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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FilmA Serbian Film
Milos is a retired porn star who is lured out of retirement for one last skinflick by the promise of a paycheck that will set his family up for life. The cat... Read more »| 06 Jan 2011 -
Music
The Proposition: We Need a New National Anthem
Scotland needs a new national anthem. In fact Scotland needs any national anthem. We don't have one. Honestly. We're pretty unusual that way. Instead we've g... Read more »| 06 Jan 2011 -
MusicThe Whigs – In The Dark
The Whigs have been nothing if not consistent on their two albums to date; turning out amped-up power-rock with their fists in the air like it never fell out... Read more »| 06 Jan 2011 -
ComedyCrystal Baws: 2011 Year Planner
ARIES Shat into being by the Big Bang. In and out of great supernovae we were flung in our aeon-long paths in our various pieces across the vacuum; pulled, ... Read more »| 06 Jan 2011 -
FilmTron: Legacy
When Steven Lisberger’s Tron first hit cinemas in 1982 the world was a very different place. Cutting edge computer technology had only just allowed for... Read more »| 05 Jan 2011 -
Theatre
New Year, New You: Video Dance
From contemporary to commercial dance: Dance House's latest craze is more than just fashionable Read more »| 05 Jan 2011
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Music
Earth's Dylan Carlson shines a light on Angels of Darkness
Defying life-threatening circumstances and a personnel crisis to bring Earth's impending seventh studio album to life, who better to give an insight than guitarist and principal member Dylan Carlson? Read more »| 05 Jan 2011 -
Music
Earth: Versus The World
Despite his role in birthing a genre, unassuming Earth founder Dylan Carlson never set out with any master plan Read more »| 05 Jan 2011 -
Music
Joan As Police Woman – The Deep Field
Following on from 2008’s emotionally super-weighty ode to her recently passed mother, To Survive, NYC’s Joan Wasser returns with her third album.... Read more »| 05 Jan 2011 -
Music
Helmet @ Cathouse, 17 Dec
Mad, bad and dangerous to be in the vicinity of, DeSalvo’s vocalist P6 is a fearsome creature and as he sets to work harassing the crowd, they play the... Read more »| 05 Jan 2011 -
Theatre
A View From the Bridge
In their capability to unite and divide there is something compelling about bridges that encourage writers to build stories around them. And as seen in The B... Read more »| 05 Jan 2011 -
Music
Starter For Eleven: Talib Kweli
Influential New York MC Talib Kweli battles through a round of hip-hop history for the unrivalled glory of a haggis supper Read more »| 05 Jan 2011 -
Music
R.L. Got Soul
Jon Spencer pays tribute to late delta bluesman R.L. Burnside and recommends a place to start listening Read more »| 05 Jan 2011 -
Music
Cerebral Bore: Forged In Fire
Haemorrhaging members quicker than they can book a tour, Cerebral Bore are undeterred in their quest for global dominance Read more »| 05 Jan 2011 -
Music
Young Fathers: Straight Back On It
With gathering acclaim and a debut album under their arm, Young Fathers – Scotland's premier 'rap boy band' – gear up for their busiest year yet Read more »| 05 Jan 2011