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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MusicFranz Nicolay – Do The Struggle
Anyone who ever saw him play with The Hold Steady would never have doubted whether Franz Nicolay had the cojones to be a good frontman. And so it has trans... Read more »| 02 Aug 2012 -
BooksElectronic Voice Phenomena
Here’s the first question to ask Nathan Jones, compere of Electronic Voice Phenomena: When you say your event draws on the work of Konstantin Raudive, ... Read more »| 02 Aug 2012 -
Music
The Dirty Dozen – August 2012
Veering from constructive criticism to outright disgust, Alejandra Deheza and Benjamin Curtis of School of Seven Bells have a good cop/bad cop gander at August's sixties-indebted promo pile. Read more »| 01 Aug 2012 -
MusicToots & The Maytals – Unplugged on Strawberry Hill
As one of the most influential and renowned reggae outfits of all time, Toots and The Maytals’ work will be familiar to anyone with a passing interes... Read more »| 01 Aug 2012 -
Music
Yeasayer – Fragrant World
Yeasayer, that most postmodern of American bands, can never be trusted to stay in one place for very long. From first to second album, their previously tri... Read more »| 01 Aug 2012 -
Music
Six Organs of Admittance – Ascent
Adopting the maxim ‘if you’ve got it, flaunt it,’ Six Organs of Admittance’s Ben Chasny opens his latest album with a big, bold guit... Read more »| 01 Aug 2012
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Music
Paul Vickers and Friends – Nest of Knickers
Like the shows at which it will be sold, Paul Vickers’ latest album offers a lot of variety. Previously-unreleased Dawn of the Replicants tracks si... Read more »| 01 Aug 2012 -
Books
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
Denis Johnson’s Pulitzer Prize nominated Train Dreams is the life story of a man called Robert Grainier, who “started his life story on a train r... Read more »| 01 Aug 2012 -
FilmReel Talk: In Praise of Film Clubs
The return of Monorail Film Club and the start of Scala Beyond, a six-week nationwide film season dedicated to all forms of cinema exhibition, spell good news for Scottish film fans Read more »| 01 Aug 2012 -
MusicToddla T – Watch Me Dance: Agitated by Ross Orton & Pipes
Orton & Pipes are legendary figures on the Sheffield soundsystem circuit, and this remix project sees them deconstruct the populist ragga-meets-R'n'B-mee... Read more »| 01 Aug 2012 -
Music
Scott Kelly and the Road Home – The Forgiven Ghost in Me
Given the steady incorporation of folk elements into his main band's palette, as well as that of side project Blood and Time, Scott Kelly's solemn, apocaly... Read more »| 01 Aug 2012 -
Music
Urusen – This Is Where We Meet
Urusen have been gigging and recording for almost a decade now, never quite catching a wave of support big enough to bring them widespread recognition, but... Read more »| 01 Aug 2012 -
Theatre
The Colour Ham @ Just the Tonic
The Colour Ham does something new with the sketch show and an unpredictable mixture of illusion, mind-reading and comedy is fun, fresh and very, very silly.... Read more »| 01 Aug 2012 -
Film
Hero Worship: John Sayles
David Barras is making waves in the indie filmmaking world, with his Edinburgh-set debut feature Electric Man recently screening at this year's Comic Con. He pays tribute here to one of his biggest inspirations, American indie legend John Sayles Read more »| 01 Aug 2012 -
Comedy
Crystal Baws: August 2012 Horoscopes
ARIES This month your local priest finally agrees to consecrate your bottle of Buckfast, thus adding a heavy dose of caffeine, sodium glycerophosphate, dipot... Read more »| 01 Aug 2012