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 Phantom Band @ Electric Circus, 19 Aug
Perhaps fittingly, Glaswegian motorik-prog rock bastards The Phantom Band are tonight playing a venue mere feet away from some of the world's most haunted ba... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
MusicCamille O'Sullivan @ Assembly Halls, 9 Aug
Camille is known for her cabaret style renditions of Nick Cave and David Bowie, as well as traditional favourites. If the Dark Angel lacks her stunning versi... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
ComedyCarey Marx: The Doom Gloom Boom Comedy Review
Not as gloomy as you might think, given the title, Carey Marx takes childish and razor sharp joy in arguing with people's apathy, and the doomy gloom the wor... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
Theatre
Vox Motus
From puppets to the Black Arts: Vox Motus keep on moving. Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Music
Okkervil River @ Òran Mór, 9 Sep
Will Sheff takes his inimitable stage show to Glasgow Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Art
Nigel Peake @ Schop
A cross between Edward Monkton graphic-like charm and the precision and dedication of William Playfair, this exhibition will appeal to both the trained and u... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009
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ClubsTaking Care of Business
A common theme amongst contemporary house producers is their unbelievable work ethic, and Pennsylvania’s lost son is no exception. With two albums down and one more to go, David McNamara steals some time with the formidable force that is Jay Haze. Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Music
Emmy the Great - Edward EP (First Songs)
Emmy the Great revisits her juvenilia (well, perhaps juvenilia is a bit much…she’s only 25), and it’s a chance to witness her ingén... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Clubs
Xplicit
Xplicit draws a line under the festival with a knees up at The Picturehouse. Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Art
Milestone @ ECA
My first thought is "Am I early?" Day four of the Milestone exhibition and the sculptures sit as large lumps of shapeless rock. However, the whiz of chainsaw... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Art
Bob & Roberta Smith @ The Grey Gallery
Hawke and Hunter is an unusual venue but currently the ideal choice for those desperately seeking midnight encounters with art. Turn a blind eye to the bling... Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Clubs
Frogs Are Electric
Numbers and Optimo have brainstormed and come up with something fresh and exciting for the more discerning music lover this Bank Holiday weekend. Read more »| 18 Aug 2009 -
Books
Ewan Morrison Speaks.
Four books in five years is an impressive standard for any successful author. Ewan Morrison seems to have made up for lost time in writing fiction. Starting with a collection of short stories followed by two novels, Ewan’s most recent release – Ménage – set in the Young British Artist scene of 90s London sees three characters engage in an enveloping ménage a trois. In an undisturbed university room in the heart of Glasgow, Ewan talks about the book and the engine that runs it. Read more »| 17 Aug 2009 -
Comedy
Janeane Garofalo
There is, unfortunately for the glib reviewer, no-one to compare Garofalo too. There’s people in there, for sure – possibly one too many for her ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
Comedy
Rhod Gilbert
I want to like Rhod Gilbert. I really do. He seems like, well, a really nice guy. There’s no doubt he’s original, that he throws every ounce of e... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009