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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MusicBenni Hemm Hemm - Retaliate
Having stitched himself into Scotland’s alt-folk fabric (working with Withered Hand, Eagleowl and Alasdair Roberts amongst others), Retaliate is an ina... Read more »| 19 Mar 2010 -
Music
To Rococo Rot - Forwardness Fridays EP
The EP is an awkward conception, defined by what it's not: too long to be a single, too short to be an album. Even within this limited bracket, thoug... Read more »| 19 Mar 2010 -
FilmThe Scouting Book for Boys
Thomas Turgoose will be a familiar name to Shane Meadows fans; the young actor starred in both This is England and Somers Town as a cocky youth with the gift... Read more »| 19 Mar 2010 -
Music
Burnt Island - Music and Maths EP
To Music and Maths, add a double period of English, for Burnt Island’s debut is a decidedly literary affair. Led by author Rodge Glass and partly inspi... Read more »| 19 Mar 2010 -
Film
Storm
War crime prosecutor Hannah Maynard (Kerry Fox) has lost out on promotion to a lesser experienced male counterpart (Stephen Dillane). She’s also seeing... Read more »| 19 Mar 2010 -
FilmI Love You Phillip Morris
I Love you Phillip Morris is based on a true story, a statement which offers some explanation for where such a bizarre tale comes from. Steven Russell (Jim C... Read more »| 19 Mar 2010
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Music
Keeping up with Jónsi
The voice of Sigur Rós talks to The Skinny about his solo album, baby booms and tiny wardrobes Read more »| 18 Mar 2010 -
Music
Black Francis - Nonstoperotik
Having reverted to his Pixies-era moniker of Black Francis in 2007 – in a move that fooled precisely no one – Nonstoperotik finds flaccid... Read more »| 18 Mar 2010 -
Music
Autechre @ Sub Club, 16 March
Sean Booth and Rob Brown aren’t ones to bask in limelight. As they are frequently wont to do, tonight they perform in darkness, turning the Sub Club in... Read more »| 18 Mar 2010 -
Theatre
Singin' in the Cave
After holding its own at last year's National Review, Vocal Sonics branches out to a stand-alone concert. Read more »| 18 Mar 2010 -
TheatreEating People is Easy
It's difficult to know where to place Gregory Burke's short comedy, Battery Farm. It's certainly a comedy, with the cast mugging up the humour and Andy Gray spinning a vaudeville turn as the human-about-to-become-lunch Read more »| 17 Mar 2010 -
MusicBlood Red Shoes - Fire Like This
New album from unnervingly pretty Brighton duo, Blood Red Shoes. Read more »| 17 Mar 2010 -
Music
Earl Grey and the Loose Leaves @ Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, 13 March
Openers Fitzroy Soul jumpstart the evening with some high-gain blues and melodic hooks before throwing a soulful curveball that teeters on the brink of dub i... Read more »| 17 Mar 2010 -
Music
Four Tet @ The Bongo Club, 13 March
Rocketnumbernine are comprised of brothers Ben and Tom Page, providing a real treat for punctual gig-goers tonight. Their consistently laconic demeanour beli... Read more »| 17 Mar 2010 -
Clubs
Keep on Groovin'
Now in its tenth year, this month seen the stalwart of Edinburgh’s clubscene, Ultragroove celebrate its 250th party with an appearance from Norway’s Todd Terjé who joined the club’s sole resident and promoter, Gareth Somerville. Read more »| 17 Mar 2010