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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TheatreThe Red Hourglass @ The Arches
Alan Bissett’s The Red Hourglass is a tale of human authority shown through the institutionalisation of a bunch of exotic insects. Between the framewor... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Music
S-Type – Billboard EP
Bobby Perman, aka S-Type's first release in 2005 was a hip-hop themed EP for Surface Pressure. Since 2010's Medusa EP on Phuturelabs, he's turned his attenti... Read more »| 23 Oct 2012 -
BooksI'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue: The Best of Forty Years by Various
Books based on comedy series are often fairly cynical tie-ins, but not this one. This is the book to commemorate 40 years of Radio 4 panel game I’m Sor... Read more »| 23 Oct 2012 -
MusicOn the Road: The Hazey Janes take Europe with Wilco (Part Deux)
Despite escalating toll fees elsewhere in Western Europe, The Hazey Janes' expedition with American indie rock giants Wilco finds its stride through Italy Read more »| 22 Oct 2012 -
Music
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Of all the suspiciously frequent band reunions taking place over the past few years, elusive Canadian post-rock collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor's re... Read more »| 22 Oct 2012 -
Books
Recipes From the Kitchen Drawer by Helen Ashley
Helen Ashley is a freelance illustrator who loves cooking, and this book melds those two pursuits – it was this or boiling a portfolio, presumably. Thi... Read more »| 22 Oct 2012
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Music
Kingdom of Fear – Kingdom of Fear
Remember when hip-hop used to be fun? Not cartoon hip-hop, not novelty hip-hop. Just fun. If you do, and you've been feeling alienated by the swathes of eith... Read more »| 22 Oct 2012 -
BooksThe Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling
JK Rowling’s first post-Potter book is never less than readable, as expected, but it's somehow unadventurous. There’s some superficial excitement... Read more »| 22 Oct 2012 -
Music
Ital – Dream On
This is Ital's second release on Mu this year, a follow-up to the understated but intriguing Hive Mind. On Dream On, Ital leads us firmly in the direction of... Read more »| 22 Oct 2012 -
Books
The Raven by Lou Reed and Lorenzo Mattotti
Lou Reed meant this quite sincerely, but it’s really rather dreary, Starting its life a staged and musical tribute to the works of Poe – When i... Read more »| 22 Oct 2012 -
Film
Room 237
It's obvious that The Shining is much more than a mere horror film, but what exactly is it? Rodney Ascher's highly entertaining Room 237 invites a group of S... Read more »| 22 Oct 2012 -
Music
DJ Yoda – Chop Suey
DJ Yoda is arguably the single most important DJ to oversee the popularisation of turntablism as an art-form. Q-Bert may put on a more impressive technical d... Read more »| 22 Oct 2012 -
Music
Ingen – Lusher EP
Edinburgh's Ingen has developed an outstanding live reputation with his live sets of dark electro, thundering breakbeat and pitch-black future bass. With rel... Read more »| 19 Oct 2012 -
Art
Ellie and Oliver's Friendship Festival
There’s nowt like a right good blether with your chums. Artists, flatmates and bosom pals, Ellie Harrison and Oliver Braid set up their popular radio s... Read more »| 19 Oct 2012 -
Theatre
The Ktten Has Claws - The Miss Kitty Show / Funk 'n' Love @ Arches Live!
The Kitten Has Claws: The Miss Kitty ShowIn The Miss Kitty Show, a one woman performance, Catriona Ruth Paterson performs as Miss Kitty, bringing out th... Read more »| 19 Oct 2012