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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Music
HTRK - Nostalgia (Fire Records) (Web)
Inspiration for hard-up, avant-garde noiseniks. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Music
HTRK - Nostalgia(Fire Records) (Print)
A total indifference to wearing clothes. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Books
Lint by Steve Aylett
A clever spoof of the sci-fi scene throughout the last century Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Film
Edinburgh Film News June 2007
Festival season starts early on the east coast. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Film
Glasgow Film News: June
See the entire Indiana Jones trilogy back to back! Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Theatre
Sunshine on Leith
Stephen Greenhorn touches on many of the concerns of modern day Scotland: language and identity, the national health service, soldiers serving in Afghanistan, football, emigration and the often inexplicable emotional landscape of Scottish masculinity. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007
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Theatre
In Profile: Cora Bisset
Bisset's latest directorial outing, Detainee A, examines the human cost of the war on terror through the lens of close knit family relationships Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Music
We are all DEVO!
"If you create art expecting a reward, you're going down. You look through your glasses, the rest of the world looks at them. We're all DEVO!" Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Music
Slash: In For A Penny
"Music is something where, if you've started out a career then there's no turning back. I would expect a lot of bands to do their damndest to stay together." - Slash Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Music
Slash's Guitar Clinic
Fan Question: Nicky Wire (Manic Street Preachers) You're James (Dean Bradfield)'s favourite guitarist ever. How did you get the sound on the track solo for E... Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Music
The Icarus Line - Black Lives At The Golden Coast
Armed with plenty of riffing, muscular solos and menacing bass lines. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Clubs
The Black Dog - Techno Playtime
With one listen to Techno Playtime, it's not hard to see why The Black Dog are regarded as the forefathers of British techno. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Clubs
Gary Numan & Ade Fenton: A Perfect Circle
Alex Burden rings Ade Fenton and Gary Numan in between hectic press interviews and record signings, to dig deeper into Artificial Perfect; Fenton's debut artist album, and their second LP collaboration together. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Clubs
Calvin Harris: A Disco T-Party
The story is as old as time: boy returns home to Scotland from London, disillusioned with its fame, gets a job as a shelf-stacker, and ends up selling thousands of records. The Skinny talks with Calvin Harris about how he got here, what he plans to do, and his headlining appearance at T in the Park! Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Music
XFM Column
GOOD CRIEFF! Read more »| 10 Jun 2007