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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MusicLa Folie – Risus Sardonicus
The success enjoyed by Gogol Bordello over the past decade has inspired a sizeable amount of inferior impersonators. The incorporation of “gulag”... Read more »| 30 Mar 2010 -
FilmDouble Take
In the unclassifiable tradition of Chris Marker and Guy Maddin, Johan Grimonprez’s enigmatic feature is a puzzling flurry of ideas: Alfred Hitc... Read more »| 30 Mar 2010 -
ClubsOptimo Espacio: Say Yes To One Last Excess
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Regardless of what stage of the grieving process you're at just prepare yourself for the best wake you'll ever attend, as Optimo Espacio gears up for one last dance Read more »| 30 Mar 2010 -
Music
Sam Amidon - I See the Sign
If you give any credence to the media pastime of trend-spotting, then you'd probably file Sam Amidon under the latest 'folk revival' along with the likes of ... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
Music
Caribou - Swim
The North American wilds have inspired many an indie act, from Grizzly Bears to Mountain Goats to Bands of Horses. But let's not forget another member of t... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
Music
Sparrow and the Workshop's Crystals Fall: Track-by-Track, By the Band
Into the Wild We were at a point where we had just begun to go out touring, to deal with promoters, labels, press, etc, and this song is a testament of the f... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010
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Music
The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
When even your press release foregrounds a similarity to early Bob Dylan, you know there’s no escaping Zimmerman’s substantial shadow. In... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
Music
Forever The Sickest Kids - The Weekend: Friday
With all its sickeningly sunny, auto-tune riddled vocals - processed to within an inch of their life - and sparkly synths coming out the arse, Friday - the f... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
MusicDosh - Tommy
For a man turning out his fifth album, Dosh sounds remarkably fresh. New longplayer Tommy makes good on the Minnesotan instrumentalist’s ear for arrang... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
Music
Dundee Blues Bonanza @ Various Venues, 23-25 July
Strong echoes emanating out of Chicago and the Mississippi Delta will reverberate through Dundee's city centre come July as the city readies itself once agai... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
Theatre
In My Garden
Is the credit crunch provoking Òran Mór's dystopian dramas? Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
Film
Kick-Ass
Do you really need superpowers to be a superhero? Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) doesn't think so. This geeky teen relies on nothing more than his own determi... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
Clubs
By The Power Of Zygadlo
Recent addition to the Planet Mu family Rudi Zygadlo is bringing his dense sound to a whole new audience Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
Theatre
39 Steps to Heaven
This production of John Buchan’s The 39 Steps is a hilarious romp through a fast moving spy adventure. Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
Music
The Metal Column - April 2010
In April of 1999, a handful of bands gathered for a showcase gig that grew from an online music zine. Known simply as Roadburn, this annual event takes place... Read more »| 28 Mar 2010