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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MusicWeedeater – Jason... The Dragon
If there’s one thing Weedeater are, it’s reliable. Well, that and loud. Then again, so are dozens of other sludge bands, but they just don’... Read more »| 24 Mar 2011 -
Music
letlive – Fake History
The post-hardcore/screamo tag wasn’t always a negative one. It used to be applied to bands who displayed an excess of energy that happened to be expres... Read more »| 24 Mar 2011 -
MusicBearsuit – The Phantom Forest
Bearsuit are one of the last bands you'd associate with maturity, but that is nonetheless what the Norwich indie-electro outfit seem to be grappling with on ... Read more »| 23 Mar 2011 -
Music
Roddy Woomble – The Impossible Song & Other Songs
Picking up where 2006’s My Secret Is My Silence left off, Roddy Woomble’s second solo effort sees him travelling further into folky territory. Wh... Read more »| 23 Mar 2011 -
MusicTindersticks – Claire Denis Film Scores 1996-2009
Over two decades, Nottingham’s Tindersticks have won hearts and minds with their idiosyncratic brand of brooding elegance, while across the channel, Cl... Read more »| 23 Mar 2011 -
Art
Satellite @ East Kilbride Arts Centre
The five artists that make up the collective Satellite visit the remote plains of Daer reservoir in South Lanarkshire. A small gallery in out-of-the-way East... Read more »| 23 Mar 2011
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TheatreOnde de Choc
Big sounds, little substance Read more »| 23 Mar 2011 -
Art
Totems of Today
After hosting artists from Ironbbratz studios for its first few shows, Studio 41 sets out to re-invigorate Glasgow’s curating scene. Will Nothing Be Un... Read more »| 23 Mar 2011 -
Music
The Twilight Singers @ The Arches, 19 March
Tonight’s support, the London-based Bookhouse Boys are something of a conundrum. The voice of Catherine Turner – at times tacit and tender, at ot... Read more »| 22 Mar 2011 -
Theatre
Hari Kari @ Tramway
Compagnie Didier Theron are contemporary ballet. There’s a wanton joy in stating this, a wilful desire to provoke an argument. It’s probably jus... Read more »| 22 Mar 2011 -
Music
The Vaccines – What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
Not a year down the line, The Vaccines have been joyously swashing in the sickly sweet juices of hype. Elevated to dizzying heights since landing third place... Read more »| 22 Mar 2011 -
Theatre
Lord of the Flies @ Theatre Royal
Never a company to play safe, Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures once again prove themselves to be at the forefront of narrative dance Read more »| 21 Mar 2011 -
Music
The Phantom Band @ Cabaret Voltaire, 17 Mar
For a group in some mild form of ascension, a chance to see The Phantom Band in some cosy confines on your doorstep is not something you’d want to miss... Read more »| 21 Mar 2011 -
Film
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
When the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould made his New York debut in 1955 at the age of 22 he seemed to have come from nowhere. A mercurial musician who cut a ha... Read more »| 21 Mar 2011 -
Theatre
From the Lilipad @ Art's Complex
On 27 March Edinburgh-based Tightlaced Theatre will present its new production, From the Lilipad, as part of their New Talent programme. Founded in 2008 by ... Read more »| 21 Mar 2011