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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FilmTick Tock Lullaby
There’s a scene in Will and Grace where Jack says the "great unspoken gay secret" is that most gay movies are dreadful. Sadly, Tick Tock Lullaby does... Read more »| 16 Jun 2008 -
MusicV/A - Recon-naissance: The Live Sessions
In Recon-naissance's compilation, there's a plethora of semi-familiar local acts, from that mad samba band you heard at The Wickerman, to that sultry French ... Read more »| 15 Jun 2008 -
MusicLaymar - In Strange Lines And Distances
Ambient instrumental post-rock debut Read more »| 14 Jun 2008 -
Theatre
The Infinite Pleasures of the Great Unknown
Music, cinema and choreography collide in the afterlife of a classic German horror. Read more »| 14 Jun 2008 -
Music
Down with Dillinger: One Night of Escape
Jamie Borthwick battles through carnage, chaos and a crate of Irn Bru, all par for the course during an evening spent in the company of math metal monoliths Dillinger Escape Plan Read more »| 13 Jun 2008 -
Music
Various Artists - Karen P...Broadcasting
Karen P was once an apprentice of Gilles Peterson, and her style has marked similarities, but does not reach quite as far around the globe. Having said that,... Read more »| 13 Jun 2008
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Music
Argy - Focus on Argy
Poker Flat has, over the past while, established itself as one of the true homes of accessible minimal tech, alongside the likes of Get Physical and Co. They... Read more »| 13 Jun 2008 -
Music
Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
The Jews’ most accessible effort to date Read more »| 11 Jun 2008 -
Music
Jyrojets - Jyrojets
Contrived attempt at stadium anthems from Inverness quintet Read more »| 11 Jun 2008 -
MusicGoose @ Classic Grand, 19 Jun
Those Belgian synth punks Goose will lay claim to the Classic Grand in Glasgow on the 19th as part of a three-date UK tour. The group’s sound relies on... Read more »| 11 Jun 2008 -
Music
Engine7 - Me, But Perfect
Perfectly boring Read more »| 11 Jun 2008 -
Music
Kenna - Make Sure They See My Face
With Mark Ronson bestriding the narrow world of pop like a colossus, it’s unsurprising that promising new artist Kenna is being taking on tour by Mr. T... Read more »| 11 Jun 2008 -
Film
The Incredible Hulk
Not a sequel, no no. Not a remake either. Not even what’s recently been coined a reimagining. They're calling The Incredible Hulk a reboot. After Ang L... Read more »| 11 Jun 2008 -
Theatre
As You Always Do @ Tron Theatre; Skin Piel @ The Arches
Two companies fly the flag for the physical - in radically different ways Read more »| 11 Jun 2008 -
Theatre
Little Otik
Surreal cinema is translated to the stage Read more »| 11 Jun 2008