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 Art of Shredding: Pantera's Phil Anselmo Remembers Cowboys From Hell
Hardcore punk and heavy metal were unlikely bedfellows twenty years ago, but Pantera made it look effortless with their fourth album, proving to be the departure the Dallas quartet needed to winch them out of spandex hell. Celebrating its re-release, Phil Anselmo considers the legacy of Cowboys From Hell and his departed friend Dimebag Darrell Read more »| 29 Sep 2010 -
MusicThe Dirty Dozen – October 2010
Joined by comedian Josie Long, Fence Collective stalwart, one half of Silver Columns and all-round good guy Johnny Lynch takes on October’s singles Read more »| 29 Sep 2010 -
MusicEasy Star All-Stars – Dubber Side of the Moon
Reimagining Pink Floyd's introspective prog masterpiece Dark Side of the Moon as a dub reggae album on 2003's Dub Side of the Moon, was in equal part... Read more »| 29 Sep 2010 -
Music
Team Ghost's Nicolas Fromageau: "I really believe in my band"
Nicolas Fromageau, former founder of M83, talks about his new project Team Ghost and what lies ahead for the spectral popsters Read more »| 29 Sep 2010 -
MusicHero Worship: Alasdair Roberts
The Phantom Band's Rick Anthony lays praise at the door of a national treasure Read more »| 29 Sep 2010 -
Music
Live Music Highlights - October, 2010
Scottish three-piece Hey Enemy have spent a lot of time listening to Melvins, Shellac and The Jesus Lizard and have songs with names like Johnny Fucko and Pu... Read more »| 29 Sep 2010
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Film
Meeting Mr Nice: Howard Marks interview
Howard Marks, the Oxford-educated dope smuggler, discusses the adaptation of his autobiography Mr Nice, his thoughts on prohibition and how he acquired his intriguing pseudonym Read more »| 29 Sep 2010 -
Music
The Phantom Interrogation: Nick Cave
Admirers of the sharp-suited poet's staggering body of work, The Phantom Band, pose their own questions to Nick Cave Read more »| 29 Sep 2010 -
Books
Rodge Glass and Dave Turbitt on Dougie's War
Dougie’s War is a new graphic novel written by Rodge Glass (who I’m frankly getting sick of interviewing) and illustrated by Dave Turbitt (who’s a nice guy). Dougie’s War focuses on a particular issue, and a very serious one, that of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, suffered by ex-soldiers. Read more »| 29 Sep 2010 -
Film
October Film Events 2010
From 8-10 October head to Glasgow Film Theatre for Scotland Loves Anime, a showcase of Japanese animation preceded by short films made in Scotland. Guests in... Read more »| 29 Sep 2010 -
MusicTeam Ghost – Celebrate What You Can’t See EP
Following on from this year’s earlier EP You Never Did Anything Wrong To Me, former M83 founder Nicolas Fromageau and ‘sparring partner’ Ch... Read more »| 29 Sep 2010 -
Music
Wino – Adrift
As he approaches fifty, metal stalwart and doom-progenitor Scott ‘Wino’ Weinrich apparently fancies himself a singer-songwriter of the Cash/Dylan... Read more »| 29 Sep 2010 -
Music
Kurt Wagner & Cortney Tidwell Present Kort – Invariable Heartache
As musical partnerships go, Kurts and Cortneys go together less like a horse and carriage than a horse and a grunge Yoko prone to worrying Twitter-spasms. We... Read more »| 29 Sep 2010 -
Clubs
Gold Panda: Well Groomed
One of the golden boys (excuse the pun) of 2010, Essex beatsmith Gold Panda talks about sampling, Ghostly International and the progress of his live show Read more »| 29 Sep 2010 -
Music
Squarepusher presents Shobaleader One – d'Demonstrator
Whether or not its highly dubious back-story is a smoke screen (allegedly Shobaleader One is a band formed by Tom Jenkinson together with a bunch of ... Read more »| 29 Sep 2010