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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MusicHi, How Are You? A Conversation With Daniel Johnston
Kurt Cobain described him as "the best songwriter on earth." But there's much more to the story than that. Finbarr Bermingham spoke to Daniel Johnston to find out that he still has his demons, but that hope is keeping him going. Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
MusicLightning Dust - Infinite Light
Black Mountaineers fail to scale the lofty heights of the past, but occasionally impress Read more »| 04 Aug 2009 -
MusicHumanzi - Bass Balls
Given past musical associations, it's not massively surprising when Bass Balls comes thundering out of your speakers with all the hedonistic momentum of QOTS... Read more »| 04 Aug 2009 -
TheatreCabaret
Cabaret at the Fringe: will the lack of a Spiegeltent sink it? Read more »| 04 Aug 2009 -
Music
Mos Def - The Ecstatic
From Red and Meth to Cube and Common, Hollywood has sanded the edges away from too many MCs who've dared to court her over the years. Proving a rare exceptio... Read more »| 04 Aug 2009 -
Music
Plum - Different Skin
Benbecula Records [sadly closing its doors in November - ed] can always be relied upon to deliver the offbeat, the oddball and the out-of-the-ordinary, and t... Read more »| 04 Aug 2009
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Comedy
The Daily Dullest
If you're a fan of The Dullest Blog, you'll be happy to know we're going daily over the Festival period. Read more »| 04 Aug 2009 -
Comedy
I like my comedy...to be something a bit new: Phil Nichol
Phil Nichol described his style hitherto as ‘stupid, rude, puerile, fast and silly’. "But maybe you hated me for being loud and obnoxious?" he te... Read more »| 04 Aug 2009 -
Music
Nurses - Apple's Acre
A beautiful blend of Animal Collective and Yeasayer that comes highly recommended. Read more »| 04 Aug 2009 -
Film
Three Miles North of Molkom
Every year, Three Miles North of Molkom, a flurry of Timotei-fresh ‘No Mind Festival’ goers tribally gather to unleash their power animals, chant... Read more »| 04 Aug 2009 -
Music
Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans
Pissed Jeans are pissed off. Pissed off that they're becoming the white collar drones they swore to Tyler Durden they’d never be. Pissed off about havi... Read more »| 03 Aug 2009 -
Music
Metric: A New System
Canadian synth-rockers Metric recently broke a four year silence with an assured fourth album, Fantasies, earlier this year. Ryan Drever sits down with guitarist James Shaw to find out what the hell took them so long Read more »| 03 Aug 2009 -
Music
We The Faceless - Isle Of Dogs
Isle Of Dog's dirty, chugging riff, sluggishly bursts into life like a fat man hopping through a ring of fire. It is meaty, I'll give it that, but once you g... Read more »| 03 Aug 2009 -
Film
Broken Embraces
Throughout his career Spanish director Pedro Almodovar has enthralled his audiences with unusual tales of human relationships. In his trademark palette of re... Read more »| 03 Aug 2009 -
Art
Aileen M. Stackhouse @ Sierra Metro
As one of the 11 new spaces at this year’s EAF, Sierra Metro is making its inaugural show count. In keeping with the sculpture trend awash over the res... Read more »| 03 Aug 2009