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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MusicThe Apples – Fly On It
Israeli 'post-funk' band The Apples are obviously a tight band, trading funk licks on drums, bass, turntables, trumpet, trombone and sax with finely-honed pr... Read more »| 25 Jul 2012 -
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Babe, Terror – Knights EP
Sao Paolo's Babe, Terror are a little bit like the sonic equivalent of a Magic Eye poster. At first you stare and stare at the minimal, stripped down, effect... Read more »| 25 Jul 2012 -
MusicBis / We Are the Physics @ Mono, 19 July
When not recording solo or infrequently gigging with Bis, Manda Rin likes to paint. Tonight’s show launches her Cover Versions and Other Hits exhibitio... Read more »| 25 Jul 2012 -
MusicPara One – Passion
The new album from Jean-Baptiste Laubier, aka Para One, incorporates a swathe of influences from the Parisian's varied career. As the producer behind the b... Read more »| 24 Jul 2012 -
MusicHector Bizerk – Drums. Rap. Yes.
“I wanna be in one of those bands with pointy shoes and haircuts like Paul Weller,” says rapper Louie on the opening track of Hector Bizerk's f... Read more »| 24 Jul 2012 -
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Seams – Tourist / Sleeper
Split into two musical 'journeys,' Seams latest mini-album, comprising new material (Sleeper) and a well-deserved re-up of last year's Tourist EP, is an eleg... Read more »| 24 Jul 2012
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Music
Wu Legends @ O2ABC, 12 July
If there’s one glaring factor that might stand to soil the Wu-Tang Clan’s legacy, it’s a no-show. Here tonight under the ‘Wu Legends&... Read more »| 23 Jul 2012 -
Film
Delicacy
Delicacy offers two love stories for the price of one: a marriage cut short by a traffic accident, and the tentative relationship between widow Nathalie (Tau... Read more »| 23 Jul 2012 -
FilmAirborne
Airborne opens with the UK gripped by severe storms: shop fronts blown out, transport networks gubbed – typical summer weather basically. It’s th... Read more »| 23 Jul 2012 -
Music
Tune-Yards / Muscles of Joy @ Òran Mór, 11 July
Muscles of Joy’s art-folk melange isn’t one for dipping into half-heartedly: for best results, immersion is recommended. This puts them at a disa... Read more »| 16 Jul 2012 -
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Baroness @ Stereo, 10 July
Tonight's been a long time coming; when Baroness last rolled through Glasgow some two and a half years ago, Sleazy's patrons stood witness to their progressi... Read more »| 16 Jul 2012 -
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Meursault @ The Queen's Hall, 7 July
The ornate Queen’s Hall is more usually host to choirs and string ensembles. Tonight, Sparrow and the Workshop's Jill O'Sullivan and Strike the Colours... Read more »| 16 Jul 2012 -
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Ondotropica – Ondotropica
This double LP showcases the vitality and diversity of the Colombian music scene, bringing together a total of 42 musicians to merge a mixture of mod... Read more »| 16 Jul 2012 -
Film
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Steve Carrell once again does the introverted, white-collar schlub thing alongside a horribly miscast Kiera Knightly as they come to terms with the impending... Read more »| 13 Jul 2012 -
Film
License to Drive
In 1988 Corey Haim and Corey Feldman were bigger than high tops and heroin. License to Drive sees the two at their most potent. When 16 year old Les (Haim) f... Read more »| 13 Jul 2012