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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MusicHoly 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 -
MusicUNKLE – 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 -
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 -
Clubs
Bok 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 -
TheatreThe 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
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MusicCommercial 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 -
Music
Freebass @ King Tut's, 3 Jun
Excitement fills the air of a crammed King Tut's as the audience patiently waits for much hyped ‘super-group’ Freebass to take the stage. The b... Read more »| 15 Jun 2010 -
Film
Ajami
A Bedouin thug demands money from a café, so the owner instinctively shoots him; in retaliation, the café is burnt down, and the owner shot. Fu... Read more »| 14 Jun 2010 -
Music
Herbaliser - Herbal Tonic
Herbal Tonic, without being too obvious about it, is a "best of" album, collecting some of the finest tracks legendary Londoners Jake Wherry and Olly Teeba A... Read more »| 14 Jun 2010 -
MusicThe Sound of Silver
The Skinny meets Silver Columns – the folk troubadours who've gone and done a Dylan Read more »| 14 Jun 2010