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 KC Review: Simple Minds in Concert
The band is Glasgow's own Simple Minds. The album they're playing live tonight is the seminal New Gold Dream. The King is Creosote, and he's in the crowd. Read more »| 15 Dec 2008 -
MusicDumb Instrument - Dear Santa
Dumb Instrument know how to pull the rug out from under you. What starts out as a saccharine-sweet Scottish take on the Christmas Single -replete with horns,... Read more »| 15 Dec 2008 -
Theatre
Sunshine on Leith
Michael Cox finds that, despite the sunshine, there are a few clouds over Leith. Read more »| 12 Dec 2008 -
TheatreA Word with a Ballerina: Scottish Ballet's Quenby Hersh
Quenby Hersh talks to The Skinny about being part of Scottish Ballet Read more »| 12 Dec 2008 -
Music
Lanegan and Campbell Hold The Porch Down
After recording their debut album together whilst hardly seeing each other, Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan finally stepped out together in the truer sense with their latest player, Sunday at Devil Dirt. Jamie Scott finds out how their partnership is developing Read more »| 12 Dec 2008 -
Music
Pink Eyes: "I Made the D-List!"
As he basks in the glory of having shimmied his way further up the food chain in 2008, guest columnist Pink Eyes from Toronto punkers Fucked Up finds himself dissecting the cult of celebrity. Read more »| 12 Dec 2008
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Music
Vivian Girls @ Captain's Rest, 6 Dec
The Vivian Girls are psychic. No, really. They demonstrate their powers tonight by asking a crowd member to whisper the name of a well-known celebrity in the... Read more »| 12 Dec 2008 -
Film
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Gail Tolley catches up with Academy award-winning documentary maker Alex Gibney on his new film Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S. Thompson. Read more »| 12 Dec 2008 -
Books
Scottish Comics Roundup!
Yes, Scottish Comics. Having received a few of those titles lately, and seeing that none of them were The Broons or Oor Wullie, we decided to check them out... Read more »| 12 Dec 2008 -
Music
Always Read the Label: Wichita Recordings
If ever there was as an ethical record label, Wichita Recordings is surely its embodiment. Finbarr Bermingham talks measured A&R tactics with Mark Bowen. Read more »| 11 Dec 2008 -
Music
The Futureheads @ ABC2, 2 Dec
Sunderland stalwarts The Futureheads demonstrate that they still pack a formidable live punch on the first of two nights at ABC2. Taking to a stage much smal... Read more »| 11 Dec 2008 -
Music
The Prodigy @ Carling Academy, 8 Dec
Keith Flint and Maxim Reality take the stage in character, faces sneering and painted as composer and sound wizard Liam Howlett unleashes the first broken be... Read more »| 10 Dec 2008 -
Music
Pumajaw @ Limbo, Voodoo Rooms, 4 Dec
When Sparrow And The Workshop‘s (****) vocalist Jill sings “I’d like to be impossibly obscure” in The Gun, she’s obviously not ... Read more »| 10 Dec 2008 -
Clubs
Fac 51: The Hacienda Warehouse Party @ Carling Academy, Glasgow, 27 Dec
From 1978 to 1992, Factory Records was more than a label: it was a design ethos and way of life in Manchester. The need for an outlet for their musical outpu... Read more »| 10 Dec 2008 -
Music
A Year in Records #1: Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
With a fantastic second album and a relentless touring schedule that they're still in the middle of, Frightened Rabbit have taken a huge leap forward in 2008. Ally Brown sits down with Scott and Grant Hutchison to celebrate their year. Read more »| 10 Dec 2008