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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MusicThe Birthday Suit – A Hollow Hole of Riches
As far as fan gestures go, trying to force a band reunion by boycotting the members’ other musical outlets is neither the most gracious nor thoughtful.... Read more »| 26 Feb 2014 -
MusicTrust – Joyland
The sophomore offering from Trust is a solo endeavour for lynchpin Robert Alfons, with Maya Postepski having left the Toronto project shortly after their deb... Read more »| 26 Feb 2014 -
Music
Metronomy – Love Letters
Where The English Riviera was a love letter to British seasides, Love Letters is, well, you can guess. The titular track, with a female chorus cooing ‘... Read more »| 26 Feb 2014 -
Music
Withered Hand – New Gods
With a title that near-anagrams its 2009 precursor Good News, New Gods sees Withered Hand (aka Edinburgh-based songwriter Dan Willson) gently shuffle aspects... Read more »| 26 Feb 2014 -
Film
Violeta Went To Heaven
Violeta Went To Heaven is Andrés Wood’s impassioned and impressionistic cinematic portrait of Chilean legend Violeta Parra &ndash... Read more »| 26 Feb 2014 -
FilmIt's a Magical World: In Praise of Calvin and Hobbes
Nearly two decades after their last adventure, Dear Mr Watterson proves Calvin and Hobbes are still as relevant as ever Read more »| 26 Feb 2014
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FilmCannibal
“Women: can't live with ‘em, can't eat ‘em” would make an apt, if crass, tagline for this formally brilliant pseudo-horror of male an... Read more »| 26 Feb 2014 -
Music
Raleigh – Sun Grenades & Grenadine Skies
Sun Grenades and Grenadine Skies, the second outing by Calgary band Raleigh, is an Aladdin’s cave of styles and ideas. Ostensibly, the band is a folk t... Read more »| 25 Feb 2014 -
Music
Killing Joke announce 'In Dub' plus new live album, and book of essays from Jaz Coleman
Seminal post-punk band Killing Joke have today announced a release that looks back at the dub versions of their singles, including a wealth of new mixes and ... Read more »| 25 Feb 2014 -
Music
Davidge – Slo Light
He has produced for Massive Attack, David Bowie, Primal Scream and others, but this is Neil Davidge's first solo album. Rooted in the architecture and aesthe... Read more »| 25 Feb 2014 -
Film
RIP Harold Ramis, star of Ghostbusters, writer of Caddyshack, director of Groundhog Day
Actor, writer and director Harold Ramis, perhaps most famous for his role as Egon in the 1984 classic Ghostbusters, has died this week aged 69. Ramis was als... Read more »| 25 Feb 2014 -
Music
St. Vincent – St. Vincent
Annie Clark’s work as St. Vincent has always bore the hallmarks of a restlessly inventive artist, with a magpie ability to mix her rock and pop lineage... Read more »| 25 Feb 2014 -
Music
On Tour: The Afghan Whigs, Nine Inch Nails, Albert Hammond Jr., The Warlocks and more
Just announced, resurgent soul rock mavericks The Afghan Whigs are set to play their first Scottish gig in 16 years in support of forthcoming studio return D... Read more »| 25 Feb 2014 -
Theatre
Orlando @ CCA
The CCA – Centre for Contemporary Arts – sees Cryptic reviving Virginia Woolf's Orlando, a tale of a young nobleman from the Elizabethan era sear... Read more »| 25 Feb 2014 -
Film
Film News: Why Robert Downey Jr. quit Gravity, Peter Dinklage talks X-Men
In today's Film News, Alfonso Cuaron explains why Robert Downey Jr. quit Gravity, Peter Dinklage talks X-Men: Days of Future Past and Game of Thrones, plus we take a look at the return of Heroes, Farscape and Constantine Read more »| 24 Feb 2014