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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MusicP.O.S.: Playing by his Own Rules
P.O.S. breaks the contemporary rap rulebook once again on latest album, Never Better. David McNamara catches up with the rapper at his Minneapolis home to discuss the pitfalls of hip-hop and the difficulties of being a musician trying to raise a child. Read more »| 22 Apr 2009 -
FilmState of Play
Political thriller State of Play opens with an ignominious bit of PR; journalist Cal McAffrey drives to work in a battered Saab estate, doing nothing to enco... Read more »| 22 Apr 2009 -
MusicSon of Dave @ King Tut's, 7 May
Wearing a three-piece suit and sitting down, armed with only a shaker, a few harmonicas and an ancient Akai sampler, Son of Dave – or Dave Jr., as he i... Read more »| 22 Apr 2009 -
Music
The Enemy - Music for the People
The stomping opener to Music For The People, and the muffled screeching that proceeds it, could suggest that Coventry’s self-declared finest have stumb... Read more »| 22 Apr 2009 -
Music
Golden Silvers - True Romance Album Review
What would it sound like if The Libertines were sent into the Earth’s atmosphere in a spaceship to record their comeback album with no guitars and only... Read more »| 22 Apr 2009 -
ClubsDimitri From Paris @ Melting Pot, 3 May
Glasgow is spoilt for choice this coming coming May bank holiday, with every night worth their salt presenting a special event. Melting Pot brings the King ... Read more »| 22 Apr 2009
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Music
Over The Wall - The Rise and Fall of Over The Wall
Originally released last November, the worldwide demand for Glasgow-based duo Over The Wall’s debut EP after The Skinny named them 'ones to watch in 2... Read more »| 22 Apr 2009 -
Film
The Celluloid Closet
With films like Milk and Brokeback Mountain achieving Oscar wins and mainstream success, it’s easy to forget that in the dark days of Hollywood gone by... Read more »| 22 Apr 2009 -
Music
Capillary Action - So Embarassing
Despite having one of the worst covers ever to drop out of an envelope, this is actually a surprisingly enjoyable record. That is to say, it nicely satisfies... Read more »| 22 Apr 2009 -
Music
Alec Empire - Shivers EP
Having lost his way creatively in recent years, Alec Empire desperately needed to deliver on his latest mini-album. Instead, Shivers is definitively the wors... Read more »| 22 Apr 2009 -
Music
Lady Sovereign - Jigsaw
Lady Sovereign’s sophomore effort has a lot to live up to. Her first album produced a U.S. number one single and established the 5ft 2in pocket dynamit... Read more »| 22 Apr 2009 -
Music
Black Poets - Innocents and Thieves
To all the bands out there who currently sound like Pavement: you could be in trouble. It's funny how history's backdrop defines what's going to be successfu... Read more »| 22 Apr 2009 -
Music
Friendly Fires @ The Picture House, 6 May
They might have rode in amid next-big-thing hysteria, but dismiss St Albans trio Friendly Fires as over-hyped at your peril. Last year’s self-titled de... Read more »| 22 Apr 2009 -
Theatre
Magnetic North Chase After Mary Rose
Michael Cox discusses the updating of a late play by the author of Peter Pan: from lost boys to the lost mother. Read more »| 21 Apr 2009 -
Theatre
Copenhagen
Susannah Radford finds rich ideas in a play that intersects physics and relationships. Read more »| 21 Apr 2009