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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MusicLAW comes to town
Lauren Holt started out as a jazz singer in Liverpool and now finds herself in Edinburgh making enigmatic soul music with a hard edge. She explains how her transformation into LAW began in the most unlikely of places Read more »| 09 Jun 2014 -
MusicShield Patterns – Contour Lines
These songs; even the titles build anticipation. Carve the Dirt. Dust Hung Heavy. Present State. Claire Brentnall and Richard Knox’s debut is a hyper-r... Read more »| 09 Jun 2014 -
Comedy
Jason Mewes discusses the origins of Jay and Silent Bob
As Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith) embark on a tour of the UK, we catch up with the former to discuss chat-up lines, his long-lasting friendship with Smith, and people crapping their pants Read more »| 09 Jun 2014 -
FilmOf Horses and Men
The horse is a decidedly cinematic beast; aesthetically and symbolically rich, its uneasy alliance with man is instantly and almost universally recognisable ... Read more »| 09 Jun 2014 -
Clubs
Avert Your Eyes: Demdike Stare's Miles Whittaker interviewed
Demdike Stare are master craftsmen in hunting through hidden and secret histories to create scorching sonic experimentalism. But are they happy with being so readily categorised? The Skinny braves the witches' gaze to find out... Read more »| 06 Jun 2014 -
Clubs
Intelligent Design: Jimmy Edgar in interview
Berlin-based producer Jimmy Edgar on his new label Ultramajic, graphic design and his Detroit homecoming gig Read more »| 06 Jun 2014
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Film
Grace of Monaco
Early on in this Grace Kelly biopic, Alfred Hitchcock (Roger Ashton-Griffiths) visits Princess Grace (played by Nicole Kidman) to convince her to return to a... Read more »| 06 Jun 2014 -
Film
Delivery Man
Adding another feckless manchild to his dubious performance portfolio, Delivery Man finds Vince Vaughn in uncharacteristically likeable form. He plays David ... Read more »| 06 Jun 2014 -
Music
Hero Worship: Nick Oliveri on Chris Goss
Nick Oliveri lays his career at the feet of an old mentor, the godfather of desert rock Read more »| 06 Jun 2014 -
Film
Berlin Music Video Awards 2014: Winners
Winners from the 2014 Berlin Music Video Awards included videos from The Correspondents, Dog Blood Watch them here... Read more »| 05 Jun 2014 -
Comedy
Spotlight on... Eleanor Morton
We catch up to talk gigs, heckles and enormous ducks... Read more »| 05 Jun 2014 -
BooksThe Four Marys: A Quartet of Contemporary Folk Tales by Jean Rafferty
Mary Magdalene and her namesake, the Mother of God - whores and virgins, those cruel binary stereotypes. Jean Rafferty shows all those vivid hues in between in this quartet of contemporary Scottish folk tales Read more »| 05 Jun 2014 -
Books
For Faughie's Sake by Laura Marney
Glaswegian Trixie returns in this brilliant sequel to No Wonder I Take A Drink, sick of the mud, midges and cliques of Highland village Inverfaughie. In... Read more »| 05 Jun 2014 -
Film
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Lindsay Anderson’s if... centres on an elite boarding school populated by subservient pupils and fascistic ‘whips’ – head boys w... Read more »| 05 Jun 2014 -
Music
Ascending The Animal Kingdom: Parquet Courts' Austin Brown Interviewed
Simultaneously everyone’s favourite band and completely misunderstood in 2013, Parquet Courts are back to clarify their position with Sunbathing Animal Read more »| 04 Jun 2014