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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Music
James Hara - Nothing New
Singer-songwriters like Hara, who emigrated to Glasgow four years ago, might almost need to shout to be heard Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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Lights, Action! - All Eyes To The Morning Sun
Nothing on this mini album from the London five-piece supports the cocksure attitude Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
MusicHadouken! - Music For An Accelerated Culture
This Hoxton group's take on grime leaves them in the sub-Dizzee Rascal camp, with their lyrics and delivery not a patch on that pioneer of all things urban Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
MusicWake the President, Glasgow School of Art, 5 Apr
Tonight’s New Breed night delivers exactly what it should Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
A recording as pure as the drifting snow Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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Miyagi - Lucky Face
Some nicely blended moments Read more »| 22 Apr 2008
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El Perro Del Mar - From the Valley to the Stars (Memphis Industries)
A grand ambition for a sophomore, or indeed any album Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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Max Shire - Love Lost Again
Pass the absinthe, will you Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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The Explorers Club - Freedom Wind
If you want a dose of meticulously produced So’Cal sunshine pop, it’s right here Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
MusicTigerfest 2008, Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline, 14-18 May
Remember, the Forth Road Bridge is toll free now Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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Black Mountain, Stereo, 14 May
A night big on damn fine facial hair, riffs and melodies Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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Iron and Wine, ABC, 12 May
Don't judge this particular book by its cover Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
Clubs
Estelle: Stirring up the Atlantic
The Skinny is pleased to feature one of the most happening female stars currently making music, the smoothly cool Estelle: here to shake up the urban scene on both sides of the Atlantic with her new album Shine Read more »| 21 Apr 2008 -
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Guru Jazzmatazz - Jazzy Wayz
The new single from Guru Jazzmatazz, Jazzy Wayz, is a sample-laden hip-hop track trying to take on a soulful vibe, but not quite cutting it. In short, this i... Read more »| 14 Apr 2008 -
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Bulleit Sessions @ Maggie May's, 10 Apr
It is in the way that each act veers between the functional and the dysfunctional that the drama is created, and the contrast between each of their styles only heightens the effect Read more »| 13 Apr 2008