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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MusicFrancis Harold & The Holograms – Who Said These Were Happy Times?
Warning: this album may cause irritability, fatigue, and clinical depression. You know that scene in Total Recall when Arnold Schwarzenegger’s eyes sta... Read more »| 22 Jun 2010 -
MusicVarious Artists – Kode9 DJ Kicks
The prospect of Kode9 curating a compilation of all he deems buzz-worthy in the UK bass scene is an exciting prospect in itself, and the wealth of ta... Read more »| 22 Jun 2010 -
MusicChus & Ceballos – Back On Tracks (Nervous)
If there’s an album that demonstrates the homogenising effect of globalisation, it’s this soul-destroying collection of bland house track... Read more »| 22 Jun 2010 -
Music
My Luminaries – Order From the Chaos
My Luminaries’ debut has been a long time coming. Together since 2004 - and with major label interest piqued from the get-go - the six-year build-up ha... Read more »| 21 Jun 2010 -
Music
Holy State – Holy State EP
From the throaty vocals to the stripped rock bite, it’s tempting to suggest the specific Holy State these lads from Leeds are striving towards is Nirva... Read more »| 21 Jun 2010 -
Music
UNKLE – Where Did the Night Fall
Time was when James Lavelle’s credit was so healthy he could lure in the aristocracy of leftfield musical talent to lend a hand with his UNKLE project:... Read more »| 21 Jun 2010
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Art
Johan Grimonprez @ The Fruitmarket Gallery
Brace yourself; Johan Grimonprez’s new film is a lot to take in. Like his previous one, dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y, which combined excerpts from television new... Read more »| 21 Jun 2010 -
ClubsBok Bok, Lil Silva & Feadz @ Numbers
Numbers blows out the candles with guest appearances from Bok Bok, Lil Silva and Feadz Read more »| 21 Jun 2010 -
Theatre
The Botanics: Venue of The Month
The Botanics is rarely used as a venue, but one annual festival is a reminder of how theatre need not be confined to the indoors Read more »| 20 Jun 2010 -
Clubs
Edu Imbernon @ Bigfoot's Tea Party, 3 July
Edu Imbernon's debut Scottish set is welcomed by none other than Bigfoot's Tea Party Read more »| 18 Jun 2010 -
Music
Commercial Alternative @ Mono, Glasgow, 4 July
The Mono bar and Monorail record store in Glasgow’s King’s Court has long been one of the hippest hangouts the city has to offer, selling reams o... Read more »| 18 Jun 2010 -
Music
Kele – The Boxer
Bloc Party frontman struggles for consistency on debut solo set Read more »| 17 Jun 2010 -
Music
Symmetry & Ryan Lewis – Symmetry & Ryan Lewis
In a unique and experimental variation on the white rapper schtick, Symmetry and Ryan Lewis present a crossover album with ideas lifted from hip-hop,... Read more »| 17 Jun 2010 -
Art
Patchwork Cinema @ Collective Gallery
As Edinburgh International Film Festival looms over Auld Reekie, Torsten Lauschmann’s latest offering at Edinburgh’s Collective Gallery poses som... Read more »| 16 Jun 2010 -
Music
!!! Bring Strange Weather to The Arches
"We were last in Scotland, when? I can't quite remember," admits !!! (Chk Chk Chk) frontman Nic Offer. "But since then Shannon replaced John. We just worked ... Read more »| 16 Jun 2010