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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FilmThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly
It seems every other review I'm writing these days is loaded with “best such-and-such ever”, but in the case of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, e... Read more »| 25 Jul 2008 -
MusicEl Padre: What's In A Name?
With the musical pseudonym falling foul of today’s more typically po-faced standard, Billy Hamilton catches up with El Padre’s Bobby Steve Jacksonson to find out just what’s in a name Read more »| 25 Jul 2008 -
MusicConverge @ Ivory Blacks, 15 Jul
The triumph of Converge's performance is indisputable Read more »| 25 Jul 2008 -
Music
The Famous Spiegeltent @ George Square, Edinburgh, 25 Jul - 31 Aug
The Spiegeltent in George Square provides an incomparably eclectic entertainment schedule Read more »| 25 Jul 2008 -
MusicXX Teens - Welcome To Goon Island
XX Teens are something of a rock chameleon Read more »| 25 Jul 2008 -
Music
Plej - Home Is Where Your Heart Was
Aah, Sweden, the home of many fantastic exports, including meatballs, little red houses and, of course, IKEA. The Swedes have given the world similarly ambiv... Read more »| 25 Jul 2008
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Film
Death Note
A notebook falls from the sky into the path of too-cool-for-school law student Light (Fujiwara). Its opening page explains that if someone's name is written ... Read more »| 24 Jul 2008 -
Music
Nouvelle Vague @ The Liquid Room, 7 Aug
Nouvelle Vague's Bossa Nova, calypso and reggae covers of 1980s New Wave tunes have been featured in several adverts and films Read more »| 24 Jul 2008 -
Clubs
Bank Holiday BBQ Special Pt. 3 @ The Ivy, 3 Aug
Sunday August 3rd sees The Ivy host another of its bank holiday BBQ specials, inviting along a number of special guests to join in the games. First up, Black... Read more »| 24 Jul 2008 -
Music
Burning Bright: Attic Lights
Jason Morton sits down with Scotland's next big indie-rock band, Attic Lights, who've signed a five album deal with Island and already snared a bizarre Gest for the first Read more »| 24 Jul 2008 -
FilmEden Log
In today's film universe of blue screens and CGI, Eden Log is a kick in the hard drive, matching money with painstaking set design on a shoe-string budget. O... Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
Music
Southern Fried @ Perth Concert Hall/ Perth Theatre, 1 - 3 Aug
On hand to ease your blues this summer Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
Music
Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things
The Dylan poetry is obviously not genetic Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
Music
Roshi feat. Pars Radio - And stars
Since any cultural conception of Iran is dominated by news of politics and nuclear weapons programs, it's refreshing to hear even the briefest of snapshots f... Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
Music
Meursault @ Wee Red Bar, 19 Jul
They’re certainly making waves but, tonight, Meursault’s waters were disappointingly still Read more »| 23 Jul 2008