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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TheatreAlan Bissett @ Citizens Theatre, 9-13 Feb
A self-confessed ‘sensitive extrovert’, literary chameleon Alan Bissett is taking to the stage for a double feature of his play, The Ching Room, and spoken word ‘one woman show’, The Moira Monologues. Read more »| 01 Feb 2010 -
ClubsFelix Cartal @ RPZ, 4 Feb
Blog wonder boy Felix Cartal makes his debut at RPZ Read more »| 01 Feb 2010 -
TheatreThe Process is the Product
Where does the essence of performance hide? Is it in the end product, or is it tucked away inside daily life and the way that that product is developed? Read more »| 01 Feb 2010 -
Film
Kamikaze Girls
Edited at a frenetic pace, trawling through Japanese sub-cultures and using lurid, intense cinematography, Kamikaze Girls is a female buddy movie re-invented... Read more »| 01 Feb 2010 -
FilmEdge of Darkness
Whether he's taking a beating or dishing one out, Mel Gibson is an actor who's energised by violence, so he's perhaps the inevitable choice to play a vengefu... Read more »| 29 Jan 2010 -
Music
Ono Palindromes - The Cum EP
With today's guitar clutching kids variously assimilating the sounds of Vampire Weekend, Klaxons or the Arctic Monkeys, the good ship Punk currently finds it... Read more »| 29 Jan 2010
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Music
Hieroglyphics Deciphered
Easily as prolific as Wu-Tang, Oakland’s Hieroglyphics collective have a staggering back-catalogue. But where to start? Phesto gives us a few ideas… Read more »| 29 Jan 2010 -
Music
The Metal Column - February 2010
Even though February is the shortest month of the year, four jam-packed weeks of killer gigs ensures that all the bases are covered (with blood, or course). ... Read more »| 28 Jan 2010 -
Music
Live Music Highlights - February, 2010
Detroit Social Club may hail from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, but they don't let that stop them from channeling the muscular spirit of US rock into their impressive... Read more »| 28 Jan 2010 -
Music
Holly Miranda - The Magician's Private Library
To enlist a name like Dave Sitek to produce your solo debut isn't the no-strings guarantee of success you might expect it to be. Because while the TV... Read more »| 28 Jan 2010 -
Music
Glassjaw @ QMU, 26 Jan
In the right venue, Pulled Apart By Horses (***) are bottled lightning, a visceral explosion of riffs and tactile interaction. Tonight that intensity feels d... Read more »| 28 Jan 2010 -
Music
The Unwinding Hours - The Unwinding Hours
After the frustrating demise of Aereogramme under the pressure of the commercial flatline, any return to the music industry for singer Craig B and guitarist ... Read more »| 28 Jan 2010 -
MusicField Music - Field Music (Measure)
It's been three years since Field Music announced their hiatus, and we'd be the first to warmly welcome them back to our stereos and stages - if they'd actua... Read more »| 28 Jan 2010 -
Music
Thee Silver Mt. Zion - Kollaps Tradixionales
More than a decade after we first saw founding member Efrim Menuck stepping out of the shadow of Godpeed You! Black Emperor, Kollaps Tradixionales sh... Read more »| 27 Jan 2010 -
Music
Massive Attack - Heligoland
Massive Attack’s long-awaited fifth album – their first in seven years – feels more a spiritual successor to the all-star melting pot of UN... Read more »| 27 Jan 2010