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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ArtThe Skinny Showcase: Dennis Reinmüller
Showcase: Dennis Reinmüller On a face-achingly bleak early spring evening in the capital a quietly baffled audience trudged to a re-imagining of one of... Read more »| 04 Jul 2013 -
Film
Pixar animator Scott Clark on Monsters University
We spoke to Scott Clark, a supervising animator at celebrated animation house Pixar, about their latest feature film, Monsters University Read more »| 04 Jul 2013 -
Books
Taipei by Tao Lin
TaiPei is an unflinching and hate-filled account of a group of people with a commitment to nothing greater than themselves, written in a purposefully mundane... Read more »| 04 Jul 2013 -
MusicKick Up the Fire: Introducing Embers
They've played fewer than 20 gigs, but with cinescope scores and grand ambitions, Manchester-based band Embers look set to ignite. They explain why ‘aspirational’ doesn't have to be a dirty word Read more »| 04 Jul 2013 -
MusicFuck Buttons – Slow Focus
After the giant leap in ambition, scope and production that was 2009’s Tarot Sport, it’s entirely judicious of Fuck Buttons to make follow-u... Read more »| 04 Jul 2013 -
Clubs
Scotland Clubbing Highlights – July 2013
This month we point you in the direction of Marquis Hawkes, Rinse FM's Oneman, and Future Times boss Maxmillion Dunbar. We also have a few tips for TITP's Slam Tent... Read more »| 03 Jul 2013
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Music
In Pictures: Cas Rock Presents @ Electric Circus, Friday 28 June
Cas Rock Presents @ Electric Circus, 28 June Cas Rock Edinburgh present a night with Annie Christian, Sawyer and X-Tigers Photography by John Douglas Read more »| 03 Jul 2013 -
Music
David Lynch – The Big Dream
Unlike the somewhat schizophrenic, rather hit-and-miss Crazy Clown Time, David Lynch's new album sounds like a David Lynch movie. Perhaps it's the choice to ... Read more »| 03 Jul 2013 -
MusicTales from the Cryptic: Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars in interview
As synth-powered new wave revivalists Phoenix prepare to take Balado, frontman Thomas Mars reflects on a career arc less ordinary Read more »| 03 Jul 2013 -
Music
Gold Sounds: Fuck Buttons return with Slow Focus
Having had their music played to almost one billion people across the world, cosmic dance outfit Fuck Buttons are about to return to normality with third album Slow Focus. Andrew Hung plants his feet on the ground to discuss the benefits of not talking Read more »| 03 Jul 2013 -
MusicSoul Searchers: Introducing MONEY
Signed to Bella Union, MONEY preview their pensive, searching debut album with two headline shows at Manchester International Festival this July. Livewire frontman Jamie Lee espouses his thoughts on death, determination, and living in The Shadow of Heaven Read more »| 03 Jul 2013 -
Film
Paradigm Shift: Beyond the Silver Screen
In the first of a three-part series on the future of entertainment media, Staff Writer Bram E. Gieben examines the threats and possibilities of the changes in production, funding and distribution for emerging filmmakers Read more »| 03 Jul 2013 -
Music
Nadine Shah – Love Your Dum and Mad
With its gently tremulous textures and smoky intensity, Nadine Shah’s voice is a revelation on Love Your Dum and Mad, her first full-length a... Read more »| 03 Jul 2013 -
Theatre
Work in Progress: Quarantine’s Richard Gregory on The Dyas Sisters
We speak to Quarantine theatre company's artistic director Richard Gregory about its ambitious new show, The Dyas Sisters Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
Clubs
The Revenge: Back Into The Groove
After a hiatus of over two years, Graeme Clark aka The Revenge returns with fresh material and a brand new label, Roar Groove Read more »| 02 Jul 2013