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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MusicFortune Finds Me Fit And Able: An Interview With First Aid Kit
Judged solely on musical content, First Aid Kit's début The Drunken Trees EP sounds like it was written by two wizened female folk singers in the deep... Read more »| 20 Mar 2009 -
Music
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Flawed fourth album from the much-hyped saviours of metal Read more »| 20 Mar 2009 -
Theatre
Rockaburley Burlesque
Gareth K Vile continues his exploration of burlesque Read more »| 19 Mar 2009 -
MusicCopy Haho – Bred For Skills & Magic EP
In his eponymous film, Napoleon Dynamite’s favourite animal is a liger, “bred for its skills and magic”. He might just have said the same a... Read more »| 19 Mar 2009 -
Music
The Decemberists: The coolest months
The Decemberists have never been known to take a conventional approach to their music. They recorded their third album, Picaresque, in the basement of a Baptist church. Their last effort, 2006’s The Crane Wife, was lyrically and musically based on an old Japanese folk tale. Frontman Colin Meloy explains their latest to Jeff Miranda Read more »| 19 Mar 2009 -
MusicGojira @ Classic Grand, 12 Mar
A masterclass in furious noise. Read more »| 19 Mar 2009
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Music
The Telescopes @ Captain's Rest, 11 Apr
Space rockers The Telescopes may have formed over twenty years ago but they are still recording and more importantly still gigging, albeit with a slim-lined ... Read more »| 19 Mar 2009 -
TheatreNew Territories 2009
Gareth K Vile sees New Territories make a natural evolution, as it continues to push the boundaries of performance Read more »| 19 Mar 2009 -
Music
PJ Harvey @ Queen's Hall, 26 Apr
Elvis Costello once famously asserted that PJ Harvey's songs can be summed up in three words: “blood and fucking”. Thankfully, Polly Jean has utt... Read more »| 18 Mar 2009 -
Music
goNorth 2009 @ Inverness, 11-12 Jun
Scotland's leading music showcase, goNorth, is looking for new acts to appear at this year's event, to be held in Inverness over 11th and 12th June 2009. At... Read more »| 18 Mar 2009 -
Theatre
Carmen: Scottish Ballet
Scottish Ballet's latest work brings together a modern version of a classic and a ferocious contemporary short. Gareth K Vile talks about the classic updated with rising star Daniel Davidson Read more »| 18 Mar 2009 -
Music
Mastodon Talk Crack the Skye: Exclusive Track-by-Track Preview
There’s been a lot of talk about the narrative behind Mastodon’s fourth LP proper – blown up to the heavens as a transcendental dream set in Tsarist Russia. But what about the way it actually, y’know, sounds? Before they unleash the devil and take to the road to play the album in its entirety, the explosive Atlantan quartet provide an exclusive track-by-track insight into the way songs were conceived, written and recorded – a firsthand account on the architecture of Crack the Skye. Guitarist Bill Kelliher picks up the story… Read more »| 18 Mar 2009 -
Music
Dananananaykroyd Lead Scottish charge on Texas
It's that time again for the annual Texan musical pilgrimage known as South By Southwest. Starting today (18th) and running until the 22nd, the live music po... Read more »| 18 Mar 2009 -
Music
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
Karen O used to be a wildcat, and now she's domesticated Read more »| 18 Mar 2009 -
Music
A Band Called Quinn - Sun Moon Stars
If Louise Quinn is determined to add her name to the list of resolute and iconic front women, somewhat akin to the likes of Debbie Harry and Goldfrapp, then ... Read more »| 17 Mar 2009