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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TheatreThe Hard Man @ King's Theatre
Scotland’s tradition of groundbreaking literary experimentation suffered a great loss with the recent death of Tom McGrath. He is best known for his p... Read more »| 29 Mar 2011 -
MusicAlexander – Alexander
Branching away from his ten-strong Bohemian clan known as the Magnetic Zeros, the debut solo undertaking from Alexander Ebert is an intimate stripped-down af... Read more »| 29 Mar 2011 -
Music
Metronomy – The English Riviera
Metronomy’s 2008 breakthrough album Nights Out is already starting to sound a little ‘of its time’. Lo-fi recording may have helped it esca... Read more »| 29 Mar 2011 -
BooksFilmish #3 by Edward Ross
Filmish Number 3 is here, and it is as enjoyable as the first two. If you haven’t seen it before, Filmish is a comic where author Edward Ross appears h... Read more »| 29 Mar 2011 -
Art
RSA New Contemporaries
Now in its third year, RSA New Contemporaries brings Scotland’s latest art graduates to the attention of the gallery-going public. Evolving from their ... Read more »| 28 Mar 2011 -
MusicModdi – Floriography
Floriography has already topped the charts in Pål Moddi Knutsen’s native Norway, which considering the unleavened tone is no mean feat; Damien Ri... Read more »| 28 Mar 2011
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Music
Jeniferever – Silesia
Although Jeniferever probably deserve a higher profile, Silesia won’t be the album to swell their fan base. They’ve never exactly redefined the p... Read more »| 28 Mar 2011 -
Music
Times New Viking – Dancer Equired
Since their formation in Columbus, Ohio in 2005, Times New Viking have notched up five albums – an impressive work rate, and one which reflects their c... Read more »| 28 Mar 2011 -
Books
Killed At The Whim Of A Hat
Looking for a mystery featuring a murdered monk, a camp-as-Christmas cop and a canine kleptomaniac? You may be in luck. Killed at the Whim of a Hat brings to... Read more »| 28 Mar 2011 -
Books
Convictions: My Life With A Good Communist
A re-release of a book first published in 1979, Convictions details Jo Langer’s incredible story of survival in 1950s Communist Czechoslovakia.... Read more »| 28 Mar 2011 -
Clubs
Clubbing Highlights - April
Electro-house has long been fair game for music journalists. With a few notable exceptions, the genre's short spell at the Zeitgeist of things owed much to i... Read more »| 28 Mar 2011 -
Music
Little Scream – The Golden Record
Earlier in the year, a free download of The Heron And The Fox gave an early taste of Little Scream’s debut album. Modestly backed by The National&rsquo... Read more »| 28 Mar 2011 -
Theatre
Cinematic Space
It's film, but not as we know it Read more »| 28 Mar 2011 -
Film
Essential Killing
After being detained as an enemy combatant, Taliban fighter Mohammed (Vincent Gallo) is fortuitously freed mid-rendition, forcing the escapee to endure the i... Read more »| 28 Mar 2011 -
Theatre
Sol Pico and Stories Left to Tell
New Territories has retained its power to surprise and enchant: the final two shows, both at Tramway, showcased the festival’s continued enthus... Read more »| 28 Mar 2011