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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ClubsSuck My Deck
After leaving a trail of crumbling dancefloors and swooning females across the globe, Brodinski takes a brief break from touring to create and talk about his new mix for the Suck My Deck series Read more »| 28 Jul 2009 -
MusicA Muso's Top 10: The Twilight Sad
Since the first record, some of the things we've been doing are: playing gajillions of gigs round UK, Europe, America and Canada, drinking too much, not slee... Read more »| 28 Jul 2009 -
Books
David Simon: Journalism's Loss, Television's Gain
The Skinny is sponsoring The Wire creator David Simon's event at the Edinburgh international Book festival. Peter Geoghegan spoke to him about his books, his TV shows, and his views on drugs, politics, and America. He didn't disappoint. Read more »| 28 Jul 2009 -
Film
Ursula Meier: Home Truths
Isabelle Huppert stars in Ursula Meier’s latest film, Home, a work which subtly explores a family’s relationship between the environment and society around them. Gail Tolley finds out more. Read more »| 28 Jul 2009 -
MusicMariachi El Bronx - Cell Mates
Unless The Jonas Brothers are anonymously working on a double album of folk-inspired death metal, this is undoubtedly the most unusual musical alter-ego of 2... Read more »| 27 Jul 2009 -
MusicThe Foundling Wheel: Spinning the Wheel of Fortune
Sonically nihilistic, The Foundling Wheel is Edinburgh’s premier one-man octave cranker. But, during a chat with the amiable Ted Koterwas, Billy Hamilton discovers appearances can be a lot more than just deceptive Read more »| 27 Jul 2009
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Music
Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall
Despite spending his teens in lo-fi garage-punk bands, Jay Reatard’s solo work is unashamedly pop. There are no attempts to undermine the hooks running... Read more »| 27 Jul 2009 -
Music
The Cave Singers - Welcome Joy
The word may carry all sorts of unsavoury connotations, but a makeover isn’t always such a bad thing. Once members of various underachieving Seat... Read more »| 27 Jul 2009 -
Comedy
I like my comedy...to make me feel good: Stephen K Amos
Stephen K Amos can be found all over the place at this year’s Fringe. He talks to Edward Whelan about his solo show The Feelgood Factor, eighteenth ce... Read more »| 27 Jul 2009 -
Film
Mesrine: Killer Instinct / Public Enemy No. 1
Jean-François Richet returns to the director’s chair for the first time since his so-so 2005 remake of Assault on Precinct 13 with this timely a... Read more »| 27 Jul 2009 -
Music
Under the Influence: The Telescopes
Melody Maker once surmised that resurgent space rock outfit The Telescopes were "like mad cultural terrorists, they've taken the norm and fed it through a psychedelic blender." Here, frontman Stephen Lawrie explains that many of the those early influences Read more »| 24 Jul 2009 -
Music
The Bookhouse Boys - The Bookhouse Boys
“A soundtrack for a film that doesn’t exist” is up there with “voice of a generation” in the big book of irksome review clich&e... Read more »| 24 Jul 2009 -
Film
August Film Events: 2009
Edinburgh is awash with choices for film events in August. If peace is what you seek, head to the Filmhouse on 21 and 28 August, when the Festival of Spiritu... Read more »| 24 Jul 2009 -
Music
Esben and the Witch - Esben and the Witch EP
Ethereal romanticist folksters Esben and the Witch take their moniker from a Danish fairytale and fully live up to their literary flights of fancy, playing d... Read more »| 24 Jul 2009 -
Music
Chali 2na - Fish Outta Water
Impressively diverse debut from former J5 man Read more »| 24 Jul 2009