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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MusicGiant Drag - Hearts and Unicorns
Has it come to this, expletives and schoolyard tomfoolery to sell records? Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
The Streets @ The Corn Exchange
Even when rendered with Skinner's wit the result is a performance as edifying as a Jordan rendition of R-Kelly's Trapped in the Closet Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
The Fire Engines Edinburgh Liquid Room, April 28
the Fire Engines have always been experts in the art of leaving us wanting more Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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The Concretes @ The Venue
On record The Concretes' sound is immaculately formed; live it's as forgettable as a slab of paving stone. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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Sun Ra Arkestra @ The Liquid Room
If this is what religion could be like, we should all convert right now Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
Ordinary Boys @ Corn Exchange
A rock band? Or new darlings of Chav-land? Read more »| 15 Jun 2006
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Music
Odetta @ Queen's Hall
A show that tugged on the heartstrings until they were at breaking point Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
Charlatans @ Corn Exchange
Not really much for the future then, lucky they've written such good tunes in the past Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
Cannonball Jane & My Tiny Robots @ The Swamp @ Caley Backpackers
visiting Edinburgh's smaller venues to catch an obscure act is not exactly as revolutionary as catching The Ramones play the Roundhouse in London '76 but it sure can donate some adrenaline to your bloodstream Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
Bettye Lavette @ The Bongo Club
She sings like her larynx has been kept in a rosewood cabinet Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
Battles plus Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid @ The Venue
Battles structured approach melded disparate strands into a vital cultish sound Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
MusicWhatever Happened to Gomez?
Quite a lot actually.Their fifth studio album 'How We Operate' comes out in June and the quintet are touring extensively in the US, after which they'll be re... Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Comedy
Tony Law Interview
Never watched the A-Team because he knew the real version - Magyar tribesmen near the end of the first millennium. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
XFM Column for June - Scottish Music is Damn Cool
At the station, I've just seen a week where three-quarters of the new additions to the Xfm Scotland playlist were home-grown acts Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
FilmThe Thief Lord
Kids book adaptation is not much cop Read more »| 15 Jun 2006