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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FilmBaytown Outlaws
The Baytown Outlaws is one of those films that come trailing the epithet "Tarantino-esque." The common denominator here is a cast of lowlifes waving their gu... Read more »| 12 Dec 2012 -
ArtAndy Hope 1930 @ Inverleith House
Meeting dinosaurs and partaking in a bit of evolutionary time travel are not everyday occurrences, but according to the work of artist Andy Hope 1930, they r... Read more »| 11 Dec 2012 -
Music
Fowl Play: Dam Mantle in interview
Glasgow has long been known for innovative, experimental electronic music, with no shortage of bands and producers. With a new record on Gold Panda's Notown label and a host of future projects up his sleeve, Dam Mantle is leading the pack Read more »| 10 Dec 2012 -
Music
The Fence Connection: Randolph's Leap recap a year of working with their heroes
As an eventful 2012 winds down, we get acquainted with Adam Ross of indie-folk ensemble Randolph’s Leap to discuss albums, 'proper' albums, and the perks of Fence patronage. Read more »| 10 Dec 2012 -
MusicMission of Burma @ Mono, 5 December
A decade into their second wind, Mission of Burma have arguably set the criterion standard for how to reform a cult act and not only preserve your reputati... Read more »| 10 Dec 2012 -
Film
Love Crime
Love Crime is the last film Alain Corneau made before his death, and it initially looks like it might act as a fitting swansong. Kristin Scott Thomas and Lud... Read more »| 10 Dec 2012
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Art
Sonica: Luke Fowler and Jean-Luc Guionnet @ CCA
Lit by a single yellow bulb, Luke Fowler and Jean-Luc Guionnet’s live electronic performance is pleasantly devoid of that aesthetic staple of sonic art... Read more »| 10 Dec 2012 -
ArtHarland Miller @ Ingleby Gallery
Harland Miller’s first exhibition in Scotland draws on his parallel career as a writer in his almost obsessive adaptations of Penguin book covers from ... Read more »| 10 Dec 2012 -
FilmChasing Ice
Is it possible to take a picture of climate change? Ask James Balog. Back in the more innocent pre-crash noughties, this National Geographic photographer fou... Read more »| 10 Dec 2012 -
Film
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
With its sparkling divas and muscled he-men, Hollywood in its heyday was a barely closeted champion of queer culture. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, ... Read more »| 10 Dec 2012 -
Music
Wild Nothing @ Stereo, 30 November
On record, Jack Tatum's Wild Nothing project have a dreampop, shoegaze bent – synths are pushed to the fore, and vocals are often drenched in reverb, g... Read more »| 07 Dec 2012 -
Music
Some Songs Side-By-Side Album Launch @ Stereo, 29 November
Since Some Songs Side-By-Side is the debut release from Stereo’s fledgling record label, the bar’s basement space seems the natural place to la... Read more »| 07 Dec 2012 -
Music
Under the Influence: The Twilight Sad
Ahead of their landmark gig at the Barras this month, James Graham and Andy MacFarlane revisit the albums that inspired them to form a band in the first place Read more »| 07 Dec 2012 -
Music
The Dirty Dozen – December 2012
Former Ride vocalist and guitarist Mark Gardener sets about December’s singles along with the issue of overblown chorus syndrome and the repetitious strains of Manc rock Read more »| 07 Dec 2012 -
Clubs
Subcity: The Next Generation
Subcity Radio, the student-run station based in Glasgow University, has been broadcasting for close to 20 years. We caught up with newly-appointed Station Manager Niall Morris to ask about his plans for this cultural landmark... Read more »| 07 Dec 2012