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 Unwinding Hours @ Stereo, 5 March
Push the stylus down during your favourite Fucking Champs number and you’ll damn near hear Holy Mountain. Drummer Pete Flett’s limbs flail faster... Read more »| 16 Mar 2010 -
FilmTalk To Me
The name Petey Greene won’t ring many bells this side of the Atlantic, but the outspoken DJ was big enough in his hey-day to garner an invitation to Ca... Read more »| 16 Mar 2010 -
Theatre
London Irish Beauty
The Lyceum is supposed to be conservative, Yet it seems to have a better idea for a modern classic than previously acknowledged Read more »| 16 Mar 2010 -
ArtAlex Frost - The Connoisseurs @ DCA
On entering Alex Frost’s solo show at the DCA, the visitor is met with a mural covering the whole of one wall displaying the WiFi logo rendered in swim... Read more »| 16 Mar 2010 -
Music
Josiah Wolf - Jet Lag
Those who unfairly balked at Eskimo Snow’s perceived middle-age spread would do well to skip Why? drummer Josiah Wolf’s first solo effort. Why?&r... Read more »| 15 Mar 2010 -
Theatre
Death and Burlesque
The twin muses of Experimental Performance and Burlesque battle for the soul of the theatre critic. What will happen? Read more »| 15 Mar 2010
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Music
Ulrich Schnauss - Missing Deadlines (Selected Remixes)
What makes Missing Deadlines great is that, if you knew neither Ulrich Schnauss’ signature style nor any of the remixed original tracks, you’d be... Read more »| 15 Mar 2010 -
FilmSalvage
In pursuit of ratings, Channel 4’s flagship soap Brookside went to desperate measures, from helicopter crashes, religious cult suicide pacts, i... Read more »| 15 Mar 2010 -
Music
Johnny Cash - American VI: Ain't No Grave
In Rick Rubin, Johnny Cash found perhaps his most sympathetic producer and for the most part Ain't No Grave is as candid and bare-bones as anything from the ... Read more »| 15 Mar 2010 -
Music
Hinterland 2010 @ Various Venues (Glasgow), 3 April
It may only be heading in to its sophomore year, however Glasgow’s one-day, multi-venue Hinterland festival has already made its mark on Scotland&rsquo... Read more »| 12 Mar 2010 -
Clubs
Photonz @ Stay Plastic, La Cheetah, 19 March
Photonz make a rare appearance at Le Cheetah. Read more »| 12 Mar 2010 -
Theatre
La Bohème Review
Does opera reduce outsiders to something safe for the picture frame? Read more »| 12 Mar 2010 -
MusicGrizzly Bear @ Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 9 March
This billing is surely an indie purist's dream. And tonight's purists could be forgiven for leaving daytime reality at the door as Beach House cast their int... Read more »| 11 Mar 2010 -
Theatre
Rob Drummond talks control
Rob Drummond has been working up a reputation as one of Scotland's more prolific writers and performers. A long association with The Arches has seen him move... Read more »| 11 Mar 2010 -
Theatre
La Cheetah Burlesque March Show
The Burlesque scene within Glasgow is growing at a rapid pace, with new events popping up all over the place. La Cheetah! is the new brainchild of Dolly Tartan based in the heart of Glasgow City Centre. Read more »| 10 Mar 2010