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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MusicNew Blood: Eternal Fags
Ear buds at the ready, Eternal Fags are about to tear your quiet space apart Read more »| 08 Feb 2011 -
MusicNew Blood: Gummy Stumps
The first of two bands from Winning Sperm Party's roster this month, Gummy Stumps are as challenging an act as one could hope to hear from a city renowned for its hard-working musical underground. Vocalist Colin Stewart explains why they can’t sit still Read more »| 08 Feb 2011 -
MusicZoey Van Goey @ Classic Grand, 5 Feb
Preceding the shy stature of Malcolm Middleton with a mass choir – The Sirens of Titan, who enter from a balcony perch wearing sunglasses and chanting ... Read more »| 07 Feb 2011 -
Film
Matt Lloyd: Short Film Impresario
Crammed into three frenetic days at the start of the GFF, the fantastic Glasgow Short Film Festival (GSFF) again provides a chance to see the finest emerging film-makers from across the world. We caught up with GSFF director Matt Lloyd to hear all about it Read more »| 07 Feb 2011 -
Film
Brighton Rock (2010) Film Review
Over sixty years on from John Boulting’s original noir, Rowan Joffe resurrects Graham Greene’s Brighton Rock, fittingly setting it within the con... Read more »| 07 Feb 2011 -
Music
Malachai – Return to the Ugly Side
Malachai’s second long player bills itself as “cut up” of hip-hop and psychedelic pop with a “Bristolian twist”, which if nothi... Read more »| 07 Feb 2011
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Film
Black
Beginning worryingly like a Guy Ritchie rip-off with freeze frame introductions of loveable rogues, French heist movie Black quickly confounds your expectati... Read more »| 07 Feb 2011 -
Music
NME Awards Tour @ O2 Academy, 3 Feb
Many have yet to arrive when The Vaccines (***) take the stage, the poor punctuality particularly pronounced when compared with previous NME tours, when the ... Read more »| 07 Feb 2011 -
Film
The Valley (Obscured by Clouds)
Like trying to follow the ramblings of an old hippy whose brain has been fried by too much acid, watching the counter-cultural films of the 60s and 70s can b... Read more »| 07 Feb 2011 -
Music
Stateless – Matilda
Leeds outfit Stateless' debut album of a few years back effortlessly mixed jazzy, electronic beats with singer Chris James' earnest vocals — think some... Read more »| 07 Feb 2011 -
Theatre
We Will Rock You @ The Kings
The Bohemians are back. Following a successful 2009 tour, We Will Rock You returns to Scotland in all its crowd-pleasing glory. Packed with Queen’s inh... Read more »| 05 Feb 2011 -
Music
The Dirty Dozen – February 2011
Giving the world's rock stars a month off to tend their flamboyant facial hair, Chris Buckle immerses himself in the seedy underworld of February's singles pile Read more »| 04 Feb 2011 -
Music
Conquering Animal Sound: Command and Conquer
With a staunch DIY ethic and a vivid imagination in their favour, Conquering Animal Sound release their debut album this month. James Scott and Anneke Kampman talk us through Kammerspiel’s conception Read more »| 04 Feb 2011 -
MusicSleeping Gruff
The newly reunited solo act Gruff Rhys on these times of austerity and his foray into the world of budget accommodation Read more »| 04 Feb 2011 -
Film
True Grit
The Dude replaces The Duke in the Coens' first pure western, with the brothers ignoring the antiquated 1969 Wayne vehicle and choosing instead to mine the Am... Read more »| 04 Feb 2011