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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MusicEverything Everything – Man Alive
However much we hacks like to moan about the self-fulfilling prophecy of BBC’s Sound Of... poll, the fact remains that wherever a band land on the list... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
MusicMinus the Bear – Omni
Over the years since their inception, Minus the Bear, love ‘em or hate ‘em, have always been an interesting band. From toss-away early song title... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
MusicHuoratron – Prevenge EP
Finnish producer Huoratron (aka Aku Raski) makes his UK bow with this alternately pounding and oblique EP. The Last Gang label is responsible for some intere... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
Film
An Interview with SoulBoy's Martin Compston
Scottish actor Martin Compston grabs his dancing shoes for SoulBoy, a coming of age story set in the world of 70s Northern Soul Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
Art
MAGAZINE 10 @ Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
For many people, visiting Edinburgh during festival season is all about bagpipes, dodgy plays, experimental dance, and literally thousands of flyers extollin... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
TheatreO Sole Mio @ Sloans
The use of Sloan’s upstairs bar for a play is to be welcomed. With the non-stop action of the bar below – film nights, pub quizzes – openin... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010
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Theatre
Cruel and Unusual
From Brazil, a company contemporary enough to discomfort yet accomplished enough for the ballet connoisseur. Read more »| 29 Jul 2010 -
Music
Dogs For Breakfast – Rose Lane Was Tucker’s Girlfriend EP
An Italian trio of abrasive, hardcore thrashers, Dogs For Breakfast are a raucous force, and Rose Lane Was Tucker’s Girlfriend – a conceptua... Read more »| 29 Jul 2010 -
Music
Caitlin Rose – Own Side Now
Having released her debut EP Dead Flowers at the beginning of the year to a string of encouraging but formulaic reviews (most likened her voice to whiskey, b... Read more »| 29 Jul 2010 -
Music
Live Music Highlights – August 2010
Formed off the back of a rural songwriting retreat some three and a half years ago, The Burns Unit are a Scottish-Canadian all-star collective that boasts Em... Read more »| 29 Jul 2010 -
Music
Leif Vollebekk – Inland
On Inland, Leif Vollebekk aimed for 'Hank Williams meets Sigur Rós'. Surprisingly, the results reflect the aim, with the influence of both (just about... Read more »| 29 Jul 2010 -
Music
Calamateur – Each Dirty Letter
A breezy collection of no thrills pop from prolific singer-songwriter Andrew Howie aka Calamateur. Blending folk and rock is not unfamiliar territory –... Read more »| 29 Jul 2010 -
MusicEl-P: Satan's Little Helper
El-P is back with a heavy instrumental album that sounds like The Bomb Squad with John Carpenter on keyboards. Lock up your boybands, it’s the classic underground styles of the urban masters... Read more »| 28 Jul 2010 -
Music
NEU! Beginnings
As a key progenitor of modern music he's owed a debt by an army of pilgrims, yet NEU! founder Michael Rother remains very much on the Fringe Read more »| 28 Jul 2010 -
Music
New Blood: Milk
Ah Milk. Great source of calcium, won Sean Penn an Oscar… er, hang on, something’s off. Google has failed me – guys, you’ll have to introduce yourselves… Read more »| 28 Jul 2010