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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MusicFreebass @ King Tut's, 3 Jun
Excitement fills the air of a crammed King Tut's as the audience patiently waits for much hyped ‘super-group’ Freebass to take the stage. The b... Read more »| 15 Jun 2010 -
FilmAjami
A Bedouin thug demands money from a café, so the owner instinctively shoots him; in retaliation, the café is burnt down, and the owner shot. Fu... Read more »| 14 Jun 2010 -
Music
Herbaliser - Herbal Tonic
Herbal Tonic, without being too obvious about it, is a "best of" album, collecting some of the finest tracks legendary Londoners Jake Wherry and Olly Teeba A... Read more »| 14 Jun 2010 -
Music
The Sound of Silver
The Skinny meets Silver Columns – the folk troubadours who've gone and done a Dylan Read more »| 14 Jun 2010 -
MusicBring the Noise
Leisurely taking tea in the light, airy space of Mono, you'd never guess Lea Cummings was one man mental Kylie Minoise by night Read more »| 14 Jun 2010 -
Film
Black Death
Black Death, from British director Christopher Smith (Triangle, Severance) is a bleak historical drama set during the 13th Century. As the bubonic pl... Read more »| 14 Jun 2010
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Art
They Do Things Differently There @ Talbot Rice
Walk into any home and you will be sure to find ‘stuff’; pictures, furniture, one or two ill-advised china dolls. Each of these objects will have... Read more »| 14 Jun 2010 -
Music
Mitchell Museum @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 9 Jun
Tonight’s turnout at Sleazies for Glaswegian hopefuls Mitchell Museum is initially disappointing, particularly given the quality and potential appeal o... Read more »| 10 Jun 2010 -
Theatre
It's Magic
Edinburgh hosts a festival in advance of the Fringe Read more »| 10 Jun 2010 -
Art
The Gloaming @ Transmission Gallery
Rarely is an art exhibition so unsettling. A tree branch fastened to mechanical objects of indiscernible origin flails out at the darkness. Backed into a cor... Read more »| 09 Jun 2010 -
Music
Tobacco – Maniac Meat
Throwing caution to the wind and risking a libel action against The Skinny editorial: Tobacco, aka Tom Fec of Black Moth Super Rainbow semi-fame, may have ... Read more »| 09 Jun 2010 -
TheatreElectric Circus Birthday
Is it a club, a gig or a cabaret show? The Electric Circus hits the big one Read more »| 08 Jun 2010 -
Art
They Had Four Years @ Generator Review
For the past decade the Generator’s annual graduate showcase, They Had Four Years, has firmly established itself as the platform for many a glittering ... Read more »| 08 Jun 2010 -
Art
Art in the Age of Social Networking
Allotment returns with a fourth instalment which does not disappoint Read more »| 08 Jun 2010 -
Music
Quasi @ Captain's Rest, 28 May
To say there are ‘only’ two bands on tonight would be a mistake. Quasi, troubadors of indie rock’s old young team, and Dead Meadow, masters of psychedelic ro... Read more »| 08 Jun 2010