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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MusicSine Star Project - Building Humans
Proves they know how to smash and grab attention, now they just need to work on holding onto it. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Music
Sheryl Crow - Detours
Despite small flashes of potential this is just another Sheryl Crow album. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Music
Rocket From the Crypt - Live
A fine epilogue Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Music
Protest the Hero - Fortress
Imagination, ambition, and, crucially, enough hard rock gold to fill up any metal album twice over. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Art
Studio Project 10 at the Market Gallery
Regular invasions of tracksuit-clad teens keep the makers on their toes with questions of 'Wha's tha'?' 'Why ye done tha'?' Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Theatre
She Stoops to Conquer, King's Theatre 12 Feb
full of sharp wordy banter and musical interludes with the requisite amount of bawdiness. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008
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Theatre
Upgrade to downgrade?
SF: As Andy Arnold moves to take the reigns at The Tron theatre, The Skinny finds out how his radical Arches track-record will carry over to his well-to-do new post
PQ: ""theatre should be fairly sordid - and this is why I love The Arches - it should be dangerous and dank"" Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Theatre
Equus @ King's Theatre Edinburgh, 18 Feb 2007
Good, but could be so much better. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Music
Monkey Swallows the Universe @ Cabaret Voltaire
There's plenty of mileage in this sweet, stripy-jumpered, ever-so-twee strategy, but the rock fans are made to wait for a dose of reverb Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
MusicOur Last Night - The Ghosts Among Us
Go on, give yourself a treat and feel the pain of being 15 again Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Music
Jefferson Pepper - American Evolution Vol. 1
An expansive concept that undoubtedly contains something for everyone Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
MusicJaded Sun - Gypsy Trip
Unless you miss the glory days of big hair, denim jackets and guys with medallions, this probably isn't for you Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
MusicAdam Green - Sixes and Sevens
The product of an artist bursting with ideas and the skill to turn them into compelling songs Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Music
I Was A Cub Scout - I Want You To Know That There Is Always Hope
Many people are going to be into this band and if anyone can sell records in 2008, it's going to be these guys. The problem is, they're almost annoyingly precious Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Music
Glyder - Playground for Life
I dare any skeptic of the genre not to grin as one guitar squeals while the other frantically tries to run out of frets Read more »| 06 Mar 2008