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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MusicJerry Cantrell: All Secrets Known
Alice in Chains’ lead guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell reclines in The Skinny’s interrogation chair to spill the facts you never knew you needed. Read more »| 26 Oct 2009 -
MusicAdrian Crowley - Season of the Sparks
The trees may be bare and the nights all-encompassing, but comfort at least can be found in the fact that people are still making heartfelt and generous reco... Read more »| 26 Oct 2009 -
MusicPaper Planes
Folding the squalling energy of early Yeah Yeah Yeahs into fresh pop shapes, Paper Planes are taking off in a big way. Read more »| 26 Oct 2009 -
Books
Warrior Daughter by Janet Paisley
If you had to categorise Warrior Daughter, it would definitely fall into the historical/fantasy/porno genre. Paisley’s latest novel is set in a... Read more »| 26 Oct 2009 -
MusicOwen Tromans & The Elders - The Fall of Acre
According to the press release, this is an album of two movements. Perhaps predictably, all the big guns are saved for the second half, which, despite buildi... Read more »| 26 Oct 2009 -
Music
Tori Amos - Midwinter Graces
An unabashed attempt to bring some credibility to surely one of the most teeth-gritting genres known Read more »| 26 Oct 2009
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Books
Cargo Publishing: A Young Upstart
Mark Buckland set up Cargo Publishing this August with the goal of "putting a firework up the arse of Scottish literature". No small feat for a 22 year old. How did he do it? Read on. Read more »| 26 Oct 2009 -
Theatre
That Face
A spot of social realism makes the journey up to Scotland. Read more »| 26 Oct 2009 -
Film
Innocence Lost: Michael Haneke's White Ribbon
Michael Haneke has made some of the most politically challenging films of recent years and his latest film, The White Ribbon, is no exception. The Skinny met with the Austrian director to talk about his approach to radical filmmaking. Read more »| 26 Oct 2009 -
Film
Cold Souls
Cold Souls sees comic actor Paul Giamatti playing, curiously, a New York actor named Paul Giamatti who's getting into character for Chekhov's Uncle Vanya bu... Read more »| 26 Oct 2009 -
Art
Warehouse of Horrors vs Way Out Is The Way Out
It’s all getting a bit spooky in SWG3 as the Embassy invades with a horror-themed exhibition opening to coincide with Halloween, while over in Edinburg... Read more »| 26 Oct 2009 -
Music
Gentle Friendly - Ride Slow
Of all the press-invented scenes tipped for great things at the beginning of 2009, sprawling lo-fi psych pop was not among them; though it has been spurred o... Read more »| 26 Oct 2009 -
Film
My Secret Sky - Africa in Motion Film Festival is launched
It may have only been going for four years, but the Africa in Motion (AiM) Festival is doing both its originating and host country proud. AiM’s founde... Read more »| 26 Oct 2009 -
Theatre
Scottish Threesome
A diamond glittering through three facets: Scottish Ballet come on strong. Read more »| 25 Oct 2009 -
Music
Foreign Beggars - United Colours of Beggattron
Now that Mike Skinner is making records fit only for covermounting with Sunday supplements and Dizzee Rascal is topping the charts with saccharine pop that s... Read more »| 24 Oct 2009