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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MusicMos Def - The Ecstatic
From Red and Meth to Cube and Common, Hollywood has sanded the edges away from too many MCs who've dared to court her over the years. Proving a rare exceptio... Read more »| 04 Aug 2009 -
MusicPlum - Different Skin
Benbecula Records [sadly closing its doors in November - ed] can always be relied upon to deliver the offbeat, the oddball and the out-of-the-ordinary, and t... Read more »| 04 Aug 2009 -
ComedyThe Daily Dullest
If you're a fan of The Dullest Blog, you'll be happy to know we're going daily over the Festival period. Read more »| 04 Aug 2009 -
Comedy
I like my comedy...to be something a bit new: Phil Nichol
Phil Nichol described his style hitherto as ‘stupid, rude, puerile, fast and silly’. "But maybe you hated me for being loud and obnoxious?" he te... Read more »| 04 Aug 2009 -
MusicNurses - Apple's Acre
A beautiful blend of Animal Collective and Yeasayer that comes highly recommended. Read more »| 04 Aug 2009 -
Film
Three Miles North of Molkom
Every year, Three Miles North of Molkom, a flurry of Timotei-fresh ‘No Mind Festival’ goers tribally gather to unleash their power animals, chant... Read more »| 04 Aug 2009
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Music
Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans
Pissed Jeans are pissed off. Pissed off that they're becoming the white collar drones they swore to Tyler Durden they’d never be. Pissed off about havi... Read more »| 03 Aug 2009 -
Music
Metric: A New System
Canadian synth-rockers Metric recently broke a four year silence with an assured fourth album, Fantasies, earlier this year. Ryan Drever sits down with guitarist James Shaw to find out what the hell took them so long Read more »| 03 Aug 2009 -
Music
We The Faceless - Isle Of Dogs
Isle Of Dog's dirty, chugging riff, sluggishly bursts into life like a fat man hopping through a ring of fire. It is meaty, I'll give it that, but once you g... Read more »| 03 Aug 2009 -
Film
Broken Embraces
Throughout his career Spanish director Pedro Almodovar has enthralled his audiences with unusual tales of human relationships. In his trademark palette of re... Read more »| 03 Aug 2009 -
Art
Aileen M. Stackhouse @ Sierra Metro
As one of the 11 new spaces at this year’s EAF, Sierra Metro is making its inaugural show count. In keeping with the sculpture trend awash over the res... Read more »| 03 Aug 2009 -
Music
Going Local
With such top-notch acts as David Byrne and Jeffrey Lewis, this year’s Edge Festival in Edinburgh is not to be sniffed at. However, if you look beyond such high-profile events you’ll also find a whole host of unmissable local talent this August, finds Milo McLaughlin and Dave Kerr Read more »| 31 Jul 2009 -
MusicThe Dirty Dozen - August, 2009
This month's CD stack runs the gamut from East Neuk folk to South London hip-hop. Nick Mitchell packs his earphones for the journey Read more »| 31 Jul 2009 -
Music
Amanda Fucking Palmer
Former Dresden Doll Amanda Palmer returns to Edinburgh this month with her solo punk cabaret. Before she does, Nine bends her ear on matters of the art Read more »| 31 Jul 2009 -
Music
Chali 2na: Catch Of The Day
Through his tenure at the helm of hip-hop collective Jurassic 5, Chali 2na established himself as a talented and instantly recognisable MC. Following the group's untimely demise in 2007, 2na steps out on his own with the long overdue Fish Outta Water this month. Ryan Drever talks to the man himself to find out how it came to be Read more »| 31 Jul 2009