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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MusicVessels – Helioscope
Take equal parts Minus the Bear and Mogwai and what do you have? Aside from the recipe for a great night out, you have Vessels’ Helioscope, only the se... Read more »| 21 Feb 2011 -
ArtHarun Farocki @ CCA
There were a few who thought the CCA a lost cause. A series of obscure shows that persistently fell short of what Glasgow’s foremost contemporary art i... Read more »| 21 Feb 2011 -
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Nasty P – Choosers Can't Be Beggars
If Scotland had a hip-hop Hall of Fame, then Edinburgh's Nasty P would surely merit a mention – if not for his long-standing club night Soul Biscuits, ... Read more »| 21 Feb 2011 -
FilmGFF 2011: Streep's Ahead
This year's festival retrospective is dedicated to the queen of method, Meryl Streep. We take a look at her glory years. Read more »| 20 Feb 2011 -
Film
GFF 2011: Pink Saris
Sampat Pal Devi is the residing matriarch of Uttar Pradesh, Northern India. A formidable force, her no-holds-barred attitude to Indian traditionalism is... Read more »| 20 Feb 2011 -
Music
Aidan Moffat's Valentine Revue @ Òran Mór, 16 Feb
Though ostensibly a Valentine revue, Aidan Moffat ain't buying the billing. “Did ye have a good one?” he asks. “If ye did yer a fucking suc... Read more »| 18 Feb 2011
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Music
Bright Eyes –The People's Key
Opening with a three minute diatribe on reptilian overlords and inter-dimensional time travel that makes David Icke sound rational, Conor Oberst’s seve... Read more »| 18 Feb 2011 -
ArtAugust Sander @ The Dean Gallery
Not content with just one exhibition of great German art in Edinburgh – that of Rosmarie Trockel at the Talbot Rice Gallery – The Dean Gallery pr... Read more »| 18 Feb 2011 -
Film
Waste Land
Amid the bleak surroundings of Brazil's Jardim Gramacho, the biggest landfill in the world, Lucy Walker's Waste Land finds an inspiring true story. Her docum... Read more »| 18 Feb 2011 -
Music
Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo
“Shrink myself just like a Tom Thumb and hide in my baby’s hands” sings Kurt Vile on album opener Baby’s Arms, “because except ... Read more »| 18 Feb 2011 -
Music
Wye Oak – Civilian
Civilian opens with a blanket of warm, fuzzy noise enveloping background chat, ushering the listener into Wye Oak’s world gently but resolutely. A love... Read more »| 18 Feb 2011 -
Film
Animal Kingdom
Detached, monosyllabic teen Joshua’s (Frecheville) mum has, as he puts it, “gone and OD’d and she’s dead”, so he turns to estra... Read more »| 18 Feb 2011 -
Music
DeVotchKa – 100 Lovers
From the string swells of opening track The Alley, DeVotchKa make it clear they're thinking big on this, their sixth album proper; a widescreen opus recorded... Read more »| 18 Feb 2011 -
Film
GFF 2011: Road, Movie
As its title suggests, Road, Movie is a self-conscious referent of a spate of earlier films, and the concept of cinema in general. Vishnu (Abhay Deol) i... Read more »| 18 Feb 2011 -
Film
GFF 2011: Watch at your Peril
William Castle is the undisputed king of the gimmick movie. Becky Bartlett discusses just some of his shock tactics. Read more »| 18 Feb 2011