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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MusicEverybody Was In The French Resistance... Now! - Fixin' The Charts, Volume One
In some of the more glowing appraisals of his work with Art Brut, Eddie Argos has been compared favourably to Craig Finn, barroom bard and Hold Steady’... Read more »| 06 Jan 2010 -
MusicDelphic - Acolyte
If New Order ever left you cold, this will give you hypothermia Read more »| 06 Jan 2010 -
Music
Diarmaid O Meara - Structured Noise
Structured Noise is the sort of thing Amnesty International would seek to make illegal under human rights laws. Sitting through the 72 long, long minutes of ... Read more »| 06 Jan 2010 -
Theatre
Get Animated!
“The Festival was created to help promote the art form of puppetry, all its many different styles and techniques – to adult audiences interested in innovative visual theatre.” Read more »| 05 Jan 2010 -
TheatreHigh Tease and Rockaburley
Rockaburley and High Tease both continued to push the boundaries of the current burlesque movement begging the exciting question; where will things lead in the coming year? Read more »| 05 Jan 2010 -
MusicGrounds for Divorce
Uncompromising and inspired they may be, but something tells us that Divorce's incessant gigging is holding back one hell of an album. Read more »| 05 Jan 2010
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Music
Julian Casablancas: Vision of Division
With The Strokes seemingly more fragmented than ever and their long-awaited fourth album shrouded in uncertainty, frontman Julian Casablancas talks us through his own solo project and attempts to shed some light on the situation. Read more »| 05 Jan 2010 -
Music
Regarding Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins has come a long way in his 30 year career thus far. From fronting one of the most important bands of the 1980s — Black Flag — to hi... Read more »| 05 Jan 2010 -
MusicKraftwerk - The Catalogue
Self-styled Man Machine Milo McLaughlin delves into The Catalogue, a box set of eight remastered versions of classic Kraftwerk albums from 1975's Autobahn to 2003's Tour De France Soundtracks. As a body of work, it's the ultimate celebration of their 40th Anniversary. Read more »| 05 Jan 2010 -
Music
Christmas Songwriters Club @ Leith Docker's Club, 23 Dec
The Christmas Songwriter’s Club adheres to three rules - sort of. One: no covers (apart from Bart Eagleowl’s hesitant attempt at Withered Hand&rs... Read more »| 05 Jan 2010 -
Music
DeSalvo @ Stereo, 19 Dec
The scene is in full effect tonight as a triple bill of local fixtures makes the fur stand up on everyone’s back, ladies included. Openers Gummy Stumps... Read more »| 05 Jan 2010 -
Film
The Road
John Hillcoat found some of the most disaster-ravaged locations in the world to film his version of Cormac McCarthy’s celebrated novel, The Road. The u... Read more »| 05 Jan 2010 -
Music
A Muso's Top 10: Gift of Gab
Quannum MC and Blackalicious lynchpin Gift of Gab pictures life as Khan from Star Trek II, marooned on a dead planet with a record player and 10 choice slabs... Read more »| 04 Jan 2010 -
Music
You Me At Six - Hold Me Down
To underestimate angst rock is a dangerous practice. To those who have escaped adolescence in one piece, the aimless yelping of the latest mosh-by-numbers em... Read more »| 04 Jan 2010 -
Theatre
Come On, Dance!
Across Scotland this month, even as the theatre relaxes after the seasonal boom, three dance events are still treading the boards. All of them share a Scotti... Read more »| 04 Jan 2010