Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
-
Comedy
Mark Watson @ The Stand, Glasgow, 9 Nov
With nervous energy Watson babbles out his material in enthusiastic bursts Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Film
I'm Not There
An extraordinary pop art puzzle. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Music
The National @ ABC, 2 Nov
Uncomplicated in delivery but heart-wrenching by nature. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Music
LCD Soundsystem at Barrowlands
James Murphy has mastered the middle of the party but the warm up and encore need a lot more work. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Music
Arcade Fire @ SECC, 26 Oct
The pompous sloganeering of a spoofed televangelist announces the Arcade Fire to a sizeable crowd, but any comedic effect is lost in the soulless cave of the... Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Music
Sons and Daughters, Fat Sams, Dundee
Always compelling. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007
-
Music
ON:07 - The Challenge of the New Reality
The last decade has been marked by a state of relentless change which has had an impact on all aspects of the global music industry. Digital technologies, an... Read more »| 17 Nov 2007 -
Clubs
Rival Consoles - The Decadent EP
Hardly the sexy, decadent experience we were expecting Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Clubs
Full Phat, Siren, The Hive, Edinburgh, 22 Nov
Full Phat's unique take on classic house and techno promises a night full of pounding party tracks Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Clubs
for addition to electro feature in separate box
Contentious, thought-provoking, and down-right argument-causing: this was the situation the Beats writers faced when trying to summarise the greatest electro tracks to be reckoned with. We veered down genre off-shoots and even consulted various movies on the topic, such as Darkbeat: An Electro World Voyage (http://www.darkbeatmovie.com). But that didn't stop the ranting and raving. We turn the argument over to our readers now! Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Clubs
Ali Love: The ups and downs and ins and outs
SF: The Skinny gets up close with Ali Love and finds out what he has to give.
PQ: ""I wanna perfect my art the same way as a martial artist, you wanna be able to do the one inch punch of death technique but with music!"" Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Clubs
Rob Reng, Az-Tech, The Caves, Edinburgh, 12 Oct
The music is unbelievably funky all night Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Clubs
Mr Scruff, Ego, Edinburgh, 18 Oct
His mixing creates a magical spark, as the music moves from swing style jazz to dirty deep bass, hitting every genre in between Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Clubs
Zaum - I Hope I Never Love Anything As Much As I Love You
While most certainly in the marmite realm of attraction, those who like their jazz raw, noir, and laced with chaos, rate Harris and the Zaum collective highly Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Clubs
V/A - The Fellowship of the Great
One question àwhy would anyone who is into rap and hip-hop not have all of these tunes already? Read more »| 07 Nov 2007