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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MusicFrightened Rabbit - It's Christmas So We'll Stop
Both uplifting and melancholy, surely the embodiment of a Scottish Christmas Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
ClubsIAMX - The Alternative Album Review
Now where did I leave my black eyeliner? Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Duty Free @ Cabaret Voltaire
An exciting series of gratis performances to kickstart your year in gigs Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
MusicCarry on Enon
With a back catalogue as long as your arm and a musical pedigree to make many a more prominent band blush, Enon continue to defy industry standards with their own brand of alternative rock. Neal Parsons catches up with frontman John Schmersal to find out how he does it Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Q without U
"Little did I know that our name would nearly get us sued by the DIY bastions of the free world. Fuck 'em, we're keeping it!" - Tam Killdean Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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A few good bands: 2008's Ones to Watch
Finbarr Bermingham dusts off the old crystal ball to try and make your search for the 'Next Big Thing' a little less serendipitous... Read more »| 06 Jan 2008
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Celtic Connections: Sounds of Scotland @ The Classic Grand
A bill decidedly cheery and light-hearted Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Crowded House @ SECC
Their time on earth continues to serve them well Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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FOUND / Make Model @ Out Of The Blue, 4 Dec
Isn't the music of this time of year supposed to be shit? Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Woodenbox - Woodenbox
A fine collection of lilting, worldly-wise folk pop. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Interpol @ Carling Academy
It's easy to feel like you're alone in the venue with just the band and the hairs on the back of your neck Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
MusicQui @ King Tut's, 20 Nov
For a frontman who is more intrepid than most when he has a mic in his fist, David Yow cuts an unassuming figure as he shimmies around Tut's while Hey Enemy ... Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Roisin Murphy @ ABC, 1 Dec
A show of the visual kind, at times eclipsing the music itself Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Sons and Daughters @ Cabaret Voltaire, 2 Dec
Sons and Daughters certainly provide some colloquial laughs and bare-faced iconoclasm, matched by their mesmerising stage presence. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Swimmer One @ Voodoo Rooms, 22 Nov
Whilst the songs are flawlessly delivered, tonight the intensity that the record is so loaded with seems somehow lacking. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008