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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MusicJon Cleary @ Assembly, Princes Street Gardens, 31 Jul
Jon Cleary's piano trio bring some authentic New Orleans gumbo to a sunny Edinburgh afternoon; close your eyes and you could be on Beale Street hearing the s... Read more »| 06 Aug 2010 -
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Best Coast – Crazy For You
Fronted by feline-enthusiast and former child actress Bethany Cosentino, these Californian pop slackers deliver their sun sozzled debut. There’s a lot ... Read more »| 06 Aug 2010 -
MusicThe Low Anthem @ The Queen's Hall, 30 Aug
A rose-tinted view of history would suggest that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution changed the world overnight. But like most paradigm shifts, it to... Read more »| 06 Aug 2010 -
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The Edge 2010: We Were Promised Jetpacks
We Were Promised Jetpacks bassist Sean Smith lifts the lid on zealous fans, transatlantic love and the Auld Reekie quartet's second album Read more »| 05 Aug 2010 -
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Eels: The End of a Trilogy
"It's a weird way to live your life, the way I do" - E Read more »| 05 Aug 2010 -
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The Unwinding Hours Music Playlist: Guest Selector
Taking a break from supplying The Unwinding Hours' haunted melodies, frontman Craig B reclines in a deckchair and talks us through his desert island discs Read more »| 05 Aug 2010
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S. Carey – All We Grow
You’d have to add a montage before it hits cinemas, but Sean Carey’s allegiance to Bon Iver has inspirational triumph written all over it. A moro... Read more »| 05 Aug 2010 -
MusicWu-Tang Clan @ O2 Academy, 1 Aug
Let’s get the negatives out of the way. First, reuniting the entire Wu-Tang Clan ‘In Full Force’ as billed was never going to be easy; toni... Read more »| 04 Aug 2010 -
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Sky Larkin: The Lark Ascending
Katie Harkin and Nestor Matthews explain why hanging around an old church crypt inspired a tune about Morticia Addams for Sky Larkin's second album Read more »| 04 Aug 2010 -
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Themselves @ Electric Circus, 24 Jul
In the face of adversity – a venue bustling with hen parties, an atrocious sound system and delayed, lackadaisical support – it’s beautiful... Read more »| 04 Aug 2010 -
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New Blood: Moon Unit
Explosive and hypnotic sounds abound with Glasgow's lunar psych rock trio Moon Unit Read more »| 03 Aug 2010 -
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Sian Alice Group - Troubled, Shaken Etc
Love That Moves The Sun begins with enticing piano, the drum shuffle undulating throughout. Airlock provides lush, minimalist layering, before traditional in... Read more »| 03 Aug 2010 -
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Andreya Triana – Lost Where I Belong
I’ve never been invited to a dinner party, as anyone who’s read one of my reviews might not be surprised to hear. So I don’t know what sort... Read more »| 03 Aug 2010 -
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Feindrehstar – Vulgarian Knights
Garlanded with praise in their native Germany but relatively unknown here, Feindrehstar should appeal to those who miss Kruder and Dorfmeister and used to ge... Read more »| 03 Aug 2010 -
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Brandon Flowers – Crossfire
Having already penned the best part of their fourth album, only to be told that the rest of the band were taking a much needed sabbatical, The Killers frontm... Read more »| 03 Aug 2010