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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MusicFeindrehstar – Vulgarian Knights
Garlanded with praise in their native Germany but relatively unknown here, Feindrehstar should appeal to those who miss Kruder and Dorfmeister and used to ge... Read more »| 03 Aug 2010 -
MusicBrandon Flowers – Crossfire
Having already penned the best part of their fourth album, only to be told that the rest of the band were taking a much needed sabbatical, The Killers frontm... Read more »| 03 Aug 2010 -
Music
Shearwater @ Stereo, 28 Jul
Stripped back to just founder member Jonathan Knight, My Cousin I Bid You Farewell's music arguably benefits from the increased intimacy of its current forma... Read more »| 02 Aug 2010 -
TheatreTwo Women At War
An author explains why the story of two women at war is a natural fit for the Fringe Read more »| 02 Aug 2010 -
Theatre
The Mandrake
The Mandrake is an English adaptation of Machiavelli's great satirical play La Mandragola. Nothing unusual about that for the Fringe Festival, you'd think: e... Read more »| 02 Aug 2010 -
Music
Matthew Dear – Black City
Matthew Dear isn’t the kind of guy who revels in the daytime. Steeped in nocturnal atmospherics, the Texan-born producer cum avant-garde electro maveri... Read more »| 02 Aug 2010
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MusicMillimetre – 13 Homes
While summing up Millimetre’s sound isn't easy, The Blue Nile with laptops (or The XX remixed by Hot Chip, to put contemporary references to work) evok... Read more »| 02 Aug 2010 -
Film
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Secret in Their Eyes was the surprise winner of the Best Foreign Language Film at the last Academy Awards, but underneath the glossy surface, Juan Jos&ea... Read more »| 02 Aug 2010 -
TheatreA Big Big Love
Indefinite Articles are sculptor Sally Brown and puppeteer Steve Tiplady. At this year's Fringe they are bringing the Chalk Giants to life Read more »| 01 Aug 2010 -
Theatre
Get Slack
The Skinny chats to Christopher Payne about two of his favourite subjects: slacking, and Western Theatre Read more »| 01 Aug 2010 -
Music
A Rough Guide to Dizzee Rascal
An album by album guide to the UK's favourite homegrown MC Read more »| 01 Aug 2010 -
Theatre
Carmen @ the Citz
Scottish Opera break new ground at the Citizens and beyond. The Skinny talks to mezzo-soprano Rebecca Afonwy-Jones Read more »| 01 Aug 2010 -
Theatre
Goodbye Dahling
Can the RSAMD overcome preconceptions about student drama? Read more »| 01 Aug 2010 -
Theatre
Hot Mess
For many people, The Fringe is a non-stop party, eventually colliding into an alcoholic break-down in the final week and leading to a long year of trying to recoup severe financial and emotional losses Read more »| 01 Aug 2010 -
Music
Klaxons: Exploding the Myths
Jamie Reynolds shows off about how great everything is for Klaxons, but only because they take lifestyle advice from their producer Read more »| 30 Jul 2010