow to teach their bourbon-tainted lessons of love and life. From the beginning, ... Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Men, Women & Children - 'Men, Women & Children'
What the hell happened to Glassjaw then? A few short years ago the NY quintet were turning our faces into soup with their cathartic straight-edge hardcore so... Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Clubs
The Soul Sermon! May 2006
Keep aholda ten of your British pounds to see Azymuth at Departure Lounge on the 26th Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Tigerfest
2006 may be the Chinese year of the dog but here in Scotland the beginning of festival season belongs to the roar of the tiger Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
The Easy Gramophone - May
5 songs you can legally download and listen to - free Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
New Blood: The Common Redstarts
It looks like it might be time for the Common Redstarts to fly the nest Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Even in their most addled moments, Kiedis and co probably never dreamed that in the year 2006 they would have their status as one of the world's biggest bands safely in the bag Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
MusicKing Biscuit Time
"It's my job to sit here and tell people I've got a label with Alan McGee, the reality is that I haven't got a clue what that involves!" Read more »| 16 May 2006