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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Theatre
Mrs Warren's Profession, Royal Lyceum Edinburgh
Shaw's refusal to condemn his eponymous protagonist makes this work a key feminist text Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Music
Kings of Leon - McFearless
It would have been so easy just to rely on the story and milk that for all it's worth, going around looking like we've just walked off the set of Almost Famous... - Nathan Followill Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Music
The Bishops @ King Tut's
An impressive repertoire of songs that fall somewhere between the vintage styles of The Beatles and The Who. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Music
Keller Williams @ King Tut's
Mellow, tasteful noodling: communicating little other than William's genius... Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Music
Big Hand plus support @ Cabaret Voltaire
There's much more than this up their sleeves... Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Music
Amy MacDonald @ King Tut's
She breezes through a variety of strummed moods, her lyrics are direct, insightful and concise. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007
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Music
Live music roundup for April
Acoustic Ladyland channel the same spirit of fearless innovation that made Jimi so electric Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
MusicMaximo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures
Maximo Park used to be easily dismissed as post-punk scenesters ànot anymore. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Music
Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
The Southern fried rock of before is now tempered with a healthy side salad. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Music
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty PR Machine
If you're a NIN fan, you probably already think that the government are tapping your phone and doping your water supply Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Music
Thee More Shallows - Book of Bad Breaks
These tunes are universal. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
MusicTenebrous Mitchell - The Havering
The latest in the present flux of poetry-set-to-music projects, The Havering offers little to suggest that the two mediums are not mutually exclusive. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Music
Soulsavers - It's Not How Far You Fall, It's The Way You Land
Like Blur's Tender given a good going over, the results are conflicting and ultimately uplifting. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
MusicRio En Medio - The Bride of Dynamite
A rare breed Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Music
Grant Lee Phillips - Strangelet
With nothing left to prove, Phillips seems to be more content to let flow whatever comes Read more »| 11 Apr 2007