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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BooksImagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer
First, the good news: there’s no such thing as a creative type. Next, the best news: we’re all creative types. As modern science uncovers t... Read more »| 06 Apr 2012 -
MusicOdd Future @ O2 ABC, 1 April
The touts are doing brisk business outside the ABC tonight. Inside the venue, the queue for the merch stall almost rivals that of the bar. Odd Future, who ... Read more »| 05 Apr 2012 -
Music
Torche – Harmonicraft
Whether consciously or not, Torche have always been a group famed for realising a crazed, delicate balance between doom metal, grunge and power pop. Their... Read more »| 05 Apr 2012 -
MusicMoonface – With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery
Initially, Moonface seemed to possess its own niche in Spencer Krug’s ever-proliferating portfolio: single-track debut Dreamland offering up “mar... Read more »| 05 Apr 2012 -
Music
Screen – We Are Screen
The latest side-project of The Orb’s Alex Paterson, a collaboration with reggae/dub producer Gaudi and percussionist/vocalist Chester, eschews curren... Read more »| 05 Apr 2012 -
Music
Tom Williams & The Boat – Teenage Blood
Tom Williams & The Boat’s second album was funded by fans via Pledge Music, allowing the Tunbridge Wells-troubadour to retain full artistic contr... Read more »| 05 Apr 2012
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Music
THEESatisfaction – awE naturalE
As only the second hip-hop act to be signed to Sub Pop (the other being Shabazz Palaces, with whom THEESatisfaction have worked extensively), this Seattl... Read more »| 05 Apr 2012 -
Music
The Plimptons – The Plimptons are Cynical and Bloated
Cynical and bloated are two things The Plimptons are most definitely not. Their three-chord buzzsaw garage rock is better described as lean and playful. The... Read more »| 05 Apr 2012 -
Music
Spiritualized – Sweet Heart Sweet Light
Sweet Heart Sweet Light opens with a sumptuous, succinct instrumental (Huh?), before diving balls first into a nine-minute glam rock opus (Hey Jane)... Read more »| 05 Apr 2012 -
Music
JK Flesh – Posthuman
Justin K. Broadrick's genre-hopping tendencies have been well documented across a multitude of projects: aside from his industrial metal roots in Godflesh,... Read more »| 05 Apr 2012 -
Music
Malcolm Middleton talks Human Don't Be Angry: "The less lyrics and singing for me just now, the better"
Malcolm Middleton explains the premise behind his Human Don't Be Angry alter-ego and the lengths he'll go to have a bit of fun Read more »| 05 Apr 2012 -
Music
The Singing Detective: Murdering Songs, Reviving Television
Following its resurrection on BBC4, Trembling Bells' Alex Neilson speaks in praise of The Singing Detective Read more »| 05 Apr 2012 -
MusicBattles – Dross Glop
Ignoring Gui Borrato's soulless piano loops and the Field's disappointingly unpromisingly standard hi-hat factory marathon (hint: skip tracks 1 and 2), Dro... Read more »| 04 Apr 2012 -
Music
Rufus Wainwright – Out of the Game
Rufus Wainwright has been overtly stating of late that being a highly regarded yet somewhat esoteric pop star isn’t good enough. He wants to drop the... Read more »| 04 Apr 2012 -
Film
Edinburgh Science Festival @ Summerhall – Uneasy Worlds
The Skinny previews Summerhall's programme of sci-fi films, which form part of Edinburgh International Science Festival Read more »| 04 Apr 2012