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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ArtScotland+Venice Diaries: One team leaves, another arrives
As our team of IAs are getting ready to leave Venice (new team to arrive soon), Emma, Fran and Alex throw in a bit of self-promotion to show us what else they've been up to these past few weeks... Read more »| 11 Oct 2011 -
MusicSnoop Dogg @ O2 Academy, 9 October
The Doggfather has long been the smooth, acceptable and debonair face of hip-hop and – for better or worse – his performance tonight reflects it.... Read more »| 11 Oct 2011 -
MusicDeath Grips @ Captain's Rest, 29 September
Californian heavy-hop trio Death Grips are a group certain to have polarized listener opinion with their free Ex Military mixtape released earlier this year.... Read more »| 10 Oct 2011 -
Music
We Were Promised Jetpacks @ The Liquid Room, 6 October
It’s been over a year since the Jetpacks' previous home-turf Liquid Room gig, and as such there awaits an enthusiastic crowd tonight, near-buckling the... Read more »| 10 Oct 2011 -
Film
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
A haunted David Bowie dominates the screen in one of his most iconic roles as British soldier and prisoner of war Jack Celliers, pitched into a battle of wil... Read more »| 10 Oct 2011 -
Music
Gruff Rhys @ The Bongo Club, 8 October
Gruff Rhys at The Bongo Club, Edinburgh, 8 October 2011. Photography from Eoin Carey Read more »| 10 Oct 2011
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Music
We Were Promised Jetpacks @ The Liquid Room, 6 October
We Were Promised Jetpacks at The Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh, 6 October 2011. Photography from Sol Nicol Read more »| 10 Oct 2011 -
Film
Tyrannosaur
Tyrannosaur opens with an act of astonishing cruelty and at times the relentless bleakness of Paddy Considine's directorial debut threatens to becomes suffoc... Read more »| 07 Oct 2011 -
Film
Good Rep - October
Five eye-catching repertory screenings happening in October Read more »| 07 Oct 2011 -
MusicSalò / Hunt/Gather / What the Blood Revealed @ Captain's Rest, 3 October
Irvine's What the Blood Revealed open up a ferocious evening of post-hardcore with their moody take on instrumental rock. Borrowing the well-tested loud/quie... Read more »| 07 Oct 2011 -
Clubs
Blitz – Interview with Corrina Hornsby-Walsh and Paul Challinor
First time DJs Corrina Horsnby-Walsh and Paul Challinor launch their queer and camp eighties inspired club night, Blitz, at Glasgow’s Flying Duck. Expect New Romantic tunes and thought-provoking, hilarious visuals Read more »| 06 Oct 2011 -
Music
Morkobot – Morbo
There’s no doubt about it, Italian label Supernatural Cat are out to eradicate all traces of rationale in music. Mere months after melting senses with ... Read more »| 05 Oct 2011 -
Music
Charalambides – Exile
As the bumper stickers say: Texas does it best. Maybe it’s the sweltering desert heat or just something in the air but they certainly have a knack for ... Read more »| 05 Oct 2011 -
Music
Various – Fac. Dance: Factory Records 12" Mixes & Rarities, 1980-87
It’s hard to believe that another compilation of genuine interest can be wrung from the Factory stable, such has been the level of interest in the labe... Read more »| 05 Oct 2011 -
Music
Christina Vantzou – No. 1
Despite generally being known as half of the Adam Wiltzie-helmed audio-visual exploration The Dead Texan, it seems Christina Vantzou has been harbouring aspi... Read more »| 05 Oct 2011