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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MusicLive Music Highlights - September, 2009
All connoisseurs of fucking evil drug music who know what's up will assemble at Glasgow Ivory Blacks on 10 Sep to pay their respects to Electric Wizard Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
FilmJesse Eisenberg: A ride through Adventureland
Jesse Eisenberg talks about his latest coming-of-age comedy Adventureland, which even comes with a recommendation from Woody Allen. Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
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This Is Spinal Tap: Up To 11 Edition
Newcomers to Rob Reiner’s classic shouldn’t have the difficulties its first audience had in understanding its humour. That’s because this c... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
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Glasgay! Film Festival Preview
This year's Glasgay! kicks off with a selection of films ranging from poignant drama to old school horror. Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
MusicPart Chimp - Thriller
As ambitious as its title suggests, Thriller is a concise statement from a band taking a confident stride forwards. Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
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Away We Go
For the last ten years, the adjective “quirky” has become over used in film criticism, but that’s only because it’s been a trait over... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009
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Music
Amanda Palmer @ HMV Picture House, 22 Aug
Although she’s recruited a brass band - arriving in the form of local buskers the Horndogs - to bookend her set, Amanda Palmer spends the majority of t... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
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Dim Sum
Set in 80’s San Fran, Dim Sum centres on the daily goings-on of a small and ordinary Chinese family, dealing with small and ordinary everyday issues. T... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
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Adventureland
Greg Mottola’s follow up to Superbad is a quirky comedy telling a familiar coming-of-age story: recent graduate James (Jesse Eisenberg) is spending the... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
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Whispertown 2000 @ Captain's Rest, 16 Sep
Morgan Nagler fronts this wonderfully mixed up Californian four-piece who find comfort in wailing woefully and plucking geetars. Taking influence from Bob Dy... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
MusicMonotonix @ Sneaky Pete's, 19 Aug
If you're unconvinced by the attraction of standing directly beneath a wild-eyed, hairy, garage-metalling demoniac with sweat oozing from every pore, accumul... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
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Corpses - Half Elvis EP
Corpses feral mixture of Converge and Cancer Bats is a furious spectacle in the flesh and comes highly recommended. Understandably, given most young bands li... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
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The Social Services - It's Nothing Personal, It's National Security
Two-thirds Glaswegian/one-third Swedish indie-poppers The Social Services have a love-hate relationship with drummer Martin Frödén’s home n... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
MusicLovvers @ Sneaky Pete's, 21 Aug
Having added an extra guitarist into the mix for this tour, Lovvers beef up their wiry studio sound with Hüsker Dü-sized reverb, the result being a... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
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Nespresco - Occam's Razor EP
Piano-led rock has rarely flourished of late in Scotland. With their debut EP, Glasgow’s Nespresco go against the grain, doggedly and sometimes success... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009