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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Comedy
Comedy @ the State, 7 April
a pan-cultural mishmash of fringe acts Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Music
Mumm-Ra - She's Got You High
...a bland, heard-it-all-before exercise in Radio 2-targeted schlock-pop. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Music
Bruce Foxton... From The Jam
Paul basically just said 'good to see you man' and we had a bit of a hug. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Music
BRMC - Heads Up High
Yeah, opening for Neil Young's a real drag... - Peter Hayes
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Music
Valet - Blood is Clean
If Eraserhead had been made in 2007, this would be the soundtrack. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Music
Unsane - Visqueen
Still barraging listeners with sludge-punk monstrosities. Read more »| 11 May 2007
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Music
PW Long - God Bless the Drunkard's Dog
A startling reinvention of raw rock in the style of Hendrix. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Music
Papercuts - Can't Go Back
An enchanting exercise in retro-reverence. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Music
Maria McKee - Late December
Tastefully arranged but lacking personality: McKee attempts to cover all musical bases. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Music
Le Reno Amps - So For Your Thrills
Deliberately tumbledown. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Music
Julie Fowlis - Cuilidh
Marvellous songs, faultlessly arranged and performed with conviction. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Music
James Yorkston - Roaring the Gospel
Yorkston is a born songwriter with a knack for surprising his listeners in almost every verse. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Music
Amandine - Solace in Sore Hands
Stunning. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Music
Alberta Cross - The Thief and the Heartbreaker
A broken landscape, where the devil is on every street corner and hearts are broken, yet hopeful. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Music
1990s - Cookies
Scruffy indie kids with bad teeth: they could even be mates of Pete Doherty. Read more »| 11 May 2007