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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FilmInglourious Basterds
Tarantino’s superb genre pastiche is the cinematic equivalent of Woody Guthrie’s guitar case: a defiant, aggressive and life-affirming two-finger... Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
FilmBunny and the Bull
Bunny and the Bull is the authorial debut of Paul King, best known for directing The Mighty Boosh and Darkplace - inevitable but deceptive touchstone... Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
Film
Interview: Paul King on Bunny and The Bull
Paul King discusses his cinematic follow-up to The Mighty Boosh, the inventive anti-bromance Bunny and the Bull Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
Music
Exclusive Studio Report: The Vaselines
Further to news earlier this year that Scottish indie rock progenitors The Vaselines were in the process of writing new material to bolster their 19 song cat... Read more »| 24 Nov 2009 -
MusicSlayer – World Painted Blood
Approaching their thirtieth year, the forefathers of thrash have yet to churn out any surprises since their unholy trinity of landmark albums was unleashed i... Read more »| 24 Nov 2009 -
MusicThe Brian Molko Effect
The Skinny recently sat down for a pint with Brian Molko, the outspoken singer and songwriter with the consistently popular alternative rock band Placebo, to ask about the secret of their long-standing success Read more »| 24 Nov 2009
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Music
Shiva Soundsystem - Phasmatis In Machinas
Shiva Soundsystem might sound worryingly like a bunch of dreadlocked psy-trancers from the 1990s, but they're actually an eclectic collective of producers an... Read more »| 24 Nov 2009 -
Theatre
Bah! Humbug.
A time of cheer and festive joy? Not for the Live Art fan. Read more »| 24 Nov 2009 -
Music
Cymbals Eat Guitars @ Sneaky Pete's, 16 Nov
It's great to see the elements being defied tonight, during one of the dreichest stretches of autumn weather in the capital; Sneaky Pete's is nearly full to ... Read more »| 24 Nov 2009 -
Music
Light Of Words - Those Left Behind
Light of Hooks, Light of Energy but Heavy on Comatose Miserabilia, Bristol’s Light of Words struggle to make an impression with their debut alb... Read more »| 24 Nov 2009 -
Art
Hilary Lloyd @ Tramway
Standing, for what seems like an eternity, before the static quietude of Lloyd’s video stills of classical sculpture, there occurs a dawning reali... Read more »| 23 Nov 2009 -
Music
Rogues - Widows EP
The world may not be ready for Rogues. Sure, many indie bands have flirted with nu-wave music (Editors, Phoenix) or cited synth-pop as a strong influence (Th... Read more »| 23 Nov 2009 -
Clubs
Exclusive: Optimo Hogmanay Line-up Revealed
Optimo bring in the new year with their infamous Hogmanay shindig with a soundtrack of some of the finest musicians Scotland has to offer at the moment. Read more »| 23 Nov 2009 -
Music
Sparrow and the Workshop - Into the Wild
A transatlantic combination, the hard-working Sparrow and the Workshop consists of American born Jill O’Sullivan, Scottish drummer Gregor Donaldson and... Read more »| 23 Nov 2009 -
MusicSilverclub - Answers EP
Silverclub are a Manchester supergroup of sorts – maybe not on the same level as Electronic, but its members include Jim Noir, the pop-folk cha... Read more »| 23 Nov 2009