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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TheatreGoodbye Dahling
Can the RSAMD overcome preconceptions about student drama? Read more »| 01 Aug 2010 -
TheatreHot Mess
For many people, The Fringe is a non-stop party, eventually colliding into an alcoholic break-down in the final week and leading to a long year of trying to recoup severe financial and emotional losses Read more »| 01 Aug 2010 -
Music
Klaxons: Exploding the Myths
Jamie Reynolds shows off about how great everything is for Klaxons, but only because they take lifestyle advice from their producer Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
Music
El-P – We are all going to burn in hell megamixxx3
El-P’s first major release since the untimely collapse of Definitive Jux is deceptively labelled as the third in a series of mixtapes, although El-P is... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
Music
The Dirty Dozen – August, 2010
Armed with a pair of headphones and a fistful of plastic discs, Chris Buckle wanders off on the hunt for an August soundtrack Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
MusicThe Metal Column – August 2010
In a digital world of illegal file sharing and downloading, it’s good to know that we can still support artists where it really matters: on the stage a... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010
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Art
A Word on the Art Festival
Let’s face it, festival time is a total nightmare for everyone. Stop pretending you’ll comprehensively see everything like you never managed to d... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
MusicEverything Everything – Man Alive
However much we hacks like to moan about the self-fulfilling prophecy of BBC’s Sound Of... poll, the fact remains that wherever a band land on the list... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
Music
Minus the Bear – Omni
Over the years since their inception, Minus the Bear, love ‘em or hate ‘em, have always been an interesting band. From toss-away early song title... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
Music
Huoratron – Prevenge EP
Finnish producer Huoratron (aka Aku Raski) makes his UK bow with this alternately pounding and oblique EP. The Last Gang label is responsible for some intere... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
FilmAn Interview with SoulBoy's Martin Compston
Scottish actor Martin Compston grabs his dancing shoes for SoulBoy, a coming of age story set in the world of 70s Northern Soul Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
Art
MAGAZINE 10 @ Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
For many people, visiting Edinburgh during festival season is all about bagpipes, dodgy plays, experimental dance, and literally thousands of flyers extollin... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
Theatre
O Sole Mio @ Sloans
The use of Sloan’s upstairs bar for a play is to be welcomed. With the non-stop action of the bar below – film nights, pub quizzes – openin... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
Theatre
Cruel and Unusual
From Brazil, a company contemporary enough to discomfort yet accomplished enough for the ballet connoisseur. Read more »| 29 Jul 2010 -
Music
Dogs For Breakfast – Rose Lane Was Tucker’s Girlfriend EP
An Italian trio of abrasive, hardcore thrashers, Dogs For Breakfast are a raucous force, and Rose Lane Was Tucker’s Girlfriend – a conceptua... Read more »| 29 Jul 2010