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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ClubsDeath Disco: The Noise of Art
Factory Floor discuss the genesis of their post-industrial trance inducing music Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
Film13 Assassins
There is an extraordinary scene near the beginning of 13 Assassins. Samurai Shinzaemon has been asked to kill Lord Naritsugu whose extreme cruelty is threate... Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
FilmCinema Odyssey: An Interview with Mark Cousins
The Story of Film: An Odyssey tells the history of the moving image, from the simple thrill of the Lumière Brothers to the hi-tech digital age. We speak to its director, Mark Cousins, about this epic journey Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
Books
Zoë Strachan: “The freedom to try things out”
Scottish author Zoë Strachan talks about her latest novel, Ever Fallen In Love, and why writing gets more difficult with every book Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
Film
Bureaucratic Fairytales: An Interview with André Øvredal
We hunt down director André Øvredal at this year's Edinburgh Film Festival to discuss his new mockumentary TrollHunter, a tale of mythical monsters and mid-level employee paperwork Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
Comedy
New Act of the Month: Ana Canary
Edinburgh lass Ana Canary's a really, really new act - but we like her Read more »| 29 Aug 2011
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Comedy
In Profile: Susan Calman
This issue marks my last as Comedy Editor at The Skinny – Bernard O’Leary will be expertly taking over the reins from next month. For the last In Profile piece, I wanted to talk to someone who epitomises what is great about Scottish comedy. Few fit the bill better than Glasgwegian Susan Calman Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
Theatre
Cachín Cachán Cachunga! @ Priscillas
Curated by enterprising duo Zorras, Cachín Cachán Cachunga! has grown over the past two years to become Edinburgh's most consistently radical c... Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
MusicSebadoh @ Cabaret Voltaire, 24 August
We’ve enjoyed twenty minutes and countless classic Sebadoh numbers before the lads themselves take a breather tonight. “Do you want a slow song o... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
Music
Warpaint @ The Queen’s Hall, 23 August
If Warpaint’s obsession with the more esoteric moments of British goth-rock didn’t quite shine through on last year's understated debut, nods to ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
Music
Interpol @ O2 Academy, 23 August
In case anyone isn’t au fait with Interpol’s recent line-up shifts, tonight’s bass-heavy mix draws all eyes to new face Brad Truax. Replaci... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
Music
St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
"I was going for something a bit more direct, more tactile" says Annie Clark of her third album, a collection themed around an investigation of "those kind... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
MusicPeter Wolf Crier – Garden of Arms
Peter Wolf Crier’s rustic debut drew comparisons to For Emma, Forever Ago, partly for some slight aesthetic similarities, and partly because the back-s... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
Music
The Drums – Portamento
Following their critically-lauded debut of last year, Brooklyn trio the Drums seek on Portamento to cement their position as the foremost practitioners of me... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
Music
Shimmering Stars – Violent Hearts
Shimmering Stars arrive to the reverb/Spector/dream-pop party fashionably late, with a record that makes no qualms about lifting hooks from bygone hit parade... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011