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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ComedyComic vs comic: John & Martin
John Scott tells Martin Mor about chippy sauce and his Ma's stovies Read more »| 03 Aug 2011 -
ArtMystics or Rationalists? @ Ingleby Gallery
“Conceptual artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.” Number one in Sol LeWitt’s fam... Read more »| 02 Aug 2011 -
MusicAlias – Fever Dream
Once synonymous with experimental hip-hop, Anticon has mostly evolved into a reliable fountain of summery approximations of sublime and ethereal electronica ... Read more »| 02 Aug 2011 -
Theatre
Immaculate by Oliver Lansley @ The Arches
The trouble with Immaculate Conception Read more »| 02 Aug 2011 -
TheatreTheatre Venue of the Month: Leith
First Stop of the Edinburgh Festival Read more »| 02 Aug 2011 -
Books
The Incomplete Tim Key, by Tim Key
Tim Key’s quirky, humorous, poems were very enjoyable. In fact, I had to share them. I shared them with my cat, Charlie. Charlie bloody loved them! He ... Read more »| 02 Aug 2011
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Comedy
Carl, 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 -
Art
Big 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 -
Music
Stephen 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 -
Music
Butcher 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 -
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