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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MusicFang Island @ Captain's Rest, 5 Sep
Fang Island describe their sound as "everybody high-five-ing each other", a feeling which pretty much covers the stadium-sized guitar-shredding, clat... Read more »| 18 Aug 2010 -
MusicBear in Heaven – Beast Rest Forth Mouth: Remixed
Following on from its UK release this May, the Brooklyn disco hipsters latest album Beast Rest Forth Mouth became the party album of the summer, albe... Read more »| 18 Aug 2010 -
ClubsCloakXDagger presents Scratcha DVA, The Blessings, The Hidden Orchestra, Profisee/Simba @ The Caves, 17 Sep
For those who’ve been sleeping, CloakXDagger are rapper Profisee, and singer / producer Ema J. They’ve been mainstays of the Edinburgh hip-hop an... Read more »| 18 Aug 2010 -
Theatre
Kunt and The Gang
Potty-mouthed Playground Poetry Read more »| 17 Aug 2010 -
MusicBaths – Cerulean
In a year where Flying Lotus has delivered one of the most talked-about releases with his sprawling, electronic opus Cosmogramma, it seems a new generation o... Read more »| 16 Aug 2010 -
Books
Scott-land: The Man Who Invented a Nation by Stuart Kelly
If you grow up in Edinburgh, it’s hard not to do so in the shadow of Sir Walter Scott, or at least the massive ‘steam-punk version of Thunderbird... Read more »| 16 Aug 2010
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Music
Crooked Mountain, Crooked Sea – I Watched It From The Roadside
Brighton post-punk four-piece Crooked Mountain, Crooked Sea begin their EP by rehashing Slow News Day from previous release A Small Version of a Part... Read more »| 16 Aug 2010 -
Books
The Sickness by Alberto Barrera Tyszka
‘The birth of medicine is irremediably bound up with the birth of negligence’ and other such musings are found within the two intertwining storyl... Read more »| 16 Aug 2010 -
Theatre
The Secret Grove of the Garden @ Royal Botanic Gardens
Escape the Festival and explore your own creativity Read more »| 16 Aug 2010 -
Film
Mother
Mother is a thriller, but it's also a comedy, a mystery, a satire and an emotionally resonant drama. Such a blend of seemingly disparate styles and tones is ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2010 -
Music
Being 747 – Amoeba to Zebra
I'm not a parent but if I was my kids would be getting this CD in the ear, and I'd drag them to the live show (featuring at this year's Fringe) as well. Imag... Read more »| 15 Aug 2010 -
Comedy
Absolute Best of Absolute Beginners
These guys are really up against it. In a Fringe dominated by international acts and TV celebrities, it can be difficult for local talent to shine through. A... Read more »| 14 Aug 2010 -
Comedy
Steve Pretty on the Origin of the Pieces
A professional jazz musician, Steve Pretty found himself largely shielded from the sticky and sweet world of pop until, at the age of 29, he set out to liste... Read more »| 13 Aug 2010 -
Comedy
Norman Lovett @ Gilded Balloon Teviot
A festival as manic as the Fringe needs someone like Norman Lovett. Younger comedians equate noisiness with hilarity; Lovett shuffles around the stage and sp... Read more »| 13 Aug 2010 -
Music
Chaz Jankel – The Submarine Has Surfaced
The Blockheads (Ian Dury's old band) have always been a bit of an anomaly on the UK music scene, taking their cues just as much from soul and jazz as... Read more »| 12 Aug 2010