Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
-
TheatreThe Factory @ Southside Zoo, 3-25 Sep
Bristol-based physical theatre gets political and aggressive. Another hit from the Southside Zoo. Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
MusicShout Out Louds @ Cabaret Voltaire, 7 Aug
The sort of harmless, sugary indie-pop that American film and TV studios dribble over Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
Music
The Icarus Line @ King Tut's, 6 Aug
The Icarus Line look as though they could still take on the world, the question is whether they really want to Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
Music
Jaguar Love - Take Me To The Sea
Whitney's shrill squealing does the otherwise fine instrumentation on this debut album from Jaguar Love absolutely no favours Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
ArtMAGAZINE 08 - Positive critical imagination
The Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop presents its annual show this August, ‘Magazine 08’, curated for the first time by two of Spain’s most pro... Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
Music
Paul Haig @ Cabaret Voltaire, 4 Aug
An enjoyable hometown gig for Haig, even if nearly all the city stayed at home Read more »| 11 Aug 2008
-
Music
Michael Franti & Spearhead - All Rebel Rockers
The world needs activists like Franti Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
MusicLocal H - Twelve Angry Months
A year of post-break-up recriminations and misery via the medium of some fairly MOR rock music Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
Music
Noah and the Whale - Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down
After seeing this band perform, I came into this review with a bit of bias: The band takes the stage in matching vintage-store garb (think the look of Sufjan... Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
Clubs
The Bug @ Dubpressure, Cabaret Voltaire, 24 Aug
Dubstep has been infecting the UK and beyond at an alarming rate, and if you don’t have the virus yet, one foot into Dubpressure's monster festival showdown, with headliner The Bug (Ninja Tune) will ensnare you for good Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
Books
After Dark by Haruki Murakami
He can take you to a library of unicorn skulls and it'll seem like the most natural thing in the world. Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
Music
Paul Kelly @ The Spiegeltent, 5 Aug
The mid-section of Kelly's A-Z assault on his back catalogue sends everyone home happy Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
Clubs
Linden @ Symbiosis, The Soundhaus, Glasgow, 22 Aug
Symbiosis continue to present great drum and bass nights, with guests who probably got the bus down Read more »| 08 Aug 2008 -
Film
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
'Hairdresser assassin' sounds like it could be the perfect cut. Zohan (Sandler) is Israel’s finest undercover agent, who men want to be and woman want ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2008 -
Film
The Rocker
Original, inspired, staggeringly unpredictable – The Rocker is none of these things and less. Feeling like a Saturday Night Live skit stretched until i... Read more »| 08 Aug 2008