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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MusicFickle Public – Greatest Hits EP
Fans of this much missed Elgin-via-Glasgow quartet’s debut Bucko can finally breathe a sigh of relief with the release of the cheekily titled Greatest ... Read more »| 14 Dec 2010 -
FilmDeadly Crossing
Steven Seagal is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, cloaked in XXXL martial arts pyjamas. He has spun a career in the movies for more than two... Read more »| 14 Dec 2010 -
MusicJacques Greene – The Look EP
Jacques Greene has made a huge impact in a remarkably short time, having already released material on Night Slugs, the French Canadian producer is now finall... Read more »| 14 Dec 2010 -
BooksDrive! by Andrew McCallum Crawford
A debut novel with a lot of good things in it, Drive! is not only the name of the book, but the name of a band that main character, Terry, joins. Well, joins... Read more »| 13 Dec 2010 -
MusicEaters – Shouting At The Wind
“We had a first class delivery, like the Royal Mail,” spits Eaters' emcee Laughing Gear on Burn, a track which details the Edinburgh hip-hop coll... Read more »| 13 Dec 2010 -
Art
Jonathan Horowitz @ DCA
For the screening of Jonathan Horowitz’s 20-minute film Apocalypto Now, the audience is seated in a chamber that’s declared entirely carbon-neutr... Read more »| 13 Dec 2010
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Music
Frightened Rabbit @ Barrowland, 6 Dec
A two night sell-out at the Barrowlands is the stuff dreams are made of round these parts, and Scott Hutchison isn’t hiding his glee tonight. It’... Read more »| 13 Dec 2010 -
Film
Battle Royale: Limited Edition
This limited edition release of one of contemporary Japanese cinema's key releases comes with enough extras to make even the most ardent completist swoon, bu... Read more »| 10 Dec 2010 -
Music
Under the Influence: Tim Burgess
As The Charlatans dust down their arsenal of baggy anthems for Edinburgh's Hogmanay ho-down, frontman Tim Burgess gives us his desert island discs Read more »| 10 Dec 2010 -
Art
Midnight Clear @ Frame Creative
Another art gallery is exactly what Edinburgh’s New Town doesn’t need. However, Frame Creative marks an exciting departure from the stuffy, often... Read more »| 10 Dec 2010 -
Music
Hog The Stage - Live Final @ HMV Picture House, 21 Nov
On reflection, it's easy to see why this quintet of acts was chosen to participate in the final of Hog The Stage, beating out hundreds of other entries to vi... Read more »| 10 Dec 2010 -
Music
Metropak – The Singles Collection
The late 70s spawned a vastly varied pool of talent within the UK, one hotbed of which was undoubtedly Edinburgh. From here came Metropak, four lads and two ... Read more »| 10 Dec 2010 -
Film
Skirt Day
Highlights from the French Film Festival 2010 Read more »| 10 Dec 2010 -
Art
Be the Hammer or the Anvil @ Generator Projects
There’s an all new, all female, committee at Generator Projects, Dundee. Their first show, Be the Hammer or the Anvil, is a similarly all female affair... Read more »| 09 Dec 2010 -
Music
Kabanjak – Tree of Mystery
As one half of German production duo Ancient Astronauts, Kabanjak's credentials are well established; that Tree Of Mystery deals in soulful hip-hop should co... Read more »| 09 Dec 2010