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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MusicMndsgn – Yawn Zen
A slice of zen from the LA beat scene, courtesy of Mndsgn ('mind design'), a producer with one of the strangest bios ever written, involving flight from the ... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
MusicSEØUEL – Prague EP
Something has been brewing in the depths of former Degrassi frontman Tom Nicol's laboratory. As SEØUEL, the born again producer combines retro-futuris... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
ComedyPleasance at 30: Looking Ahead
Pleasance director Anthony Alderson offers a look at some of the many highlights from this year's programme Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
ComedyTim Key: Single White Slut
The slut in the hut, Tim Key, chats to The Skinny about fitting in, magnum opuses and returning to Edinburgh Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
Music
Maybeshewill – Fair Youth
At some point during Fair Youth, you’re going to feel absolutely knackered. There seems little point in denying the emotive vastness of Maybeshewill&rs... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
MusicCold Specks – Neuroplasticity
Slip on the second album from Cold Specks (aka Canada-born/UK-based singer-songwriter Al Spx), and it’s the voice that hooks you first. As opener A Bro... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014
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Film
The Congress
The Congress hinges on big ideas, but falls apart under light scrutiny; your enjoyment of it will depend on how much you care about the actual mechanics... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Film
Faust
The story of Faust had already inspired a wealth of haunting artworks by the time F.W. Murnau turned his hand to an adaptation of the enduring German folktal... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase @ Creative Exchange
Introducing a new development for the Showcase – an exhibition of a selection of this year's graduates as part of Edinburgh Art Festival. Read more »| 08 Aug 2014 -
Music
Love Is The Drug: St. Vincent Interviewed
After touring the world, joining the Nirvana reunion and releasing a stunning self-titled album, Annie Clark aka St. Vincent tells us how music became like a drug, why touring is like a hurricane, and how an artist's life becomes a reverent construct Read more »| 07 Aug 2014 -
Art
Free for All: An Unlikely Intro to Open Access Courses
Did you know you can study a course set by Harvard while sitting on your couch in your pants? No, neither did we Read more »| 07 Aug 2014 -
Art
Cathy Wilkes @ Tramway
As part of the GENERATION series, Cathy Wilkes has curtailed the gigantic venue of Tramway 2 to create an intimately sensorial environment. Introve... Read more »| 07 Aug 2014 -
Art
Going It Alone: Northwest Entrepreneurs on Sharing Advice and Skills
Forget all this talk of switching career – fulfil that aspiration to be your own boss. But where do you learn the entrepreneurial skills to turn an interest or hobby into something more? Read more »| 07 Aug 2014 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase: Fiona Beveridge
Showcase: Fiona Beveridge "My practice is an ongoing exploration of human-object interaction, working with material that is manufactured primarily to d... Read more »| 06 Aug 2014 -
Music
Chemikal, Numbers and The Wedding Present look forward to The Last Big Weekend
With the likes of Mogwai, HudMo, James Murphy and The Wedding Present onboard, The Last Big Weekend offers up two days of carefully curated food for the soul at Richmond Park in late August. We speak to some of the players involved Read more »| 06 Aug 2014