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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ArtECA Degree Show 2011
Perusing the offerings of tomorrow’s art stars is always overwhelming. We make our annual pilgrimage to the Central Belt degree shows, hoping to emerge with some senses intact Read more »| 23 Jun 2011 -
MusicJunior Boys – It's All True
It’s All True was written and recorded in Shanghai, Berlin and Hamilton, Ontario. Hamilton goes without saying; it’s the town the Boys call home.... Read more »| 23 Jun 2011 -
MusicGardens & Villa – Gardens & Villa
Gardens & Villa’s debut album is frustratingly half-baked, rendering successes such as Thorn Castles’ Shins-esque ditty and opener Black Hill... Read more »| 23 Jun 2011 -
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The Wrong Boyfriends – Wrong Fucking Century Darling
With a packing-crate full of irreverent, if oddly relevant, lyrics and a sound that doesn’t know whether it’s worshipping Nick Cave or The Clash,... Read more »| 23 Jun 2011 -
Music
Hey Colossus – RRR
Despite churning albums out at a startling rate, the quality control on Hey Colossus’ assembly line of acid-doom rarely dips below the magic mark... Read more »| 23 Jun 2011 -
MusicRichard Anthony Jay – Imperfect Beauty
During the recording of Imperfect Beauty, Richard Anthony Jay apparently had “music theory textbooks never far from his side”, which anecdotally ... Read more »| 23 Jun 2011
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Music
Las Kellies – Kellies
There are few words more abhorrent than ‘sassy’, loaded as it is with US sitcom clichés, but it’s difficult to find a more appropria... Read more »| 23 Jun 2011 -
Music
Various Artists – The Tolbooth Sessions 2011
Bono and Lars Ulrich no doubt remain unimpressed with the impact of new patterns of music consumption on their LP sales; for new bands, however, the heighten... Read more »| 22 Jun 2011 -
Music
tUnE-yArDs @ Captain's Rest, 15 Jun
Thousands’ dual acoustic lullabies evoke gentle breezes, sun-dappled lakes, and other lovely things that unfortunately, placed against the abundant per... Read more »| 22 Jun 2011 -
Music
Dananananaykroyd – There Is A Way
With the gut-punching intensity of their 2009 debut and those kinetic, literally bone-breaking shows, it’s perhaps not surprising that Dananananaykroyd... Read more »| 22 Jun 2011 -
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Foster the People – Torches
Foster the People’s sudden popularity and indie-disco affinities have prompted comparisons to MGMT, a resemblance sustained by their debut&rsqu... Read more »| 22 Jun 2011 -
Music
Zomby – Dedication
Despite a reputation for egotism and extreme unreliabilty in actually turning up to his own shows, Zomby has been lauded frequently as a 'genius' of the UK e... Read more »| 22 Jun 2011 -
Music
The Violet May – TV EP
That Sheffield could produce a band with a sound straight out of the Mojave Desert may seem incredulous but, make no mistake, these sleazy, swaggering riffs ... Read more »| 22 Jun 2011 -
Film
Chris O'Dowd joins the Apatow IT crowd
From IT slob to Hollywood love interest – The Skinny chats to Chris O'Dowd about his winning role in Bridesmaids Read more »| 22 Jun 2011 -
Music
Pensioner – Yearlings
The debut from Dundee math-rock quartet Pensioner provides some of the most indisputably silly song titles you'll ever encounter (this writer was particularl... Read more »| 22 Jun 2011