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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MusicA Hawk and a Hacksaw: Notes from the Danube
Nomads, vagabonds - call them what you will - this month A Hawk And A Hacksaw return with their fifth album in advance of a whistlestop Scottish tour in June. Heather Trost sends Ali Maloney a postcard. Read more »| 11 May 2009 -
Music
Pumajaw - Favourites
Following on from last year’s well-received Curiosity Box, perennial candidates for the title of “Scotland’s best-kept secret” Pumaja... Read more »| 11 May 2009 -
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JD Twitch @ Men & Machines @ Stereo, 23 May
To celebrate their first birthday this month, Men & Machines welcome J D Twitch back to the decks. A fitting return as the Optimo DJ played at their laun... Read more »| 09 May 2009 -
MusicJason Lytle - Yours Truly, the Commuter
Grandaddy, Lytle's former band, were at their best when they had a kind of ragged edge to them. Lytle himself has admitted that when faced with the option of... Read more »| 08 May 2009 -
MusicThe Field - Yesterday and Today
An artist pushing the envelope when the audience least expects it can make for some astounding results. Like a techno Ys, Yesterday and Today immediately put... Read more »| 08 May 2009 -
FilmJamie J Johnson on Sounds Like Teen Spirit
If you’re expecting Sounds Like Teen Spirit to be anything about the 90s grunge scene you’ll be sorely disappointed. It couldn’t be furthe... Read more »| 08 May 2009
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MusicSimple Minds - Graffiti Soul
The Glaswegian New Pop dinosaurs are back with their fifteenth(!) album Graffiti Soul. Leaving aside the obvious question of how relevant it's possible for t... Read more »| 08 May 2009 -
Music
Various Artists - BRAND NEU!
The motivation behind this tribute to NEU! is to convey their importance by demonstrating their continued influence on the bands of today. Like a musical equ... Read more »| 08 May 2009 -
Music
Guru: Still Got the Skills
As a key element of both Gang Starr and Jazzmatazz, Guru has been pioneering hip-hop for over twenty years. David McNamara meets up with the legend and his latest collaborator to find out why he has no intention of stopping anytime soon. Read more »| 07 May 2009 -
Music
A Hawk and a Hacksaw - Délivrance
In not striving to be an authentic Eastern European folk band, A Hawk and a Hacksaw become, conversely, as triumphant, resilient and uplifting as the most ar... Read more »| 07 May 2009 -
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Art Brut @ Stereo, 2 May
If H&M made indie bands, they'd be like Boycotts (**). There isn't a hair or note out of place, and while their new-wave-rock is competent, it's also hop... Read more »| 07 May 2009 -
Clubs
Shadow Dancer and DJ Funk @ Sub Club, 1 May
With label mate Strip Steve’s remix of Outlander’s “The Vamp” racing to a finish and the artwork from their first EP flashing lazily ... Read more »| 07 May 2009 -
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Katlow - Gorgeous/57 Manchester Road
Katlow finds her voice, and it's not another regional stereotype. Read more »| 07 May 2009 -
Clubs
Unique Beats @ Roxy Arthouse, 30 May
At the end of this month, Roxy Arthouse will host a one day festival dedicated to promoting all forms of electronic music making, by bringing together artist... Read more »| 07 May 2009 -
Clubs
Mixed Bizness: Thunderheist @ Glasgow School of Art, 14 May
Lock up your children, Canada’s Thunderheist are coming to compromise Glasgow’s young and impressionable with their glorious brand of sleazy elec... Read more »| 06 May 2009