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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MusicMelvins – Tres Cabrones
Despite growling their way into middle age, the Melvins never really seemed the sort of band who’d bother to grow up. The snickering nastiness of their... Read more »| 17 Oct 2013 -
FilmCaptain Phillips
Dramatising the real-life hijacking of an American freighter by Somali pirates, Captain Phillips sees docudrama master Paul Greengrass occupying safe creativ... Read more »| 16 Oct 2013 -
FilmThe Fury
A sort of blown-up companion to 1976’s Carrie, The Fury follows Peter Sandza (Douglas) as he searches for his psychic son, Robin (Stevens), who’s... Read more »| 16 Oct 2013 -
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Realist Fairytale: Clio Barnard on The Selfish Giant
The Arbor director Clio Barnard discussed her second feature film The Selfish Giant, an adaptation of the Oscar Wilde fairytale of the same name, which sees her back on the Arbor estate in Bradford Read more »| 15 Oct 2013 -
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Laurel Halo – Chance of Rain
It ends as it starts, book-ended by the brief electric piano meanderings of the opening Dr. Echt, and the closing Out. Mini-overture and coda, they house the... Read more »| 15 Oct 2013 -
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Botany – Lava Diviner (Truestory)
The bizarrely clunky title of Spencer Stephenson’s debut as Botany reflects the LP’s similarly bonkers concept, which narrates the tale of a fict... Read more »| 15 Oct 2013
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Music
Apex Zero – Reality Provoking Liberation
Trading in a decidedly old-school form of lyricism that recalls early London pioneers, Apex Zero's raw, manifesto-driven raps have a lot in common with the e... Read more »| 15 Oct 2013 -
MusicIn Pictures: The Pleasance Sessions
The Skinny Presents... Rick Redbeard / LAW / Siobhan Wilson / Honeyblood @ The Pleasance Sessions, 12 October Edinburgh University Students' Association's P... Read more »| 14 Oct 2013 -
Music
Autechre – L-Event
L-Event finds the veterans delivering a characteristically uncommercial four-track set of inscrutable electronic contortions. Tac Lacora leans hard on metall... Read more »| 14 Oct 2013 -
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The Mountain Goats @ The Arches, 10 October
Under his Mountain Goats moniker, John Darnielle has produced an inspiring body of work, and he’s on engaging form tonight – joking with the audi... Read more »| 14 Oct 2013 -
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CHVRCHES @ O2 ABC, 11 October
It would be hard to name any band who could pull off two sold-out nights at the O2 ABC after just a little over a year of touring and releasing music. Yes, C... Read more »| 14 Oct 2013 -
Film
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Breaking up a film's narrative chronology is always a risky endeavour. If not used judiciously and purposefully, such a tactic can appear to be nothing more ... Read more »| 14 Oct 2013 -
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Prince Avalanche
David Gordon Green rejects his recent form for crude stoner clowning to provide more oblique, contemplative comedy with 80s-set Prince Avalanche. Paul Rudd a... Read more »| 14 Oct 2013 -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture Roundup | 11 October
The Scottish film industry takes the government to task; rare Nirvana interviews to stream; David Byrne blasts NYC's 1%; new music from Tyler the Creator, Gary Numan and Lauryn Hill; plus – support plans to erect a statue of Wiley! Read more »| 11 Oct 2013 -
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No Age @ Korova, Liverpool, 4 Oct
“Can someone turn that light off?” asks Dean Spunt, referring to a tiny bulb that illuminates the front row. “I think it’s making you... Read more »| 11 Oct 2013