Film | DVD Review
Lisa Bourke: Anyone who grew up during the 90s may recall seeing this during Channel 4’s Queer Street strand. Teenage Claude is a music loving skater who can...
Film | Review | DVD Review
Alastair Roy: From the humble origins of Pontin’s holiday camp, the now global All Tomorrow's Parties festival continues to stay free of corporate sponsorship...
Records | Album Review
Chris Buckle: The Minus 5 remain relatively obscure, which is astonishing when you consider that past line-ups have included members of Sonic Youth and Wilco, as we...
Joe Barton: The Flowers of Hell describe themselves as a “rock orchestra”. Fear not, however, this is not some prog-rock indulgence of Spinal Tap prop...
Music | Film | DVD Review
Michael Gillespie: Shot over eleven years, this utterly disarming documentary begins impressionistically, broadly sketching the subject’s turbulent but triumphant ...
Film | Review
Becky Bartlett: Shot in a mixture of crisp colour, grainy sepia and monochrome over ten years, director Steven Sebring does not attempt to inform viewers of a timelin...
News | Lifestyle | Heads Up
Esme Jones: The Skinny is pleased to sponsor Mirrorball, one of the quirkiest and most individual elements of The Edinburgh International Film Festival. Mirrorb...
Music | Feature
Dave Kerr: "Patti Smith will survive the media blitz and everybody's hunger for another 'superstar,' because she's an artist in a way that's right old-fashioned....
Music | Live Review
Dave Kerr: "Have you ever been experienced?" Patti Smith enquires of the unconditionally mesmerised all-ages school night crowd assembled in front of her. Applyi...
Dave Kerr: Ever imagine you'd hear a rendition of Smells Like Teen Spirit thrashed out on a fiddle and littered with spontaneous, ephemeral poetry? Witness Every...
