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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FilmFilthmonger: Jon S. Baird revisits Filth ahead of home release
As coal black comedy Filth heads for home screens today, we speak to director Jon S. Baird about getting Irvine Welsh's ‘unfilmable’ book there Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
Film
Film News: Preacher TV series gets green light from AMC; extended look at Game of Thrones season 5
A round-up of the latest film news, including news of Seth Rogen's adaptation of comics classic Preacher, a look behind the scenes at Game of Thrones: Season 4, plus the latest rumours and trailers Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
Music
Young Fathers / LAW @ Glasgow Stereo, 1 February
Hordes of disappointed faces can be seen streaming from Renfield Lane. They are the dozens who arrived at Stereo hoping that tickets would still be available... Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
MusicEast India Youth @ King Tut's, 31 January
William Doyle, aka East India Youth, enters dressed in a foppish jacket, hair in his eyes, and straps on a bass guitar. From the minute his fingers touch the... Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
Music
The Wave Pictures / Eugene Tombs / The Yawns @ Mono, 30 January
For reasons unknown, The Yawns have a battle on their hands eliciting a response from Mono’s mostly seated denizens tonight, with even polite applause ... Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
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Stephen Malkmus tackles February's releases
Never shy of a withering put-down in song, in the flesh we find February's guest single surveyor Stephen Malkmus grappling with the role of the critic Read more »| 10 Feb 2014
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ArtOwn Art: RSA New Contemporaries 2014
The Royal Scottish Academy's New Contemporaries exhibition offers a space for emerging artists to amaze and astonish a new generation of art lovers. RSA Director Colin Greenslade picks four favourites from this year's exhibition Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
Music
"Is It Christian? Is It Satanic?" ††† embrace the ambiguous
With their long-awaited debut LP finally due for release this month, Chino Moreno and ex-Far guitarist Shaun Lopez tell us they've found comfort in ††† Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
Film
Stranger Danger: Alain Guiraudie on Stranger by the Lake
Alain Guiraudie’s latest is a seductive tale concerned with sex and murder set within the milieu of an idyllic gay cruising spot. The French filmmaker reveals his influences and explains why he wanted to keep the cock in this Hitchcockian thriller Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
ClubsQ&A: Bugged Out!
Dance and electronic festival Bugged Out! brings Todd Terje, Kölsch, Daniel Avery and more to Southport in March. Head honchos Charlotte Hotham and John Burgess tell their story Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
Film
Bastards
Noir-infused tragedy Bastards sees director Claire Denis back in her more polarising mode as the dark queen of French cinema, with a work of bewitc... Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
MusicBruce Springsteen – High Hopes
A shared history of political activism, rather than obvious musical lineage, bonds Tom Morello and The Boss. Hence why the Rage Against the Machine and Audio... Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
Music
Cloud Sounds #4: Tim Burgess, Kelis & Mount Kimbie, Teebs and more
This week's Cloud Sounds playlist features new tracks from Tim Burgess, Kelis & Mount Kimbie, Teebs and many more! Read more »| 07 Feb 2014 -
Music
Nas announces Illmatic XX
20 years on, Illmatic by Nas is still regarded as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time. Now, Nas prepares to celebrate its anniversary with a special edition reissue, and a new documentary Read more »| 07 Feb 2014 -
Music
The Haxan Cloak teams up with Portland doom metallers The Body
Portland doom metal duo The Body have a new record coming, and it's a collaboration with Tri-Angle's The Haxan Cloak Read more »| 07 Feb 2014