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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MusicKT Tunstall - Tiger Suit
In promo interviews for this, her third long player, sing-a-long-pop-with-substance songstress KT Tunstall has talked of her desire to repeat the success of ... Read more »| 22 Sep 2010 -
BooksNovgorod the Great by Andrew Drummond
Andrew Drummond’s Novgorod the Great is an intriguing historical novel set primarily in Russia, but ambitiously broad in scope. In 1833, two tr... Read more »| 22 Sep 2010 -
MusicThe Black Keys @ O2 Academy, 28 Oct
This Ohio duo, comprising guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney, have been having a good year. With their latest release Brothers shooting to num... Read more »| 22 Sep 2010 -
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Wilco @ Barrowland, 16 Sep
There are presumably few more comfortable bed-rocks from which to launch a solo project than having Radiohead listed as a current employer. To make things si... Read more »| 22 Sep 2010 -
MusicGrinderman: Warren Ellis
The second part of our Grinderman series sees electric bouzouki, Mandocastor, violin, viola and acoustic guitar player Warren Ellis wondering if he sounds like a knob Read more »| 22 Sep 2010 -
MusicPacific! – Narcissus
As synthetic harpsichord razors through Jean-Michelle Jarre futurism, the atmosphere conjured by Swedish duo Pacific! on opener Arcadia is so thick with ludi... Read more »| 21 Sep 2010
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Books
I Love You, Goodbye by Cynthia Rogerson
Cynthia Rogerson examines the complexities of love in her third novel. In the village of Evanton in the Scottish Highlands, Rose and Harry are having... Read more »| 21 Sep 2010 -
Books
A Life in Pictures by Alasdair Gray
A Life in Pictures is just that, and a treat it is too. The book is a beautifully produced selection of Gray’s art over 300 pages, with extensi... Read more »| 21 Sep 2010 -
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Robin Thomson: Ghost In The Machine
Robin Thomson takes us to the afterlife in his first ever solo show at Dundee's Generator Projects this month Read more »| 21 Sep 2010 -
Music
Grinderman: Martyn Casey
In scenes eerily reminiscent of 2005 Australian western The Proposition, The Skinny tracks down each member of Grinderman. Just don't call it a Bad Seeds 'side-project'. First up is guitarist Martyn P. Casey Read more »| 21 Sep 2010 -
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Wolf Parade @ Cabaret Voltaire, 8 Sep
When Wolf Parade played Glasgow back in May, third album Expo 86 had yet to be released and they were just starting a new tour. Four months and many more sh... Read more »| 21 Sep 2010 -
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Eastern Promise @ Platform, 1-2 Oct
Platform’s Easterhouse-based cultural centre adds another string to its bow in October with Eastern Promise, a two-day festival boasting local talent a... Read more »| 20 Sep 2010 -
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Robert Barry: Words and Music @ The Common Guild
It’s perhaps no coincidence that The Common Guild, housed in a building owned by Douglas Gordon, has decided to exhibit Robert Barry, one of Gordon&rsq... Read more »| 20 Sep 2010 -
Music
Sivert Høyem – Moon Landing
This is the latest solo release from Sivert Høyem, moody former front-man for Madrugada. The aforementioned group were one of Norway's most successful... Read more »| 20 Sep 2010 -
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Screaming Females – Castle Talk
The name Screaming Females is a bit of a misnomer for this tuneful indie rock outfit, as one might expect some riot grrrl fury once the needle hits the wax. ... Read more »| 20 Sep 2010