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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Music
A Muso's Top 10: Minus the Bear
The Skinny finds Dave Knudson in particularly laid-back form as he dishes the news from camp MTB and tosses us a few curveballs from their record collection… Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Music
Live Music Roundup - August
Dinosaur Jr hit up Edinburgh once again in their original formation on 27 Aug Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Music
The Easy Gramophone ft Vampire Weekend
5 free songs you can legally download, listen to and love Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Music
Architecture In Helsinki - seriously happy
For some reason, if you're kind of positive in your themes or the way you present yourself people just call it childish Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Music
Asobi Seksu - Citrus
It's outlandish, euphoric and perhaps strangest of all, quite catchy. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Film
Surf's Up
The mock-doc style is the source of the laughs. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007
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Clubs
MNKY (Freqbeat) DJ Chart
Freqbeat's MNKY resident and promoter gives The Skinny his current top ten tracks. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Clubs
Lethal Bizzle - Back to Biznizz
Bizzle's highly-charged political rap is bound to strike a chord with 'ver kids Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Music
Interview - Maps
Not so much shoe-gazing as star-gazing. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Music
Architecture in Helsinki - Places Like These
More from these New Wave revivalists who still use Talking Heads as the primary blueprint Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Comedy
Reginald D Hunter: Comic of Consequence
I grew up as a stand-up in Britain, so I don't have that quick, quick pace that a lot of the other guys in America have. I have a sound; I'm slow, like smooth jazz. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Music
Aerogramme Exit with Heads Held High
"It's gonna be emotional but unless someone kicks me in the balls I don't think I'm gonna cry!" - Craig B Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Music
Slint @ ABC
Slint's first show in Glasgow since they reformed two years ago has been moved to ABC1 on Sauchiehall Street. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Music
Say @ The Loft, 7 Jul
With tinkling bells, bright colours and enthusiasm to spare, Say instantly appeal to the inner child in us all Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Music
Broken Records @ Octopus Diamond
Shot through with a dirty, dark country-rock grit. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007