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 Metal Column – February 2012
When you think about it, it's a pretty exciting time for metal: the Scottish scene's in rude health and 'hip' blogs are wisening to the fact that the term is... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
MusicFirst Listen: Leonard Cohen's Old Ideas
At the playback of his first album in eight years, Leonard Cohen proves that as the decades advance, he's still got plenty left to offer Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
MusicDjango Django: Away with the Pharaohs
Drummer and producer Dave Maclean explains the influence of history and sci-fi on Django Django's long-incubating debut Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
Music
ANGO – Another City Now EP
How's this for a geography headfuck: Andrew Gordon Macpherson - who's from Nova Scotia, Canada (with a name like that?) - releases a 7 track EP of bold US R&... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
Theatre
Venue of the Month: Edinburgh Festival Theatre
The flagship Edinburgh venue for high art embraces diversity Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
Clubs
Killer Kitsch: 7th Birthday
All Euan Neilson wanted was a midweek night that wasn’t heavily underground and wasn't a student night. Back in 2005 he felt that nothing like that exi... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012
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ClubsSubstance Presents Jeff Mills
That’s right, it’s not a misprint. A few months ago Adam Richardson was celebrating Substance’s 5th birthday by looking back at some of the... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
ClubsMixed Bizness Present Ifan Dafydd
Fresh on the scene after only debuting this summer, Ifan Dafydd is fast making a statement in electronic music and his growing fan base includes the likes of... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
Clubs
Cabaret Voltaire: Lucky Number 7
February is usually a dreary month but thankfully this year the esteemed Cabaret Voltaire turns seven and to celebrate the team have lined up a healthy dose ... Read more »| 29 Jan 2012 -
Music
Track-By-Track: Errors' Have Some Faith In Magic
Errors' Steev Livingstone exclusively presents his guide to the synth wizards' third LP Read more »| 27 Jan 2012 -
Music
Craig Finn – Clear Heart Full Eyes
Combining the beefy riffs of Tad Kubler, (erstwhile member) Franz Nicolay’s organ whirs and one-man sideshows and the pissed-up paeans of Craig Finn, T... Read more »| 27 Jan 2012 -
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Mark Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral
It’s hard to believe that this is Mark Lanegan’s first solo album in eight years; such is the profile of the Seattle scene survivor who has assur... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012 -
Music
Django Django – Django Django
Recorded entirely in drummer/producer David Maclean’s bedroom with nothing but rickety gear, Django Django, a London-based group of former Edinburgh Co... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012 -
Music
The Twilight Sad – No One Can Ever Know
The new direction that third album No One Can Ever Know maps out for The Twilight Sad shouldn’t be too much of a curveball for avid fans. The trimmed-d... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012 -
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Boy Friend – Egyptian Wrinkle
Those looking for a short-cut introduction to Boy Friend’s sound could do worse than track down their cover of Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man after Midnig... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012