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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FilmLa Vie Moderne
La Vie Moderne is a simple, empathetic and illuminating documentary about members of a rural community in the Haut-Garonne region of France. Depardon’... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
FilmThe Boat That Rocked
The Boat That Rocked is a labour of love; a story of friendship and fraternity set against the backdrop of the swinging sixties, with one of the greatest sou... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
TheatreScottish Dance Theatre, Spring Tour '09
Nicole Hepburn saw SDT at the start of their current tour, and discovered a selection of engaged, thoughtful works Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
Music
Tim Exile - Listening Tree
Introducing the boy wonder of techno Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
Music
Crystal Antlers – Tentacles
In the endlessly cyclical history of popular music, psychedelic rock has mostly been left to gather dust in record shops. There have been isolated attempts t... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
MusicBig Ned - Big Ned
Oozing out of the stereo like a Scottish version of Danzig, Big Ned positively revel in the fact that the Devil's playground is not exclusively in the Middle... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009
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Music
Thomas Truax - Songs From the Films of David Lynch
‘Lynchian’ has for too long been bandied around as a synonym for ‘surreal’, when it really fits only the truly unsettling and perplex... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
Music
Jeniferever - Spring Tides
Further proof that Scandinavia is responsible for some of the most exciting and inventive music around just now, Swedish quartet Jeniferever are back with a ... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
Music
Joe Gideon & The Shark @ Cabaret Voltaire
The rumbling applause says it all: Joe Gideon & The Shark has earned its stripes Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
Music
Isa & the Filthy Tongues - New Town Killers
Best not mention Shirley Manson in earshot of this band; Manson left a previous incarnation in order to become vocalist for Garbage, a move that (judging by ... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
Music
Tunng with Tinariwen @ The Picture House, 21 Mar
As the centre piece of the World Music Programme at the Picture House, Tunng and Malian former soldiers Tinariwen ignore cultural boundaries to create a melting pot of global sounds. Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
Comedy
Laughing Horse New Act of the Year: Quarter Final
The first weekend in April sees the quarter finals of the Laughing Horse New Act Competition, featuring the heat winners from Scotland and Northern England. Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
Music
The Flowers of Hell - Come Hell or High Water
Ambitious collaboration project attempts to bridge gap between classical and rock - and succeeds Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
Music
Fucked Up and The Bronx in interview: New World, Same Shredded Faces
The Bronx's Joby J. Ford and Fucked Up's Damien 'Pink Eyes' Abraham get political, financial, and discuss why hardcore is quite like a Scotch Egg, with Jason Morton. Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
Music
Bridge and Tunnel @ Arc Studios, 25 Apr
Glasgow DIY gig collective presents an evening of raucous Stateside rock Read more »| 25 Mar 2009