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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BooksKick Ass 2 by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.
It’s highly anticipated, but Kick-Ass 2 is something of a downer. After the events of the first volume, Kick-Ass, now basically just Dave Lizewski, is ... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
BooksThe Fall of the Stone City by Ismail Kadare
There’s an old Albanian folk tale at the heart of The Fall of The Stone City where a dead man responds to a dinner invitation. The book’s plot re... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
Clubs
The Psychedelic Forest Carnival @ Kelburn Castle and Country Park, 15 September
Wrapping up a trio of events being held over the summer at Kelburn Castle is The Psychedelic Forest Carnival, a party inspired by the sounds of Africa, Latin... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
Film
The Victim
When you've fought killer robots from the future, aliens with acid for blood and flesh-eating zombies, what do you do next? Veteran genre actor Michael Biehn... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
Film
Breathing
Roman Kugler (Schubert) is a 19-year old orphan locked up in a juvenile detention facility. As part of the requirements for his parole he is offered a job at... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
ClubsCODE presents Juan Pablo Pfirter @ La Cheetah, 15 Sep
On the back of his Sessions EP release earlier this year, Juan Pablo Pfirter re-visits the La Cheetah basement to combine forces with CODE in a repeat of las... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012
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MusicAmanda Palmer: Getting A Kickstart
With the help of her enthusiastic fanbase, Amanda Palmer has already made a splash this year. Ahead of the release of her new album, Theatre Is Evil, she spoke to The Skinny about crowd-funding, house parties and her new-found invincibility Read more »| 06 Sep 2012 -
Music
Lund Quartet – Lund Quartet
Over the years, Bristol has produced plenty of acts that forge links between jazz, hip-hop, dub, and drum 'n’ bass, but the most successful artists &nd... Read more »| 06 Sep 2012 -
Music
Efterklang – Piramida
Efterklang’s intrepid ambition is perhaps their defining characteristic, as evidenced by fourth album Piramida’s titular birthplace: an aban... Read more »| 06 Sep 2012 -
Art
Scotland Can Make It: Scottish Souvenirs
This month in the People’s Palace, Scotland Can Make It! presents an alternative approach to the craft of souvenirs. We spoke to organiser Catriona Duffy and designer Beca Lipscombe to find out more Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
Music
Mala – Mala in Cuba
Mala in Cuba finds the dubstep demi-god attempting to redefine his praxis through collaboration with a host of top-level Cuban musicians. Easing the lis... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
Music
Sic Alps – Sic Alps
For their first LP on Drag City, San Francisco’s Sic Alps manage to shoehorn woozy violins, frazzled, treble-heavy guitars, and bursts of atonal feedba... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
Music
TOY – TOY
Poor TOY. For all their reviews so far, not one of them ends without a reference to the bands they so clearly spent their youth listening to. My Bloody V... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
Music
Keser – Audeamus
Audeamus is Keser's third album, and this time round they have produced the work themselves. The result is a slightly more stripped-back sound than on 2009's... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
Music
Carlos Cipa – The Monarch and the Viceroy
Fans of Yann Tiersen’s sparse, melancholy piano compositions should find Carlos Cipa’s debut engrossing: a collection of solo pieces by the 22 ye... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012