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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MusicThe Boy Who Trapped the Sun – Fireplace
The Boy Who Trapped the Sun apparently chose his lengthy stage name because it felt “bigger and less lonely” than ‘Colin MacLeod’. Wh... Read more »| 07 Jul 2010 -
Music
The Twilight Sad – The Wrong Car EP
Comprising of two unreleased tracks and two remixes, The Wrong Car EP is what you might call a "stop-gap" release between albums, but really it's much more t... Read more »| 07 Jul 2010 -
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Converge: There Will Be Blood
After 20 years, Converge have come a long way from simply being one of literally thousands of American hardcore bands Read more »| 07 Jul 2010 -
MusicShearwater @ Stereo, 28 Jul
Following the release of sixth album The Golden Archipelago earlier this year, Shearwater - led by Jonathan Meiburg (ex-Okkervil River) - are taking to Glasg... Read more »| 07 Jul 2010 -
Music
The Gaslight Anthem @ O2 Academy Glasgow, 23 Jun
It's a balmy night in south Glasgow, the kind that conjures up thoughts of dive bars and rock joints - so, the setting for The Gaslight Anthem is damn near p... Read more »| 06 Jul 2010 -
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Mose Allison @ Fruitmarket, 25 Jun
Ole man Mose has been at the heart of American songcraft for about 55 years now. The Who covered him Live at Leeds and Jools Holland practically owes his car... Read more »| 06 Jul 2010
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MusicPredestination Records Unveil Premeditation III
Some five years into its existence, Glasgow (via Stirling) label Predestination Records releases the third chapter in its Premeditation compilation series this month – an indelible snapshot of Scotland’s independant alternative rock landscape and the international ties it has developed. Co-founder Chris Cusack introduces the release and many of its players, with additional notes by our own Dave Kerr Read more »| 06 Jul 2010 -
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Crosby, Stills and Nash @ SECC, 6 July
Following their triumphant show at Edinburgh Castle last year, David Crosby, Steven Stills and Graham Nash return to Scottish soil this month for a night by ... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
MusicScragfight – Last Friday On The Underground EP
Glasgow trio Scragfight put their twist on Riot Grrrl punk with new EP, Last Friday On The Underground. First track, Zombie Girl, is a yelping tale o... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
Theatre
Burlesque is Dead: Long Live Burlesque
Almost as soon as it revived, burlesque was announced dead Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
Clubs
Sasha & Max Cooper @ Musika, 17 July
It's back... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
Music
Various – The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria
In 1967, as Western teenagers were clearing their diaries for a summer of love, Nigerians were preparing for a far less peaceful revolution. The civil war en... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
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Boohgaloo Zoo – Boohgaloo Zoo
Imagine a reanimated James Brown jerking around artificially in front of a backing band consisting of a Stars in Their Eyes Prince, a sober Sly Stallone and ... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
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Mongo Ninja – No Cunt For Old Men
Colossal riffs, break-neck drumming, and throat-ripping vocals – these Norwegian thrashers deliver a relentless bout of fat-metal frolics and a perturb... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
Art
Sideshow @ Filmhouse
Torsten Lauschmann’s Sideshow is a performance work that continues in the same experimental vein as his currently exhibited Patchwork Cinema Compilatio... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010