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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MusicOn the Road: The Hazey Janes take Europe with Wilco (Part Four)
As the band rolls into Seville, the end of tour blues start to kick in Read more »| 08 Nov 2012 -
ArtScottish Art: Own Brand?
Hailing from Oz, Peter Drew shares his first encounter with the Scottish art scene Read more »| 08 Nov 2012 -
MusicZombie Zombie – Rituels d'Un Nouveau Monde
On Rituels d’Un Nouveau Monde, this French electro/neo-prog duo progress from their previous work – reinterpreting John Carpenter soundtracks &n... Read more »| 07 Nov 2012 -
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Snow Palms – Intervals
With his work in the London instrumental trio State River Widening from the late '90s to the mid '00s, David Sheppard helped to create a pastoral, folk-infle... Read more »| 06 Nov 2012 -
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Hero Worship: Johnny Ramone
Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd says that, for all Johnny Ramone's controversial politics, the New York punk pioneer was like an uncle figure to his band Read more »| 06 Nov 2012 -
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The Twilight Sad – No One Can Ever Know – The Remixes
With No One Can Ever Know showcasing a cold electro minimalism, The Twilight Sad confidently stepped outwith their self-imposed confines earlier this year.... Read more »| 06 Nov 2012
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MusicDistance and Meaning: Jacob Bannon explains the cult of Converge
Converge's Jacob Bannon explains why, the older they get, the heavier the Massachusetts hardcore kings become Read more »| 06 Nov 2012 -
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Frank Eddie – Let's Be Frank
The new project from Lemon Jelly’s Fred Deakin feels uncomfortably like a novelty record, and a rather dated one at that: Let’s Be Frank is a col... Read more »| 06 Nov 2012 -
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Carpets of Distinction @ Dovecot Studios
From the mid nineteenth century into the early twentieth, the Arts and Craft Movement stood for artistic craftsmanship over the increasing superfluity of ind... Read more »| 06 Nov 2012 -
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Poliça @ SWG3, 2 November
It has been observed that Poliça is a band having to go through its adolescence on the road. Started as a studio project by singer Channy Leaneagh a... Read more »| 05 Nov 2012 -
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Ugo Rondinone @ Common Guild, Until 19 November
The first few sculptures in Swiss-born, New York-based artist Ugo Rondinone's debut Scottish exhibition, primitive – hand-made birds cast in bronze, be... Read more »| 05 Nov 2012 -
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The Seer Returns: Michael Gira on Swans' ever-evolving live show
Michael Gira explains why Swans will always be a work in progress Read more »| 05 Nov 2012 -
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Beach House / Holy Other @ The Arches, 29 October
Holy Other leaves many of the audience confused, but for those attuned to his understated, undulating sound and beat-scapes, he is nothing short of a re... Read more »| 05 Nov 2012 -
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The Lovely Eggs – Wildlife
On their third album, couple Holly Ross and David Blackwell have again gone to every effort to remind us that The Lovely Eggs are northern. Really.... Read more »| 05 Nov 2012 -
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Crystal Castles – III
Crystal Castles were one of the central influences on the producers and bands who would go on to be grouped under the genre tag of 'witch house.' In a remark... Read more »| 05 Nov 2012