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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MusicTorche @ Stereo, 24 Nov
Perhaps one of the only bands in history to attempt to bridge pop and metal – doom metal, for that matter – and not completely fuck it up, Torche... Read more »| 17 Nov 2010 -
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Jimmy Eat World @ Barrowland, 19 Nov
Having spent the bulk of last year celebrating the tenth anniversary of Clarity – arguably their finest and most influential album to date – Temp... Read more »| 17 Nov 2010 -
MusicInstal 2010 @ Tramway, 12-13 Nov
Since its inception in 2001, Instal has established itself as one of the most important events in the UK’s sound art/avant-garde music calendar. This y... Read more »| 17 Nov 2010 -
MusicNina Nastasia @ Electric Circus, 8 Dec
New York’s Nina Nastasia will be bringing her lilting, delicate brand of folk-rock to Edinburgh’s Electric Circus on 8 Dec. Her latest album Outl... Read more »| 17 Nov 2010 -
MusicLes Savy Fav @ Òran Mór, 14 Nov
Hats off to Wichita for finding supports capable of cordoning off their own patch of memory tonight. They might not share the headliner’s carnivalesque... Read more »| 16 Nov 2010 -
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New Blood: Haight-Ashbury
Pledging their love for a bygone era, Glasgow trio Haight-Ashbury aim to take the baton from their spiritual fathers across the pond Read more »| 16 Nov 2010
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Deftones @ O2 Academy, 12 Nov
While the past two years have seen an abundance of drama for Deftones, they've also seen the release of their strongest work since 2000’s futuristic me... Read more »| 16 Nov 2010 -
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Casiotone For the Painfully Alone @ Captain's Rest, 11 Nov
Owen Ashworth's introspective style naturally attracts devotion. But considering tonight’s significance (Ashworth shortly puts the Casiotone for the Pa... Read more »| 15 Nov 2010 -
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Ash @ The Liquid Room, 11 Nov
Ash’s Tim Wheeler points out that it’s been six years since their last Edinburgh gig, and it’s been almost double that since The Skinny las... Read more »| 15 Nov 2010 -
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Taz Buckfaster – Gold Tooth Grin EP
Transposing the softest purple of Bristol's future dubstep onto the increasingly familiar deep hue of Glasgow's labels is something tactfully reasoned with t... Read more »| 15 Nov 2010 -
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Whatever Works
The depth of Woody Allen's fall from box office grace was revealed by the cinema poster for Whatever Works, which buried his name in the fine print. ... Read more »| 15 Nov 2010 -
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Machete
It‘s refreshing to have Danny Trejo acting the title role of Robert Rodriguez’s latest Mexploitation offering. Looking like he has lived ... Read more »| 14 Nov 2010 -
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Big Boi @ O2 Academy, 3 Nov
As one half of the biggest selling hip-hop group of all time, by rights OutKast’s Antwan ‘Big Boi’ Patton should have sold out the Academy ... Read more »| 11 Nov 2010 -
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Foals @ HMV Picture House, 31 Oct
Smoke machines work overtime while eerie cuts from Ozzy, Maiden and Tool’s Lateralus – a lingering nod to that ‘math-rock’ lineage &n... Read more »| 11 Nov 2010 -
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Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields
A rare chance to see Strange Powers, a documentary following the creative and personal life of Magnetic Fields singer/songwriter Stephin Merritt Read more »| 11 Nov 2010