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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MusicMisty Roses - Villainess
Phil Spector’s influence lives on in this swooping ’60s-style orchestral pop that fans of Richard Hawley or the Last Shadow Puppets will lap up. ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2009 -
ComedyI like my comedy...veteran Fringe: Teddy
We wanted to put Teddy in the ‘bitter’ category but somehow couldn’t find anyone else to match up to his levels. He tells us he ‘hate... Read more »| 12 Aug 2009 -
MusicDavid Byrne @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 8 Aug
At first, the dance routines aren’t quirky, merely irritating, superfluous, technically average and maybe just a tad pretentious. Suddenly, perhaps dur... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
TheatreNo Obvious Trauma
Madness and love: Unpacked play spot the patient and doctor in a role-reversal melodrama. Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Music
Dave Cloud and the Gospel of Power - Fever
Dave Cloud might now resemble an off-season Santa Claus, but his sound is anything but festive. The portly, bearded Nashville veteran is in the vein of myste... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Theatre
White Tea
David Leddy is part of the West End Festival, yet remains an artist apart. Read more »| 10 Aug 2009
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Comedy
Miles Jupp: Telling It Like It Might Be
A sold out audience fills the Teviot dining hall to see the upper class ramblings of Miles Jupp. He has an accent that comes straight from the playing fields... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
Music
Vladislav Delay - Tummaa
Vladislav Delay, aka Sasu Ripatti, writes the type of music that causes parents to wail “but it's just random noise!”, while persevering connoiss... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
Music
Dolores O'Riordan - No Baggage
In a weird way, former Cranberries frontwoman Dorlores O'Riordan has something in common with Eddie Vedder, her crooning being as divisive as Vedder's grunge... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
Music
Mumford & Sons @ Cabaret Voltaire, 8 Aug
Playing the second of two nights, Mumford and Sons are bristling with stubbly energy tonight. Awake My Soul opens as a real spinetingler; awash with pitch-pe... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
Clubs
Ellen Allien @ Kapital, 31 July
BPitch Control's leading lady wishes Kapital a happy birthday. Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
Art
Kate Pollard @ Atticsalt
If you can navigate your way through the rather complex and slightly threatening entry system to the exhibition, you'll find yourself in a makeshift attic sp... Read more »| 07 Aug 2009 -
Music
The ID Parade @ The Admiral, 31 July
When a band choose ukulele-strumming, chalk-faced Beckettian ghouls as their main support act, you know they’re aiming for something a little out of th... Read more »| 07 Aug 2009 -
Music
Nile Rodgers & Chic @ The Picture House, 25 July
'See the guy in the hat? That's Pop Music.' And so it proved to be, as Chic, and Nile Rodgers in particular, take to the stage at the Picture House for one ... Read more »| 07 Aug 2009 -
Music
Broadway Calls - Good Views, Bad News
Finally the worldwide drought of pop-punk is over. God knows it's literally been hours since our last fix of pseudo-snot-spitting, major-chord-playing, long-... Read more »| 06 Aug 2009