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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James Pants: Hot Licks
When James Pants’ new album Welcome dropped into the office, we were well impressed by his take on mixed-up funk. We asked around, and it turned out Alex Burden was already on the case Read more »| 11 Apr 2008 -
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RZArecting Bobby
Is he a producer? Is he a film star? This month he'll be neither as Robert 'RZA' Diggs assumes the persona of Bobby Digital, flying in to drop a fat stack of futuristic funk and a flare for kung-fu film philosophy on Scotland at the last Triptych Read more »| 08 Apr 2008 -
Music
Lupe Fiasco - Paris, Tokyo
If you like your hip-hop lazy, feel good and unashamedly commercial, this’ll be right up your street Read more »| 05 Apr 2008 -
Music
Witch - Paralyzed
Five grown men so indebted to proto-70s metal that 'Black Sabbath' is written through them like a stick of rock Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Farewell to Triptych
The end is nigh for Scotland's premier showcase in avant-garde music. Paul Mitchell talks up a swansong for one of the more innovative festivals to grace these isles in the last decade Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Sergeant @ The Doghouse, 30 Apr
Yeah, there's a faux Mancunian twang in there, but if it's as fresh as a Scottish glen, then fuck it, who cares? Read more »| 01 Apr 2008
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Film
Belgian Waffle
The feature debut from Oscar winning director Martin McDonagh, In Bruges is a bitingly funny, no-holds-barred black farce that lands somewhere between Grosse... Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Music
Frightened Rabbit show no fear
Having hopped from their dark burrow into the big, wide world, Glasgow's Frightened Rabbit are ready to bring their live show to a hutch near you, Nick Mitchell finds Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Music
Wake The President / Kingfishers Split 7""
Wake The President betray their love of all things Postcard with You Can't Change That Boy, another impeccably stylish taster of a band on the up Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Pajo reborn as Dead Child
David Pajo tells Dave Kerr why he's taken a break from recording psychedelic solo records to satisfy a craving for something more aggressive, but not necessarily heavier Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Edinburgh Boat Party, South Queensferry Pier, 20 Apr
Setting sail from South Queensferry on the third Sunday of each month, the boat takes you a house-guided tour of the coast, courtesy of residents Harry Bennett and Leon Easter (3345) Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Music
The Black Kids are Alright
With the music industry in a state of disarray and new artists using innovative techniques to channel their music directly to the fans, Billy Hamilton met up with Florida pop-cooers Black Kids to find out exactly how a fledgling transatlantic act survives in 2008. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Juan Atkins: A Model Artist
Making his live Scottish debut as Model 500 at this month's Triptych Festival, Detroit techno pioneer Juan Atkins is also playing to mark Rub-A-Dub Records' 16th Birthday celebrations. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Music
True Confessions of a Dashboard
Chris Carrabba may be famous for his over-earnest lyrics about broken hearts, but when Hamza K recently caught up with the Dashboard Confessional leader the chat was all about the spirit of punk rock and that trip he took to jail Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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These New Puritans @ Oran Mor, 16 Apr
They should start a cult. Or is that what this is? Read more »| 01 Apr 2008