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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MusicThe Twilight Sad – I Became A Prostitute
Anyone worried that The Twilight Sad might have lost some of their feral power in the two years since Fourteen Autumns would have been partly reassured by th... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
MusicNebula - Heavy Psych
One of the leading lights of the 90s stoner movement, this latest opus from Nebula is a bit on the patchy side. Pulse is a slow-burning opener that initially... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
Music
The Low Miffs - The Man Who Took On Love (And Won)
For those who've whiled away nanoseconds pondering just how Scott Walker and David Bowie might have sounded had they formed a surf guitar band, The Low Miffs... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
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Cruiser - HAPPYROBOTS: programmedtoloveyou
There’s something very appealing about remix albums; they’re bursting with the ideas and talents of dozens of collaborators, but, unlike compilat... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
Art
Nashashibi / Skaer @ doggerfisher
With one of this year's Turner nominees under their roof, doggerfisher can do no wrong. Shimmying up to the plate for the EAF is a newly commissioned film wo... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
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Mad, Sad and Bad
Mad, Sad & Bad is about a family that pulls no punches: “Crap skin, crap hair, crap body,” a man tells his sister, before trying to seduce hi... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009
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ClubsSlam Tent 2009 - Sunday
Joe Wilson rejoices as the godfather of Glaswegian drug user slang, Jeff Mills, makes an appearance at T in the Park Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
Clubs
Slam Tent 2009 - Saturday
Jaco Justice visits T in the Park for the first sunny year in recent memory. Yet he just can't leave the shadows of the Slam Tent Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
Music
Julian Plenti - Is Skyscraper
Definitely not Brandon Flowers Read more »| 21 Jul 2009 -
Music
Holy Mountain - Holy Mountain EP
For the uninitiated, this doom 'n' roll two-piece have been shaking loose light fixtures and teeth to fervent reactions for the last four months. Stories of ... Read more »| 21 Jul 2009 -
MusicElectricity In Our Homes - We Agree Completely
You may not know Electricity In Our Homes yet, but their new EP is sure to grab your attention. It’s edgy art-rock of the Can and Captain Beefheart var... Read more »| 21 Jul 2009 -
Art
Rough Cut Nation @ Scottish National Portrait Gallery
In an art world constantly chasing the new and the unexpected, perhaps the biggest surprise of the EAF comes from that most unexpected of venues, the Scottis... Read more »| 21 Jul 2009 -
Film
Adam
Relationships are hard. Everybody knows that. But when one half of the couple has Asperger's Syndrome, you enter unfamiliar territory. Adam struggles with al... Read more »| 21 Jul 2009 -
Film
What's Up Doc? Political Documentaries in 2009.
Following on from the release of several critically acclaimed political documentaries in recent months, Gail Tolley explores the role of such films in what many regard as apathetic times. Read more »| 21 Jul 2009 -
Music
Cutaways - Earth and Earthly Things
Cardiff has Los Campesinos!, Glasgow has Dananananaykroyd, and now Belfast weighs in with their power-pop, equal-opportunity vocalled Cutaways. The two forme... Read more »| 21 Jul 2009