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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MusicDeftones @ O2 Academy, 12 Nov
While the past two years have seen an abundance of drama for Deftones, they've also seen the release of their strongest work since 2000’s futuristic me... Read more »| 16 Nov 2010 -
MusicCasiotone For the Painfully Alone @ Captain's Rest, 11 Nov
Owen Ashworth's introspective style naturally attracts devotion. But considering tonight’s significance (Ashworth shortly puts the Casiotone for the Pa... Read more »| 15 Nov 2010 -
MusicAsh @ The Liquid Room, 11 Nov
Ash’s Tim Wheeler points out that it’s been six years since their last Edinburgh gig, and it’s been almost double that since The Skinny las... Read more »| 15 Nov 2010 -
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Taz Buckfaster – Gold Tooth Grin EP
Transposing the softest purple of Bristol's future dubstep onto the increasingly familiar deep hue of Glasgow's labels is something tactfully reasoned with t... Read more »| 15 Nov 2010 -
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Whatever Works
The depth of Woody Allen's fall from box office grace was revealed by the cinema poster for Whatever Works, which buried his name in the fine print. ... Read more »| 15 Nov 2010 -
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Machete
It‘s refreshing to have Danny Trejo acting the title role of Robert Rodriguez’s latest Mexploitation offering. Looking like he has lived ... Read more »| 14 Nov 2010
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MusicBig Boi @ O2 Academy, 3 Nov
As one half of the biggest selling hip-hop group of all time, by rights OutKast’s Antwan ‘Big Boi’ Patton should have sold out the Academy ... Read more »| 11 Nov 2010 -
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Foals @ HMV Picture House, 31 Oct
Smoke machines work overtime while eerie cuts from Ozzy, Maiden and Tool’s Lateralus – a lingering nod to that ‘math-rock’ lineage &n... Read more »| 11 Nov 2010 -
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Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields
A rare chance to see Strange Powers, a documentary following the creative and personal life of Magnetic Fields singer/songwriter Stephin Merritt Read more »| 11 Nov 2010 -
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Engineers: Daydream Vacation
Mark Peters of ambient shoegaze wonders Engineers talks us through the ten tracks he couldn't bear to be without on a desert island Read more »| 09 Nov 2010 -
Music
Various Artists – Scientist Launches Dubstep into Outer Space
Strip the ‘step’ out of dubstep, and what are you left with? A reminder that the futurist genre often draws more from the gloomy chambers of prop... Read more »| 09 Nov 2010 -
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Zion I - Atomic Clock
In a thirteen year career which began with their cassette-only, 1997 underground smash, Into The Woods, Bay Area hip-hop duo Zion I (DJ Amp Live and emcee Zu... Read more »| 09 Nov 2010 -
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Drive-By Truckers @ ABC, 10 November
Pack yer flask full of bourbon and head on down to O2 ABC for an Alabama Ass-Whuppin' courtesy of Southern Rock's great revivalist hope, Drive-By Tru... Read more »| 08 Nov 2010 -
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Otherpeople – Drink
With recent live shows having demonstrated something of an arsenal of potential singles at their disposal its a wonder how Glasgow's Otherpeople even decided... Read more »| 08 Nov 2010 -
Music
Starter for Eleven: Kele Okereke
We ask Kele a few tricky ones about the NME Album of the Year Awards. Mudhoney remain atop the leaderboard with 5.5 points...is the London-based singer up to the challenge? Read more »| 08 Nov 2010