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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Clubs
Darc Mind - 'Symptomatic of A Greater Ill'
They don't make 'em like this anymore. A lost classic, resurfacing at just the right time Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Art
Scottish Collective - Subverting Expectations
the hoary old cliché of the tortured, solitary artist toiling away in his garret is a concept that is increasingly alien to many emerging artists Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
Love Is All - Make Out, Fall Out, Make Up
barking mad disco-punk Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
Archie Bronson Outfit - Cherry Lips
intensely well-worked portrayal of passionate unease Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
My Morning Jacket - Okonokos
...The stuff dreams are made of. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Art
Michael Wildman - Under the Skin
Undoubtedly Wildman's own stint as a life model has given him an insight into what it's like in front of the lens Read more »| 13 Oct 2006
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Art
Girlpower and Boyhood
succeeds in exploring the grand, romantic vagaries of the imagination Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Art
Embassy Gallery - Members Show
The one constant in this melee of creativity seems to be a tendency for artists to revel in their own wit Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Theatre
In with the New: Traverse Cubed
I do feel I'm a writer first. I used to say, 'I'm a library assistant and a writer.' Now I'm quite confident to say that I'm a writer. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Theatre
Dance & Physical Theatre Column
examines hidden depths of human experience and always inspires intense debate Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Theatre
Truman Capote Talk Show
From his unhappy childhood in the southern US to his drunken ramblings on talk shows, Capote is revealed as an artist aware of his weaknesses but unable to address them. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Theatre
The French Lieutenant's Woman
the crew and cast manage to depict the haunting atmosphere and eloquently capture the sentiment in celebration of the mastery of the original Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
The View - Superstar Tradesman
Dundee's most illustrious export since Oor Wulle? Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
Last Town Chorus - Wire Waltz
they're players of sleepy music with songs of sleepy feelings
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Music
Frida Hyvonen - Until Death Comes
with a touch of Jose Gonzalez's nordic seriousness
Read more »| 13 Oct 2006