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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ComedyCarl, Chris and Paul
New boys Paul McCaffrey and Chris Martin are making their Fringe debut this year. Their mate, the multi-award winning Carl Donnelly gives them some advice on surviving Edinburgh. Read more »| 01 Aug 2011 -
Music
Astrid Williamson – Pulse
Judging from the level of input he's credited with, Pulse may be more equitably attributed to ‘Leo Abraham and Astrid Williamson’; the former&rsq... Read more »| 01 Aug 2011 -
ClubsClubbing Highlights - August
Liver spotted totem of sleaze Rupert Murdoch may have done his company's share price a mischief by turning a not-so-blind eye to the maelstrom of villainy cl... Read more »| 01 Aug 2011 -
ArtBig Fun At The Edinburgh Art Festival
There's a lot to choose from in the EAF programme – here are Art editor Andrew Cattanach's tips of what's unmissable Read more »| 01 Aug 2011 -
MusicStephen Malkmus & the Jicks – Mirror Traffic
Stephen Malkmus’ solo career began promisingly, with 2001’s tune-packed eponymous LP, but recent efforts have lacked the exuberance and imaginati... Read more »| 01 Aug 2011 -
MusicButcher Boy – Helping Hands
Without straying far from their indie-pop template, Helping Hands is nevertheless Butcher Boy's most diverse offering to date. Through a careful layering of ... Read more »| 01 Aug 2011
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Music
Hot Ticket of the Month: Warpaint @ Queen’s Hall, 23 Aug
If rock shows embody the idea of paying to see other people be free (to paraphrase Kim Gordon), then there are few things more dispiriting than watching a ba... Read more »| 01 Aug 2011 -
Music
Cymbals Eat Guitars – Lenses Alien
Unlike virtually all adventurous New York acts around these days, Cymbals Eat Guitars are based not in Brooklyn, but on the considerably less hip Staten Isla... Read more »| 01 Aug 2011 -
Film
The Lost Bladesman
They don't make films like they used to. Except in China. The Lost Bladesman is a historical epic of the old school with a cast of thousands filling out mass... Read more »| 01 Aug 2011 -
Theatre
Pitmen Painters - Working Class Aesthetics
Live Theatre Newcastle and The National Theatre production of Pitmen Painters by Lee Hall features many of the original 2007 cast. The play centres around Th... Read more »| 01 Aug 2011 -
Music
Live Music Highlights – August 2011
Get your motherfucking chakras aligned Edinburgh, because polysynth polymath Dan Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never) is getting ready to remix your conscious... Read more »| 29 Jul 2011 -
Music
The Metal Column – August 2011
In case you’ve been off dwelling with Norwegian cave metaller Mortiis, last month saw the timely demise of News of the World and it’ll be sadly m... Read more »| 29 Jul 2011 -
Film
Chris Weitz: Hollywood Chameleon
Genre hopping director Chris Weitz swaps sparkly vampires for real stakes in humanistic drama A Better Life Read more »| 29 Jul 2011 -
Music
The Icarus Line – Wildlife
A solo album in all but name (its working title was Joe Cardamone Versus The Icarus Line), Wildlife is a sporadically impressive outing that nevertheless fal... Read more »| 29 Jul 2011 -
Art
Mach Meets His Maker
A mere couple of weeks before his show opens at City Art Centre, David Mach finds time for a wee blether with The Skinny Read more »| 29 Jul 2011