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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FilmMesrine: Killer Instinct / Public Enemy No. 1
Jean-François Richet returns to the director’s chair for the first time since his so-so 2005 remake of Assault on Precinct 13 with this timely a... Read more »| 27 Jul 2009 -
MusicUnder the Influence: The Telescopes
Melody Maker once surmised that resurgent space rock outfit The Telescopes were "like mad cultural terrorists, they've taken the norm and fed it through a psychedelic blender." Here, frontman Stephen Lawrie explains that many of the those early influences Read more »| 24 Jul 2009 -
MusicThe Bookhouse Boys - The Bookhouse Boys
“A soundtrack for a film that doesn’t exist” is up there with “voice of a generation” in the big book of irksome review clich&e... Read more »| 24 Jul 2009 -
Film
August Film Events: 2009
Edinburgh is awash with choices for film events in August. If peace is what you seek, head to the Filmhouse on 21 and 28 August, when the Festival of Spiritu... Read more »| 24 Jul 2009 -
Music
Esben and the Witch - Esben and the Witch EP
Ethereal romanticist folksters Esben and the Witch take their moniker from a Danish fairytale and fully live up to their literary flights of fancy, playing d... Read more »| 24 Jul 2009 -
Music
Chali 2na - Fish Outta Water
Impressively diverse debut from former J5 man Read more »| 24 Jul 2009
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Music
David Byrne @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 8 Aug
The tenuous homecoming feel of Dumbarton-born David Byrne’s recent Glasgow show can’t feasibly be extended to Edinburgh. This month the naturaliz... Read more »| 23 Jul 2009 -
ComedyBratchy and The Wee Man's Comedy Pub Quiz
There’s always something a little staid about pub quizzes. The stilted, jocular delivery of questions over the inevitably crackly mic, the restrained smirking from the intellectuals at the other table. If you’ve ever been tempted to gloat over your opposing teams or pour drinks down their shirts, here's your chance. Read more »| 23 Jul 2009 -
Clubs
Death Disco: Back To Their Roots
Italian comic book lovers pull on masks, don't keep their identities secret, refuse to fight crime and become the darlings of the blogs. Same old story then... Read more »| 23 Jul 2009 -
Music
'Thank You Frankley' @ Captain's Rest, 23 Aug
In a collision of Glaswegian indie-pop, supergroup Piano Bar Fight return from a near 18 month hiatus to collide with new cult duo Over The Wall and Glaswegi... Read more »| 23 Jul 2009 -
MusicMitchell Museum @ King Tut's, 1 Aug
Quite aside from the fact that their brilliant, infectious new single Tiger Heartbeat is due to be released on multi-coloured cassette, there is something wo... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
Music
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
Anyone who has paid close attention to the utterances and activities of Alex Turner over the past couple of years won’t be taken aback by Humbug. The A... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
Art
The Enlightenments
Weaving its way through the city from the Georgian Library of Talbot Rice, through the Collective gallery and on to the Dean is The Enlightenments, an exhibi... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
Music
Múm @ Òran Mór, 15 Aug
Unless you’re a sneaky downloader, the title of Múm’s forthcoming album could prove entirely apt for their relocated Edge festival appeara... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
Music
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
Wild Beasts are patently unafraid of provoking ridicule. Their lyrics are full of tangled and poetically inclined couplets and, as if that weren’t flam... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009