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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Music
Refuse Boy - Fear of Beards
A battle between youthful enthusiasm and inexperience. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Music
Gravenhurst - The Western Lands
A silky odyssey of gentle, dreamlike melodies Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Music
God-Fearing Atheists - Rustbelt Sun
the GFA are firmly in the United States of Country Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Film
Rediscovered Classic - The Sound of Music
Leave all your prejudices at home Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Film
Disturbia
Wit, suspense, and just a hint of sex. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Clubs
Four Tet, Classic Grand, 27 Jul
Recreating Brazil amid the apocalyptic weather of this Glaswegian summer isn't easy Read more »| 08 Sep 2007
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Music
Os Mutantes @ Old Fruitmarket
Cheesy synths and poor acoustics fail to do justice to their genius Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Comedy
Breaking the law
There is cleverness to the zaniness because Law understands the comedy conventions and rules: what he enjoys is subverting them. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Music
A Muso's Top 10: Rage Against the Machine
Calm like a bomb, Tom Morello doles out the playlist for his own Guerilla Radio; revolutionary jams especially for you, dear Skinny reader, to track down and fight the power to... Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Music
Pinback - "Not rocking...but heavier!"
"We're just two guys saying 'Hey! Wanna write some music?' We're not trying to be rock stars" - Zach Smith Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Music
Smashing Pumpkins @ Carling Academy, 22 Aug
"Billy, pull yer heid oot yer erse!" Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Clubs
Ocean Terminal Summer Party, Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh
A truly stunning headline set Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Theatre
Dance and Physical Theatre
in a Fringe that has been criticised for high prices and a lacklustre selection, which of these venues can claim to be 2007's definitive dance centre? Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Comedy
Stephen K Amos - More of Me
With effortless charm Amos weaves together personal stories with political asides, cultural references and audience participation in a neatly constructed hour. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Comedy
Nick Wilty
Taking the 'man in the pub' approach, Wilty talks in gravely tones about his career in the army, his naivety and the struggles of the war, often relying on 'barracks' type humour. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007