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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MusicWe Were Promised Jetpacks @ The Liquid Room, 6 October
We Were Promised Jetpacks at The Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh, 6 October 2011. Photography from Sol Nicol Read more »| 10 Oct 2011 -
Film
Tyrannosaur
Tyrannosaur opens with an act of astonishing cruelty and at times the relentless bleakness of Paddy Considine's directorial debut threatens to becomes suffoc... Read more »| 07 Oct 2011 -
Film
Good Rep - October
Five eye-catching repertory screenings happening in October Read more »| 07 Oct 2011 -
MusicSalò / Hunt/Gather / What the Blood Revealed @ Captain's Rest, 3 October
Irvine's What the Blood Revealed open up a ferocious evening of post-hardcore with their moody take on instrumental rock. Borrowing the well-tested loud/quie... Read more »| 07 Oct 2011 -
ClubsBlitz – Interview with Corrina Hornsby-Walsh and Paul Challinor
First time DJs Corrina Horsnby-Walsh and Paul Challinor launch their queer and camp eighties inspired club night, Blitz, at Glasgow’s Flying Duck. Expect New Romantic tunes and thought-provoking, hilarious visuals Read more »| 06 Oct 2011 -
Music
Morkobot – Morbo
There’s no doubt about it, Italian label Supernatural Cat are out to eradicate all traces of rationale in music. Mere months after melting senses with ... Read more »| 05 Oct 2011
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Music
Charalambides – Exile
As the bumper stickers say: Texas does it best. Maybe it’s the sweltering desert heat or just something in the air but they certainly have a knack for ... Read more »| 05 Oct 2011 -
MusicVarious – Fac. Dance: Factory Records 12" Mixes & Rarities, 1980-87
It’s hard to believe that another compilation of genuine interest can be wrung from the Factory stable, such has been the level of interest in the labe... Read more »| 05 Oct 2011 -
MusicChristina Vantzou – No. 1
Despite generally being known as half of the Adam Wiltzie-helmed audio-visual exploration The Dead Texan, it seems Christina Vantzou has been harbouring aspi... Read more »| 05 Oct 2011 -
Music
Rising – To Solemn Ash
While Norway is undoubtedly the black metal capital of the world and Sweden gets by on the lion’s share of melodic death metal bands in existence, Denm... Read more »| 05 Oct 2011 -
Film
Bad Teacher
Cameron Diaz is Elizabeth Halsey and she is a Bad Teacher. Her goal in life is to take care of number one – not her number one student. The wily and hi... Read more »| 05 Oct 2011 -
Music
Active Child – You Are All I See
As Active Child, former choirboy Pat Grossi exploits his God-given pipes to striking effect. His Marmite falsetto will split listeners, but the thumbs-up cam... Read more »| 04 Oct 2011 -
Art
Prince of Darkness: An Interview With Norman Shaw
Artist Norman Shaw is showing at Edinburgh's RSA, a gallery supported by the Own Art scheme, as part of their Resident 11 exhibition. The Skinny asked him to tell us a little more about his work Read more »| 04 Oct 2011 -
Music
Exitmusic – From Silence EP
Until Boardwalk Empire, Alleksa Palladino had a pretty patchy acting CV, sprinkled with direct-to-DVD horror sequels and minor bit parts. Now, HBO and Martin... Read more »| 04 Oct 2011 -
Music
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – Soul Time!
Soul Time!, the fifth studio outing from Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, sees the band’s insistence upon replicating the exact character of vintage sou... Read more »| 04 Oct 2011