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 Secret's Out: School of Seven Bells interviewed
Currently flourishing under the celestial guise of School Of Seven Bells, one-time Secret Machines rocker Ben Curtis educates Billy Hamilton on the unique functionalities of his new girl-fronted band Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
FilmChe: Parts One and Two
In the four decades since his death, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara has remained an icon of popular culture while our knowledge of the man has become as t... Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
Music
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event
L.A. quintet The Airborne Toxic Event have already been touted as potentially one of this coming year's biggest successes on the back of single Sometime Arou... Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
Books
Evolve Your Reading!
This year's big reading project is The Lost World Read, where we'll all be encouraged to get involved with one aptly chosen book... Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
MusicBeirut - March Of The Zapotec/Realpeople: Holland
He may have got half way there, but Monsieur Condon's foray into electronica appears ill-advised Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
Film
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Woody Allen’s latest, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, is ostensibly the tale of two young American women spending a summer in Barcelona. Vicky, played by Reb... Read more »| 04 Feb 2009
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Film
Glasgow Film Festival 2009: Celebrating Cinema City
Gail Tolley looks at the highlights of this year’s Glasgow Film Festival. Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
Music
The Phantom Band: What's In A Name?
It took five years of arguing before they agreed on a name, but now The Phantom Band have finally arrived they've got the year off to a flying start. Rick Anthony tells Darren Carle about the trials and tribulations behind their debut album. Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
Music
Guns n' Roses - Better
Better... is better than nothing, anyway, which can be said for much of Chinese Democracy: most of the world’s happy enough the damn thing finally came... Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
MusicA Chemikal Solution
After 15 years in the game, Chemikal Underground is showing no let-up in releasing great music. In fact, co-founder Alun Woodward tells Darren Carle that it’s time to turn up the heat. Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase: Rachel Maclean
Rachel Maclean This month The Skinny Showcase presents Rachel MacLean, who is in her final year at ECA. We first saw her work at Keep Calm and Carry On in t... Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
MusicI Hear a New World - February, 2009
Unusual and innovative music from Scotland and beyond. Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
Music
The Travelling Band – Desolate Icicle
It’s not challenging but convivial, and that’s entirely the point Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
Music
Noisy Nights @ The Traverse Theatre Bar, 23 Feb
‘Write score, submit score, come along, have score played by Red Note Ensemble, drink beer, fall over’ Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
Music
Titus Andronicus – The Airing of Grievances
They come from Springsteen country and burn with a similar passion for life in all its raw hope and blunt frustration Read more »| 03 Feb 2009