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 Proposition: Bono is a Chump, But He's Better Than You
Bono really is an irritating little creep isn't he? That's the general consensus right? This is the guy who campaigns for, amongst other things, a higher pol... Read more »| 28 Sep 2010 -
MusicDeconstructing: Fever Ray
Karin Dreijer Andersson talks about reinventing the Fever Ray live show, working with her brother and why she decided to go solo Read more »| 28 Sep 2010 -
MusicHeidi Talbot – The Last Star
Made in Ireland and based in Edinburgh, Heidi Talbot's lilting cadence may be most familiar as a collaborator with Drever, McCusker and Woomble and I... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010 -
MusicRoska & Untold - Myth
Omnipotent IDM megalith Hyperdub haven't ringfenced the entire flock of elite UK Funky 12" quite yet – Numbers’ latest offering from me... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010 -
Music
Engineers – In Praise of More
With the release of 2009’s Three Fact Fader being delayed due to undisclosed band politics, it may seem par for the course that London-based Engineers ... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010 -
Music
Colour of Sound – When
Self-declared “epic” indie band Colour of Sound sonically explore every hue from grey to vanilla on debut album When. Their brand of mid-tempo, i... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010
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Music
Ice, Sea, Dead People – Teeth Union
Upon being confronted with a record by a band called Ice, Sea, Dead People and an accompanying press release consisting of a short story chronicling an incid... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010 -
Clubs
20 Years of Beats 'n' Pieces: Ninja Tune Comes of Age
The seminal London label celebrates 20 years in the business with a spanking new box set this month. Coldcut's Matt Black unveils their 'Futurespective' Read more »| 27 Sep 2010 -
Film
Buried
From the first minute of Buried to the last, we are stuck inside a wooden coffin alongside Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds), an American truck driver being held f... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010 -
Music
Gonjasufi – The Caliph's Tea Party
Sumach 'Gonjasufi' Ecks is an esoteric vocalist whose excellent debut album A Sufi And A Killer, released earlier this year, saw him link up with major playe... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010 -
Comedy
In Profile: Zoe Lyons
Introducing a new series profiling some of the best acts gigging around Scotland in the coming month Read more »| 27 Sep 2010 -
Film
South of the Border
Leading with footage of Fox News and its right-wing cohorts acting foolish, South of the Border seems to aim for populist agitprop a la Michael Moore. But Mo... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010 -
Art
Studio Projects 22 & 23 @ Market Gallery
The two concurrent studio projects at Market Gallery this autumn address how we represent reality. There is something of the slavish will to reproduce our su... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010 -
Music
Grinderman: Nick Cave
In the fourth and final installment of our Grinderman series, we get up close and personal with the prolific author, screenwriter and musician that is Nick Cave. Perhaps too personal! Read more »| 24 Sep 2010 -
Music
Enfant Bastard – Master Dude EP
In some ways chiptune is like a Lamborghini Countach: fun, dizzying and nostalgic for 80s cool – but it's tough to think of either as a daily way to ge... Read more »| 24 Sep 2010