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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ClubsMixed Bizness feat. Hint & Boom Monk Ben @ Glasgow School of Art, 12 Feb
Regular special guest Hint makes the trip up north once again to delight clubbers with his bassy wonks and dancefloor dynamics. Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
Film
Gomorrah
Gomorrah is being released in the US under the banner “Martin Scorsese presents”, and while that director’s ouvre may explore the culture o... Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
ClubsNumbers feat. Modeselektor (Live) @ The Arches, Glasgow, 20 Feb
German techno superstars Modeselektor team up with the Numbers crew this month to play their first full-on live show in Glasgow since 2007. Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
Theatre
Articulate Animal @ Dancebase, Edinburgh
Over in Edinburgh, Fiona Campbell meets Sue Hawksley, artist in residence at Dance Base and professional researcher of the body Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
Music
St Deluxe – St Deluxe
We’re in the '90s grunge-rock ballpark, and St Deluxe seem happy enough to stay there Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
Clubs
Dirty Hearts Club present The Filthy Dukes @ SNAFU, Aberdeen, 19 Feb
Former DJs The Filthy Dukes have metamorphosed into a band. Read more »| 02 Feb 2009
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Music
U2 - Get On Your Boots
Hiroshi Sugimoto’s artwork for U2’s forthcoming album, No Line On The Horizon, may be more apt than he realises. Get On Your Boots is not so much... Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
Music
The Bulleit Originals: Marlena Shaw @ The Caves, 30 Jan
New York soul veteran blows the cobwebs off The Caves, despite having to deal with a strangely disinterested crowd Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
MusicStricken City @ Captain's Rest, 25 Feb
The cosy Captain's Rest seems an ideal venue to catch the critically acclaimed Stricken City. Hyped to the hilt, this indie-pop brigade sound quite unlike an... Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
Film
The Times of Harvey Milk
Oscar hopes are high for Gus Van Sant’s Milk, an excellent biopic of the first openly gay elected official in American history. Van Sant credits this O... Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
MusicSeasick Steve - Happy Man
This month the hobo hero Seasick Steve gets around to releasing the first single from his new album, I Started Out With Nothin’… and I Still Got... Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
Clubs
Balkanarama @ Stereo, Glasgow, 13 Feb
The Balkan music scene is growing fast everywhere in Europe. Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
Clubs
Alternative present Riton @ The V Club, 6 Feb
Alternative's monthly airing at the V Club promises some impressive line ups for it's coming events. Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
Theatre
Reviews: Dolls, and Naked Neighbour
Gareth K Vile gets excited at Tramway. Again. Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
ClubsSlabs of the Tabernacle present passEnger @ The Twisted Wheel, Glasgow, 7 Feb
Time to get those space helmets out again then… Read more »| 02 Feb 2009