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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MusicBurial – Truant / Rough Sleeper
After Kindred, it was clear that reclusive producer Burial was reaching for the next plateau. Like those tracks, Truant and Rough Sleeper both clock in ... Read more »| 19 Dec 2012 -
FilmSafety Not Guaranteed
It's a pleasure to see the talented Aubrey Plaza being given a long overdue starring role, but what a shame Safety Not Guaranteed is such a dud. She plays a ... Read more »| 19 Dec 2012 -
Books
Scotland Writers FC 4-2 England Writers FC: Prose In Motion
A tale to brighten your New Year – Scottish writers have banded together to form a football team. The newly formed Scotland Writers FC played their first match on 1 December, against – who else? – England Writers FC Read more »| 18 Dec 2012 -
BooksThe Seven Wonders of Scotland, edited by Gerry Hassan
The Seven Wonders of Scotland brings together seven authors’ imagined Scotlands of the future – examining fantastical worlds where Rannoch Moor h... Read more »| 18 Dec 2012 -
MusicBroadcast – Berberian Sound Studio
Broadcast's soundtrack for the critically-acclaimed film Berberian Sound Studio was created by James Cargill and Trish Keenan before the latter's untimely de... Read more »| 18 Dec 2012 -
Music
Haftor Medbøe & Anneke Kampman – Places & Spaces
Anneke Kampman is the songwriter behind Conquering Animal Sound, Haftor Medbøe is a celebrated jazz composer and player with his own band. This collab... Read more »| 17 Dec 2012
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Art
Monika Sosnowska @ The Modern Institute
Here, as ever, Sosnowska’s inquiry into the psychology of architecture is writ large. Four architectonic structures dominate The Modern Institute&rsquo... Read more »| 17 Dec 2012 -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 17 December
In today's Bulletin: Mini Maker Faire put the call-out for inventors, Killing Joke celebrate 35 years in the biz, Scotland's Equal Marriage Bill opens for consultation, plus new albums from The Knife, Steve Mason and Autechre Read more »| 17 Dec 2012 -
Music
Ela Orleans – Tumult In Clouds
Born in Poland, and having lived across the world, including some years spent in the New York underground / alternative music scene, singer-songwriter Ela Or... Read more »| 17 Dec 2012 -
Music
This Is Bat Country: Jehst and Kashmere on Kingdom of Fear
As evidenced by the likes of EL-P, Death Grips and Quakers, 2012 was a particularly strong year for hip-hop. One album we felt deserved another look was Kingdom of Fear, a Hunter S. Thompson-inspired road movie soundtrack conceived by Jehst and Kashmere Read more »| 14 Dec 2012 -
Film
Electric Man
Electric Man is a micro-budget feature shot in Edinburgh which follows Jason and Wolf, two hapless comic shop owners, on the trail of a rare and valuable com... Read more »| 14 Dec 2012 -
Art
Jamie Fitzpatrick @ The Telfer Gallery
Into the Hands of Housewives and Children continues Jamie Fitzpatrick’s fascination with the contentious issue of genetic research. The show takes its ... Read more »| 14 Dec 2012 -
Film
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The sparkiest scene in Peter Jackson’s eagerly anticipated return to Middle Earth is a battle of wits between Gollum (Lord of the Rings' tragic, ring-c... Read more »| 13 Dec 2012 -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 12 December
In today's Bulletin: Neil Young mounts his Crazy Horse once more, Macca jojns Nirvana, Attenborough and Badgers for Xmas No. 1, a look at this weekend's Tinderbox Festival, The Cameo bought by Cineworld, and we unveil the new Star Trek preview! Read more »| 12 Dec 2012 -
Film
Baytown Outlaws
The Baytown Outlaws is one of those films that come trailing the epithet "Tarantino-esque." The common denominator here is a cast of lowlifes waving their gu... Read more »| 12 Dec 2012