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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ComedyThe Road to Kiev
Scotland may not have qualified for Euro 2012 but that's not dented the excitement of the ScottishComedyFC.com guys. Team Captain Teddy tells us what to expect Read more »| 08 Jun 2012 -
MusicOlympic Swimmers – No Flags Will Fly
2012’s probably not the smartest year for Olympic Swimmers to release their debut longplayer. Not only does a quick online scan for the Glasgow qu... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
FilmThe Squad
The military-horror genre is a tricky nut to crack. Reducing hardened combatants to blubbering wrecks is an effective way of fostering fear in an audience, b... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
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Catch .44
Bruce Willis' latest vehicle is a dismal, cliched gangster flick that fails to entertain on any level. Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
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War of the Dead
Uninspiring low-budget zombie horror fails to excite. Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
A Cold War-era Russian Sherlock Holmes adaptation with fantastic performances and bleak, beautiful scenery. Read more »| 07 Jun 2012
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FilmYou Only Live Once
A classic performance from Henry Fonda and the masterful touch of director Fritz Lang make this a classic of the film noir genre. Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
MusicLeverton Fox – The Human Arm
Two and a half years in the making, The Human Arm is a dark, esoteric mash-up of free jazz, glitchy beats and power electronics-style overdriven bass dro... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
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Christian Löffler – A Forest
As the co-founder of Cologne’s Ki Records, Christian Löffler is well-versed in melodic, downbeat techno, and A Forest has a depth and subtlety whi... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
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The Grand Gestures – The Grand Gestures
There’s No Place Like Home: both a song title and a maxim for Jan Burnett’s new project The Grand Gestures. The Spare Snare founder invited six... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
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Kandodo – Kandodo
Simon Price of The Heads delivers a real gem in his first outing as Kandodo Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
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Don Niño – In the Backyard of Your Mind
The circling, delicately picked-out acoustic guitar lines and soft-yet-sprightly tunes that characterise Don Niño’s debut owe a significant de... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
Comedy
What the hell is going on at...Fun Junkies?
The folks behind How Do I Get Up There? have cooked up a regular evening of comedy, music and long-distance cycling Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
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Marconi Union – Different Colours
The fifth LP from this Mancunian downbeat electronica outfit sees the addition of a third member – keyboard player Duncan Meadows – and a furt... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
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Papa M @ King Tut's, 28 May
As a key member of both Slint and Tortoise, David Pajo can claim to be perhaps the single most influential figure in the post-rock world; and the myriad... Read more »| 06 Jun 2012