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
The Library Trust - My Town on TV
With a little extra kick in the production it could be up there with Snow Patrol as an after-work tonic for the ill-at-ease everyman Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
MusicThe Little Flames - Isobella
The melting distortion and disgruntled attack set them above the macho crop of indie-rockers. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Music
Shiny Toy Guns - Chemistry of a Car Crash
If we were completely immortal or an untouchable, unspeakable band... that'd just be like almost every other band in the world. - Jeremy Dawson Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
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Tim Finn @ Queen's Hall
The tunes are timeless and the only giveaway sign of his advancing years is the shock of grey hair. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Film
This Is England
Constantly threatens to enter a more dangerous place. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Film
Alpha Dog
As drug dealers go, Hirsch is as intimidating as the pharmacist at Boots. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007
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Clubs
Moving Fusion, Sequential, Studio 24, Edinburgh, Feb 23
Special Ed flexing a particularly fat feast of tunes Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Theatre
Physical Theatre
the Arches Theatre Festival will contain work that challenges, frightens and provokes Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Film
Eddie Murphy - Delirious
Easy to see why Murphy was once heralded as Richard Pryor's heir apparent. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Theatre
Mrs Warren's Profession, Royal Lyceum Edinburgh
Shaw's refusal to condemn his eponymous protagonist makes this work a key feminist text Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Music
Kings of Leon - McFearless
It would have been so easy just to rely on the story and milk that for all it's worth, going around looking like we've just walked off the set of Almost Famous... - Nathan Followill Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Music
The Bishops @ King Tut's
An impressive repertoire of songs that fall somewhere between the vintage styles of The Beatles and The Who. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
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Keller Williams @ King Tut's
Mellow, tasteful noodling: communicating little other than William's genius... Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Music
Big Hand plus support @ Cabaret Voltaire
There's much more than this up their sleeves... Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Music
Amy MacDonald @ King Tut's
She breezes through a variety of strummed moods, her lyrics are direct, insightful and concise. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007