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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FilmThe Man from London
In an interview with Tilda Swinton in the Guardian in 2007 she talks about seeing Bela Tarr’s The Man from London for the first time. In particular she... Read more »| 05 Dec 2008 -
FilmOh My Gort! Another 50s Remake?
With the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still hurtling towards our cinema screens Becky Bartlett investigates the trend of the 1950s remake. Read more »| 05 Dec 2008 -
Music
Come on Gang / Kid Canaveral - Start the Sound / I Don't Have the Heart for This
Indie-pop peddlers Kid Canaveral seem to be revelling in Magic Numbers comparisons with their turn on this split 7". It’s a short and sweet ballad, cer... Read more »| 04 Dec 2008 -
Music
A Year in Records #7: A Silver Mt. Zion -13 Blues For Thirteen Moons
A stirring, tectonic collision of folk and classical music Read more »| 04 Dec 2008 -
Clubs
Numbers present Squarepusher
The trustworthy fellas at Numbers prove to be a beacon of light in a somewhat dark winter month as they host the one-man musical juggernaut that is Squarepus... Read more »| 04 Dec 2008 -
Music
Semaphore - Semaphore
Mark Lanegan, Johnny Cash, Nick Cave, that scary bloke from Crash Test Dummies: you can add Semaphore’s Louis Brennan, a 23-year-old Dubliner with the ... Read more »| 04 Dec 2008
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MusicA Year in Records #8: Deerhunter - Microcastle
Deerhunter ain't playing hard to get no more. Before, it was a bit difficult to find the patience to absorb a body of work like Cryptograms, an album that cr... Read more »| 03 Dec 2008 -
Music
Nightjar - The Moth Trap
First EP from contemporary folk legend Kris Drever and limbs from Aberfeldy. Read more »| 03 Dec 2008 -
Music
Findo Gask - One Eight Zero
Findo Gask soar forth with a follow-up single to the acclaimed Va Va Va just in time for Christmas: apt, because it sounds like Aled Jones running downstairs... Read more »| 03 Dec 2008 -
ArtKill Your Timid Notion On Tour
Mark Herbert looks forward to KYTN's imminent arrival in Glasgow, fresh from a cross-Britain tour. Read more »| 03 Dec 2008 -
Music
The Virgins - One Week of Danger
Miami beach meets spunky Paris; this is pop rock for the seemingly over-catered post Bowie glory era. As fun and innocent as it seems, it leaves little to b... Read more »| 03 Dec 2008 -
Art
Jean Muir @ National Museum of Scotland
Though perhaps not as instantly recognizable outside the fashion industry as her contemporary, Barbara ‘Biba’ Hulanicki, designer Jean Muir&rsquo... Read more »| 03 Dec 2008 -
Music
Micron Sixty Three - Death is Colder Than Love
Thumping industrial techno-rock Read more »| 02 Dec 2008 -
Music
Meursault - Pissing On Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues
After a spin of this sublime record only one word will pass your lips: Magnificent. Read more »| 02 Dec 2008 -
Music
A Year in Records #9: Foals - Antidotes
Coming into 2008, several genres commonly associated with Foals were either in crisis or hampered by growing pains: dance-punk was becoming as stale as week-... Read more »| 02 Dec 2008