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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ClubsNodding Heads: The Final Thursday Stop Making Sense
As Common's Thursday night institution Stop Making Sense comes to an end in its current form, we hear from two of the night's founding members to find out what made this start to the weekend party so special Read more »| 14 Aug 2014 -
MusicMerchandise – After The End
So what exactly do you want from Tampa contrarians Merchandise? A return to their hardcore roots? More post-punk noise-pop? Sorry kids. After The End is thei... Read more »| 13 Aug 2014 -
MusicJ Mascis – Tied To A Star
Is any phrase in the pop lexicon even half as soul-crushing as ‘solo album’? They’re often drab affairs, characterised less by the artist&r... Read more »| 13 Aug 2014 -
Clubs
Breaking Free: FaltyDL aka Drew Lustman
Drew Lustman graces the formidable Ninja Tune yet again, with what might be his weirdest LP to date Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
Music
Bear In Heaven – Time Is Over One Day Old
Bear In Heaven's fourth album is often shrewdly crafted. Each track is guided by a clean, simple melodic progression, Jon Philpott's vocals polished until th... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
MusicZonal Pressure: The Bug returns with Angels & Devils
The Bug, aka Kevin Martin, on the making of dualistic masterpiece Angels & Devils, the long-awaited follow-up to London Zoo Read more »| 12 Aug 2014
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Music
Mndsgn – Yawn Zen
A slice of zen from the LA beat scene, courtesy of Mndsgn ('mind design'), a producer with one of the strangest bios ever written, involving flight from the ... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
Music
SEØUEL – Prague EP
Something has been brewing in the depths of former Degrassi frontman Tom Nicol's laboratory. As SEØUEL, the born again producer combines retro-futuris... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
Pleasance at 30: Looking Ahead
Pleasance director Anthony Alderson offers a look at some of the many highlights from this year's programme Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
Comedy
Tim Key: Single White Slut
The slut in the hut, Tim Key, chats to The Skinny about fitting in, magnum opuses and returning to Edinburgh Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
Music
Maybeshewill – Fair Youth
At some point during Fair Youth, you’re going to feel absolutely knackered. There seems little point in denying the emotive vastness of Maybeshewill&rs... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
Music
Cold Specks – Neuroplasticity
Slip on the second album from Cold Specks (aka Canada-born/UK-based singer-songwriter Al Spx), and it’s the voice that hooks you first. As opener A Bro... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
Film
The Congress
The Congress hinges on big ideas, but falls apart under light scrutiny; your enjoyment of it will depend on how much you care about the actual mechanics... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Film
Faust
The story of Faust had already inspired a wealth of haunting artworks by the time F.W. Murnau turned his hand to an adaptation of the enduring German folktal... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase @ Creative Exchange
Introducing a new development for the Showcase – an exhibition of a selection of this year's graduates as part of Edinburgh Art Festival. Read more »| 08 Aug 2014