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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MusicNew Blood: The Gothenburg Address
In just over a year, The Gothenburg Address have come out of the starting trap to play a gig in front of thousands and soundtrack a short film alongside Mogwai. Ewen Millar sniffs out the secret of their success, and asks how far they're willing to go Read more »| 28 Apr 2009 -
MusicPivot @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 12 May
Pivot are another of dance label Warp's recent forays into the world of guitar noise, and it seems that this is a successful one. The Australian trio release... Read more »| 28 Apr 2009 -
FilmCommon Threads
When the AIDS epidemic first hit America, the conservative Reagan administration hid their heads in the sand and did their very best to ignore it. Inspired ... Read more »| 28 Apr 2009 -
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Emily Watson on the Insanity of Synecdoche, New York
One of Britain’s most distinguished actresses, Emily Watson returns to our cinemas this month in Charlie Kaufman’s baffling directorial debut Synecdoche, New York. Gail Tolley spoke to her for an exclusive interview with The Skinny. Read more »| 28 Apr 2009 -
MusicChairlift @ Stereo, 17 May
Fresh-faced members of the New York scene that spawned the likes of MGMT and Apache Beat, Brooklyn’s Chairlift are not to be written off as part of the... Read more »| 28 Apr 2009 -
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May Film Events
There’s plenty to see at cinemas across Scotland this month. The Filmhouse in Edinburgh continues its festival run with the Tibet Film Festival from 8-... Read more »| 28 Apr 2009
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Music
Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love
Black Mountain found substantial success with last year’s proggy opus In The Future, though sixteen-minute psych-jams were never going to be to everyon... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
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Is Anybody There?
Following Intermission and Boy A, director John Crowley shows his diversity with his latest venture, Is Anybody There? Dark humour permeates this tale of Edw... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
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Ross Clark @ Òran Mór, Glasgow, 24 Jun
Native Glaswegian Ross Clark has become a mainstay on the Scottish music scene. Describing his own sound as ‘fucked-up country’, Clark’s a... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
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The Maccabees - Wall of Arms
Brighton based indie kids pull out all the stops on excellent second album Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
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Alasdair Roberts @ Cabaret Voltaire, 22 May
Alasdair Roberts returns to tour in support of his forthcoming album Spoils Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
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Jon Hopkins - Insides
The line between the polymath (the person who is good at everything) and the dilettante (the person who flippantly dabbles in everything) is treacherous; mus... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
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Peaches - I Feel Cream
Kurupt once said that you can’t make a ho a housewife, but Peaches is giving it a jolly good go. I Feel Cream opens with something of a red herring; su... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
Music
Bill Wells & Maher Shalal Hash Baz - GOK
Despite being 5701 miles apart (thanks, Internet), Scotland and Japan have a long-standing musical affinity, with bands like the BMX Bandits arguably finding... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
Film
How To Be
Currently turning teenage girls to jelly in the Twilight franchise, Robert Pattinson gives a decent stab (or should that be stake?) at another kind of existe... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009