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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FilmBreathless
Godard's first and most accessible film is many things: a studied homage to his beloved Hollywood gangster films; a pioneering piece of guerilla film-making;... Read more »| 01 Sep 2010 -
ArtYuck 'n Yum's Annual General Karaoke
Yuck ‘n’ Yum is a Dundee based art zine production team who have been in business for nigh on half a decade and have created some 11 issues of th... Read more »| 01 Sep 2010 -
MusicInterpol – Interpol
For a band that sounds as though it’s been dredged from the murkiest depths of the Hudson River, the imperially dark Interpol have had surprising comme... Read more »| 31 Aug 2010 -
Music
Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody – I Could Sleep for a Thousand Years
Having started his career back in ’84 with Shake Appeal – who would ultimately morph in to UK ‘shoegrunge’ stalwarts Swervedriver &nd... Read more »| 31 Aug 2010 -
FilmCertified Copy
Acclaimed Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami makes his first film outside his home country with Certified Copy; a tale of a relationship that takes on... Read more »| 31 Aug 2010 -
MusicThe Vaselines – Sex With An X
It’s not a record-breaker, but a twenty-year gap between albums warrants comment; to put it in context, a wall segmented Berlin last time The Vaselines... Read more »| 31 Aug 2010
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Music
The Metal Column – September 2010
As a piss-poor summer gives way to the elemental gloom of the Autumn, you can take some solace in that, riff-wise, a particularly intense couple of months li... Read more »| 31 Aug 2010 -
Music
Beehoover – Concrete Catalyst
It’s testament to the chops on Beehoover that their skeletal line-up of one drummer and a bassist can produce such a deafening but pleasing rac... Read more »| 31 Aug 2010 -
Clubs
Tim Xavier @ Bigfoot's Tea Party, 3 Sep
The ebullient beast that is Bigfoot’s Tea Party returns to stomp all over the Art School’s chequered floors on Friday 3 September with a ... Read more »| 31 Aug 2010 -
Music
Neon Circus – Don't Get Panicked
The news that James Murphy is retiring his LCD Soundsystem project has caused dismay in his fans, a group Neon Circus clearly count themselves firmly part of... Read more »| 31 Aug 2010 -
Music
The Charlatans – Who We Touch
Baggy survivors The Charlatans are back with their eleventh long-player. Once praised as a fine excuse to roll out the monkey-shuffling indie dance moves and... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
Music
Arab Strap: An Introspection (Just For a Change)
As part of the celebration of their 15 years of existence, influential Glasgow label Chemikal Underground are re-releasing Arab Strap's first two albums. The... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
Music
The Steals – Static Kingdom
The debut album from this Northern English quartet is so delicately poised it threatens to blow away on the slightest breeze; listening, you feel you have to... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
Music
Les Savy Fav – Root For Ruin
To be honest, it’s not even particularly surprising anymore – to learn that Les Savy Fav have recorded an excellent new album. They appar... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
Music
Helmet – Seeing Eye Dog
Yeah, OK, so it says Helmet on the packet but sooner or later you're going to have to face the fact that the band who blew your face off in the early 90s is ... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010