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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MusicWithered Hand: Beginning to flourish
It may take a village to raise a child, but the capital city's community is raising a whole new class of urban folk musicians. Jason Morton sits down with Withered Hand to hear the benefits of keeping your peers close Read more »| 03 Mar 2009 -
MusicYo! Majesty @ Cabaret Voltaire, 27 Mar
Yo! Majesty bring their sexualised rap party to Edinburgh's Cabaret Voltaire. Read more »| 03 Mar 2009 -
Music
Morrissey - Years of Refusal
Steven Patrick Morrissey is one of British music's most fascinating characters - but you'd never guess why from Years of Refusal Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
FilmWatch This Space
Twenty-three years after its publication, will the film version of Watchmen do its source material justice? Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
MusicThe Bronx - Young Bloods
With the first single from their third album, L.A quintet The Bronx display more of the aggressive punk rock that started a bidding war between labels for th... Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
Music
Versus @ Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, 7 Mar
Forget the stale old concept of just one band on stage and prepare yourself for Versus. Emerging from the Edinburgh collective Bear Scotland comes a unique n... Read more »| 02 Mar 2009
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FilmMy Name Is Bruce
Best known as Evil Dead's chainsaw wielding, ass-kicking human cartoon Ash, legendary c-lister Bruce Campbell is for many the god of genre cinema. Gleefully... Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
Theatre
Donald Does Dusty
Margaret Kirk looks forward to a work from the King of the Drag Kings Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
Music
Stinking Lizaveta - Sacrifice and Bliss
In West Philadelphia, born and raised, well a basement is where they spent most of their days. Leaving out vox and guitaring old-school, Oxes go metal and pr... Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
Music
Captain Wilberforce - Everyone Loves a Villain
Straight outta Leeds, Captain Wilberforce makes pop that Radio 2 could comfortably slot into their Saturday afternoon playlist without much of an outcry. His... Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
Music
Super Adventure Club @ The Mill
They thrilled us silly with their debut album Chalk Horror! last year, and now - ahead of their debut set at The Mill - Finbarr Bermingham has a word with Super Adventure Club to find out what lies ahead Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
Art
New beginnings: The Embassy and St Margaret's House
Rosamund West caught up with The Embassy's committee as they spent a pleasant Sunday afternoon in a cloud of dust, taking up the carpeting in their new gallery in the arts complex of St Margaret's House. Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
Theatre
Station House Opera
Gareth K Vile gets mindful. Read more »| 01 Mar 2009 -
Theatre
Burlesque
Burlesque is a genuine grassroots phenomena. Gareth K Vile immerses himself in a world of glamour and humour Read more »| 28 Feb 2009 -
Theatre
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Dundee Rep is tackling the challenging modern classic Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee Read more »| 28 Feb 2009