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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ComedyEdinburgh Revue Comedy Night
The annual showcase for the Edinburgh University Comedy Society is quite the event. More than just a few drunk students telling gags about Facebook (although... Read more »| 19 Mar 2012 -
MusicFlorence and the Machine @ SECC, 12 March
Florence Welch has come an amazingly long way since emerging into the public eye on a wave of hype back in 2008. High on promise, but short on substance, h... Read more »| 16 Mar 2012 -
Comedy
Punchline!: Frankie Boyle, Seann Walsh, Andrew Lawrence, Idiots Of Ants & Mark Olver @ Usher Hall
Mixed fortunes for the launch of this star-studded comedy gala Read more »| 16 Mar 2012 -
Music
Napalm Death – Utilitarian
It's tempting to downplay Napalm Death's significance in the world of extreme metal: we're almost at a point where we're dismissing the granddaddies of grind... Read more »| 14 Mar 2012 -
MusicThe War on Drugs / Weird Dreams @ Stereo, 26 February
London’s Weird Dreams open to a large turnout, and despite the miserable Sunday rain outside, offer a sunny escape to a Californian soft gara... Read more »| 14 Mar 2012 -
Music
A Whisper In The Noise – To Forget
A Steve Albini endorsement will get you far in this world, and an M. Night Shyamalan endorsement used to get you far in this world. A Whisper In The Noise ha... Read more »| 14 Mar 2012
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MusicBobby Vacant & the Worn – Virginia Neon
The world of Virginia Neon is one simultaneously familiar and alien, an American landscape of deserts and bars by turns seedy, lonely and tender. On songs li... Read more »| 14 Mar 2012 -
Music
Father Murphy – Anyway Your Children Will Deny It
Shivering breaths, an unbearably tense riff, a forceful death rattle: Father Murphy’s latest album opens with the Italian trio on typically austere for... Read more »| 14 Mar 2012 -
Music
Hawk Eyes – Ideas
It's safe to assume that Hawk Eyes (formerly Chickenhawk) hold the mighty riff close to their hearts; the Leeds quartet relentlessly work through dozens of c... Read more »| 14 Mar 2012 -
Film
Chung Kuo China
In 1972, before impending Sino hegemony and fear of the day the tanks roll down Princes Street, China was a secretive state hidden behind a bamboo curtain. Y... Read more »| 14 Mar 2012 -
Music
In Pictures: Presidents of the USA / Straight Lines @ O2 ABC, 11 March
Seattle nerdcore trio Presidents of the USA rolled into Glasgow to play their self-titled 1995 debut in full, supported by Welsh power-pop brethren Straight ... Read more »| 13 Mar 2012 -
Music
Haight-Ashbury @ Captain's Rest, 8 March
Soho Dandy are a four-piece from Erskine centred around the songwriting talent of Blain McEwan. Their muscular blues rock owes a large debt to BRMC and The B... Read more »| 13 Mar 2012 -
Music
Mark Lanegan Band @ O2ABC, 9 March
Loping into town on the back of the excellent reviews bequeathed to latest long player Blues Funeral, Mark Lanegan and his grizzled band are in no mood to di... Read more »| 13 Mar 2012 -
Music
Earth / Mount Eerie @ The Caves, 8 March
The Caves' tall arches provide stellar acoustics for an Earth gig, and Mount Eerie do a solid job of demonstrating the venue's sound enhancing properties. Ph... Read more »| 13 Mar 2012 -
Music
Future Islands @ Captain's Rest, 7 March
Sacred Paws start proceedings with an exuberant, pulse-raising set of afrobeat-influenced lo-fi pop; consisting of Eilidh of Golden Grrls on drums and Rachel... Read more »| 13 Mar 2012