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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MusicVarious - Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas
Compilations like Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas are vitally important. Their necessity will be emphasised repeatedly over the next few days: they w... Read more »| 22 Dec 2009 -
MusicParenthetical Girls - The Scottish Play
Strictly limited availability (500 copies) in a silk-screened (???) sleeve illustrated by Glasgow's David Shrigley, it would come as no surprise if this also... Read more »| 22 Dec 2009 -
Film
Sherlock Holmes
Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes is an overblown mess which is almost saved by the charisma of its stars. As the great detective and his loyal sidekick Watson, ... Read more »| 22 Dec 2009 -
MusicAdam Green - Minor Love
While not every musician mellows with age – Nick Cave will be a horny corpse long before he’s labelled ‘mature’ – advancing yea... Read more »| 21 Dec 2009 -
Film
Nowhere Boy
Sam Taylor-Wood establishes herself as a capable director with Nowhere Boy, her debut feature charting the domestic turmoil that plagues a teenage Jo... Read more »| 21 Dec 2009 -
Theatre
A Cheeky Slip
An incredible show all around, Mr Choade’s Wild Ride offers classic American striptease in its most daring, stripped-down form. Read more »| 20 Dec 2009
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Music
Vampire Weekend - Contra
Vampire Weekend were easily one of the surprise success stories of 2008. Four white men trapped in black men trapped in white men’s bodies, playing mus... Read more »| 18 Dec 2009 -
Music
Buy Tickets Now: Midlake @ ABC, 15 Feb
Texans premiere third album, hoping to provide some post-seasonal cheer Read more »| 18 Dec 2009 -
Music
The Pogues @ Manchester Apollo, 13 Dec
The Pogues series of annual Christmas gigs continue to impress Read more »| 17 Dec 2009 -
Theatre
Venue of the Month: Edinburgh Festival Theatre
With its contemporary glass façade, the Edinburgh Festival Theatre, which opened in 1994, looks very much the modern venue. However, behind this sleek exterior lies a colourful history that stretches back to the early nineteenth century. Read more »| 17 Dec 2009 -
MusicThe Slew: Decks, Drums and Rock & Roll
Kid Koala’s new project is a collaboration with DJ Dynomite D and Wolfmother's former rhythm section, fusing epically heavy classic rock and deft, original takes on scratch DJing. Here comes The Slew.+ Read more »| 16 Dec 2009 -
Music
Freeland - COPE ™ Remixed
Adam Freeland previously courted critical acclaim with COPE ™ (OK, so not in these pages - ed), managing to lure rock luminaries as disparate as Gerald... Read more »| 16 Dec 2009 -
Music
Sick Kids Sunday 2 @ The GRV, 31 Jan
All-day charity event at The GRV featuring Alasdair Roberts, Sparrow and the Workshop, Eagleowl and Meursault. Read more »| 16 Dec 2009 -
Music
The Hussy's - Japanese Graffiti
Never since Bush have a British band seemed so in thrall to the sounds of American rock. If you can forgive that vexatious inverted comma that pops u... Read more »| 16 Dec 2009 -
Books
Footnotes In Gaza by Joe Sacco
Joe Sacco’s graphic journalism manages to convey very, very complex situations with surprising ease. It isn’t simply the form, but the sh... Read more »| 16 Dec 2009