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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MusicDel Tha Funkee Homosapien drops free album, Iller Than Most
Following the release of Event 2 last year, the follow-up to the seminal album Deltron 3030, which saw Del Tha Funkee Homosapien collaborate with D... Read more »| 06 Jan 2014 -
TheatreA Panto, A Pie and a Pint: The Uglies @ Oran Mor
You know the story. Everyone does... but you don’t know this version. This time it’s all about the Ugly Sisters, as the Cinderella fairytale is g... Read more »| 06 Jan 2014 -
Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – January 2014
With New Year’s stubborn vomit stains barely seeped into the shag, it’s high time you take stock and reevaluate your priorities: gigs, of course – and there are plenty, from Fun Lovin’ Criminals to East India Youth Read more »| 06 Jan 2014 -
MusicModel Village – You Chose These Woes
Miniature model building and penning bright and tuneful alt-pop: two pastimes in which a delicate touch is a valuable asset. On their second album, Cambridge... Read more »| 03 Jan 2014 -
MusicMorgan Delt – Morgan Delt
The influence of 60s and 70s drug music shows up a lot in Californian bedroom producer Morgan Delt's own sounds, but there's a modern aesthetic running throu... Read more »| 02 Jan 2014 -
Theatre
1933: Eine Nacht Im Kabarett @ Summerhall
Edinburgh-based Tightlaced Theatre and Sporadic Music present 1933: Eine Nacht Im Kabarett, the latest immersive theatre production by Susanna Mulvihi... Read more »| 02 Jan 2014
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Music
East India Youth – Total Strife Forever
Beginning with synth arpeggios and washes of ghostly noise echoing out across sombre piano keys, Glitter Recession announces the depth of East India Youth's ... Read more »| 02 Jan 2014 -
Music
Blank Realm – Grassed Inn
On last year’s Go Easy LP, this Brisbane quartet occasionally let their love of vintage distortion overwhelm their melodic inclinations; Grassed Inn, w... Read more »| 02 Jan 2014 -
Film
Northwest Film Event Highlights – January 2014
Wash your New Year's Eve hangover away with a great month of movie events: get sleazy at Cornerhouse for its epic night of exploitation; at the Dancehouse dress code is fishnet stockings and sunglasses indoors; while FACT gives us heartbreaking romance Read more »| 01 Jan 2014 -
Film
Scotland Film Event Highlights – January 2014
A new year, a new set of film events, with gothic screenings at GFT, a children's cult classic at Cameo and Filmhouse celebrates Scotland on screen Read more »| 01 Jan 2014 -
Theatre
West Side Story @ The King's Theatre, Glasgow
The famous reworking of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet appears on the Glasgow stage as part of a UK-wide tour. The age-old love story of Tony and Mari... Read more »| 01 Jan 2014 -
Music
Scottish Gig Highlights – January 2014
2014 gets rolling with a surge of national pride at Celtic Connections, announcing the return of Mogwai, RM Hubbert, Olive Grove Records and Lau; you can also catch Ubre Blanca and Kid Canaveral at The Skinny's 100th issue bash, plus much more! Read more »| 01 Jan 2014 -
Clubs
Northwest Clubbing Highlights – January 2014
Steadily increase the intensity with which you dismantle your New Year’s Resolutions, from a relatively chilled night with Stop Making Sense to a visit from Detroit don Terrence Parker Read more »| 01 Jan 2014 -
MusicO2 Love Music Column – January 2014
Just long enough after Hogmanay that you’ll have hopefully recovered, the Fun Lovin’ Criminals swing by the O2 ABC on Thu 16 Jan. Front... Read more »| 01 Jan 2014 -
Music
Patterns – Waking Lines
From the opening echoes of This Haze onwards, Waking Lines sounds impressively lush and layered – not bad when you consider Patterns eschewed studio ti... Read more »| 31 Dec 2013