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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MusicJack Peñate - Everything is New
When Jack Peñate spasmodically sidestepped on to the scene like an epileptic crab in 2006, detractors quickly lumped him in with the jangly Mockneys d... Read more »| 29 May 2009 -
MusicUnicorn Kid @ Cabaret Voltaire, 23 Jun
Not many 17-year-olds from Edinburgh can say they’ve collaborated with the Pet Shop Boys...or played a live session on BBC Radio 1...or featured in NME... Read more »| 29 May 2009 -
MusicLord Cut-Glass - Lord Cut-Glass
No one could accuse Alun Woodward of rushing things. Lord Cut-Glass is the alias under which the former Delgado has slowly been unveiling his solo material s... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
FilmDrag Me To Hell
Contemporary American horror has fallen under a curse: it either sates a juvenile bloodlust for sex and torture, or lazily remakes derivative Asian shockers ... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
Music
Cass McCombs - Catacombs
US singer-songwriter Cass McCombs returns with his second album for Domino, Catacombs, a musically melancholic but lyrically sharp record. McCombs is a drift... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
Clubs
Glitter Klinik @ Confusion is Sex, Studio 24, 5 Jun
Despite having only two nights under its belt so far, Confusion is Sex is already making a name for itself as one of the most diverse club nights in Edinburg... Read more »| 28 May 2009
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Music
Adam Franklin - Spent Bullets
Too strong for shy shoegazers, Adam Franklin’s old band, Swervedriver, were often lumped in with labelmates Ride or My Bloody Valentine, but in reality... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
Music
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors' last album, Rise Above, was an attempt by New Yorker Dave Longstreth to recreate Black Flag's Damaged despite not having heard it for 15 ye... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
Music
Future of the Left - Travels With Myself And Another
New musical maxim: “In the land of the three-piece, tone is King”. To support this bold new truth, Future of the Left squeeze every drop of juice... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
MusicLive Music Highlights - June, 2009
You'd have to take a lethal dose of sleeping pills to block out the noise that The Drones are making at the moment Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
Film
Sounds Like Teen Spirit
Prior to seeing Sounds Like Teen Spirit, I was oblivious to the existence of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Two Eurovisions a year? That’s just spoiling... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
Theatre
A Rank Outsider: Peer Gynt comes South
Michael Cox looks at the East Coast's force from the frozen north. Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
Music
The Metal Section - June, 2009
As seasons go, summer really isn't the most conducive to sullen misery and angry, clenched-fist misanthropy. It must be hard to stay mad at one's parents whi... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
Music
Woodenbox With A Fistful Of Fivers - Hang the Noose
Woodenbox's second single, Hang the Noose, is a country tinged tale of death and remorse, and is released on the King Tuts label. Read more »| 27 May 2009 -
Clubs
It's Time for Den Haan
Search for Den Haan on Myspace, but beware of straying too far. Nick DenHaan, an overweight drummer from the Deep South, is the unfortunate second hit on the... Read more »| 27 May 2009