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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TheatreAfter the End @ Dundee Rep
After Sweeney Todd, a musical of operatic complexity, and a taut update of the classic Dolls House, Emma Faulkner directs the company in a terse two hander t... Read more »| 06 Jun 2011 -
Theatre
Month of the Venues
When the National Theatre of Scotland defined itself as a company “without walls”, they echoed the discovery of many cash-strapped dramat... Read more »| 06 Jun 2011 -
Music
Juffage – Semicircle
Juffage, the solo project of Leeds’ Jeff T Smith, fits neatly into that category of dreamy indie-pop that Sparklehorse perfected years ago, but rather ... Read more »| 06 Jun 2011 -
MusicWiley – 100% Publishing
Wiley’s second album for Big Dada sees the rapper hedging his musical bets. A combination of the hardest, sickest underground grime rhythms and more co... Read more »| 04 Jun 2011 -
Music
Driver Drive Faster – Open House
If Open House sounds extraordinarily professional for a self-funded debut, it’s worth noting that three of Driver Drive Faster’s four bodies form... Read more »| 03 Jun 2011 -
MusicWoods – Sun and Shade
Woods have a very suitable name. From the head-nodding, foot-tapping, retro-sounding first chords of Sun and Shade, you realise you're spending time with a r... Read more »| 03 Jun 2011
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Comedy
New Comic of the Month: James Kirk
Last year's So You Think You're Funny winner James Kirk tells us where it all started Read more »| 03 Jun 2011 -
Music
Samiyam – Sam Baker's Album
The second LP from LA-based instrumental hip-hop producer Samiyam thankfully evinces a far greater breadth of imagination than its title suggests. Sam Baker&... Read more »| 02 Jun 2011 -
Music
Sons and Daughters: “It’s the happy clappy bands that are the most fucked up"
With the help of Optimo's JD Twitch, Sons and Daughters explain why they've retreated to their dark corner Read more »| 02 Jun 2011 -
Music
Handsome Furs – Sound Kapital
We’re not exactly short of 80s revivalist electro-pop at the moment, so the prospect of another outfit who wear their debt to Depeche Mode on their sle... Read more »| 02 Jun 2011 -
Music
Wild Moccasins – Skin Collision Past
Skin Collision Past combines new material with Wild Moccasins’ previously released Microscopic Metronomes EP (2009). Across the whole, the Texan quinte... Read more »| 02 Jun 2011 -
MusicSeasick Steve – You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks
While much of Seasick Steve’s popularity may have come from his good-natured persona and impressive collection of jury-rigged instruments, it can&rsquo... Read more »| 02 Jun 2011 -
Music
Southern Tenant Folk Union – Pencaitland
Folk music’s greatest asset is how well it translates between regions, allowing constant cross-pollination of sounds. Because of this, this Scottish se... Read more »| 02 Jun 2011 -
Music
Atari Teenage Riot – Is This Hyperreal?
In the entire history of alternative music has there ever been anyone with as retarded a sense of irony as Alec Empire? It's a question you'll find yourself ... Read more »| 02 Jun 2011 -
Books
Starter for 11: Frank Quitely
All-Star Superman artist Frank Quitely tests his own comic book geek credentials in the never-ending quest for our prized haggis supper Read more »| 02 Jun 2011