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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ArtHannah James @ Rhubaba
Hannah James’s work functions beneath a guise of opacity. Her oeuvre consists of deliberately bad camera angles and hazy images. The past year of her p... Read more »| 27 Jan 2011 -
ArtWindow to the West: The Rediscovery of Highland Art @ City Art Centre
Installing a contemporary art exhibition that self-professedly aims to “rediscover highland art” is certainly a risky strategy. After all, when s... Read more »| 27 Jan 2011 -
Music
Holton’s Opulent Oog – Love in the Mist
The bafflingly-monikered Holton’s Opulent Oog’s penchant for folky psychedelia is allowed loose on record once again, and a thoroughly enjoyable ... Read more »| 27 Jan 2011 -
BooksThe Liberation of Celia Kahn by J. David Simons
Set against the background of rent strikes, anti-war sentiment and a revolution brewing in Russia, a young Jewish woman from the Gorbals gains her first tast... Read more »| 27 Jan 2011 -
MusicEarth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I
Whilst Earth’s latest may sound like no great departure for those casually familiar with their sound, particularly in the last five years, those who ha... Read more »| 27 Jan 2011 -
Music
La Sera – La Sera
Some bands instigate scenes by inspiring others to emulate them; others simply go forth and multiply. The Vivian Girls seem to be inadvertently following the... Read more »| 27 Jan 2011
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Music
Toddska – Cowboy/Gal From England
The fourth release on Toddla T's Girls Music imprint sees him teaming up with DJ Mag's newly crowned Best of British winner for Best Producer, Roska. Straigh... Read more »| 27 Jan 2011 -
Music
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
2007’s White Chalk saw PJ Harvey reimagining the Dorset of her childhood against a backdrop of stark, spectral folk. That foundation remains on Let Eng... Read more »| 26 Jan 2011 -
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Ill Blu – Meltdown EP
Ill Blu have come a long way since their take on Shystie’s Pull Up became a UK funky anthem back in 2009. The real talent however was to be found on th... Read more »| 26 Jan 2011 -
Music
K-X-P @ Captain's Rest, 24 Jan
Glasgow quintet Pyramidion’s brand of wailing psych-rock is a confusing proposition for a dreary Monday night in Glasgow. There are encouraging moments... Read more »| 26 Jan 2011 -
Books
Wartime Notebooks by Marguerite Duras
The posthumous publication of a writer’s early notebooks and drafts can often feel like a cynical opportunity, or a desk-clearing exercise of little in... Read more »| 26 Jan 2011 -
Art
John Goto @ Edinburgh Printmakers
John Goto’s exhibition at the Edinburgh Printmakers may be small but it certainly evokes an intense response from the viewer. His collection of Mosaic... Read more »| 26 Jan 2011 -
MusicSleigh Bells @ Stereo, 22 Jan
As far as karaoke jams go, Sleigh Bells are up there with the greats tonight. On record these guys are teetering on brilliant, but a comprehensive backing tr... Read more »| 26 Jan 2011 -
Art
Living Today @ Mackintosh Gallery, GSA
Sporting a title of almost limitless possibility, the group show Living Today at the Mackintosh Museum assembles works by contemporary artists who explore as... Read more »| 26 Jan 2011 -
Music
Beans – End It All
Anti-Pop Consortium’s Beans, now happily ensconced on the Anticon roster, bring us his fifth album proper. A departure from the largely self-produced T... Read more »| 25 Jan 2011