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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MusicIron and Wine: Poetry of the Deed
Sam Beam's lyrics are about what he would describe as “the pretty things and the scary things, like life itself.” Here's a look at the lives and works of four poets he draws inspiration from Read more »| 07 Jan 2011 -
MusicIron and Wine: Glad Man Singing
Making an ambitious return with his lush fourth album this month, Iron & Wine's Sam Beam talks poetry, unicorns, and expanding his sound by going back in time Read more »| 07 Jan 2011 -
ArtMin Angel @ Corn Exchange Gallery
Exploring the grey areas of life, language and perception through a mixure of drawings, sculpture and collage, artist Min Angel delves into the art of making... Read more »| 07 Jan 2011 -
Art
Ellie Harrison @ Market Gallery
Looking through the wide windows of Duke Street’s Market Gallery the interior more resembles a shop window display than an art exhibition. The main att... Read more »| 07 Jan 2011 -
Art
Childish Things @ Fruitmarket Gallery
Pin-pricking the nostalgic bubble that surrounds our memories of childhood, the Fruitmarket Gallery’s latest show presents our formative years as an un... Read more »| 07 Jan 2011 -
Music
Alain Weber – Hoover Cover
Hoover Cover is Swiss composer Alain Weber’s attempt to soundtrack the bleakest scene in everyone’s life, that moment where hope is just the fain... Read more »| 06 Jan 2011
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Film
A Serbian Film
Milos is a retired porn star who is lured out of retirement for one last skinflick by the promise of a paycheck that will set his family up for life. The cat... Read more »| 06 Jan 2011 -
MusicThe Proposition: We Need a New National Anthem
Scotland needs a new national anthem. In fact Scotland needs any national anthem. We don't have one. Honestly. We're pretty unusual that way. Instead we've g... Read more »| 06 Jan 2011 -
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The Whigs – In The Dark
The Whigs have been nothing if not consistent on their two albums to date; turning out amped-up power-rock with their fists in the air like it never fell out... Read more »| 06 Jan 2011 -
Comedy
Crystal Baws: 2011 Year Planner
ARIES Shat into being by the Big Bang. In and out of great supernovae we were flung in our aeon-long paths in our various pieces across the vacuum; pulled, ... Read more »| 06 Jan 2011 -
Film
Tron: Legacy
When Steven Lisberger’s Tron first hit cinemas in 1982 the world was a very different place. Cutting edge computer technology had only just allowed for... Read more »| 05 Jan 2011 -
Theatre
New Year, New You: Video Dance
From contemporary to commercial dance: Dance House's latest craze is more than just fashionable Read more »| 05 Jan 2011 -
Music
Earth's Dylan Carlson shines a light on Angels of Darkness
Defying life-threatening circumstances and a personnel crisis to bring Earth's impending seventh studio album to life, who better to give an insight than guitarist and principal member Dylan Carlson? Read more »| 05 Jan 2011 -
Music
Earth: Versus The World
Despite his role in birthing a genre, unassuming Earth founder Dylan Carlson never set out with any master plan Read more »| 05 Jan 2011 -
Music
Joan As Police Woman – The Deep Field
Following on from 2008’s emotionally super-weighty ode to her recently passed mother, To Survive, NYC’s Joan Wasser returns with her third album.... Read more »| 05 Jan 2011