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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MusicLeftfield – Alternative Light Source
Ah, the 1990s. One long Danny Boyle soundtrack of a decade. And while legitimate classics such as Leftism and Rhythm and Stealth helped to document our comin... Read more »| 29 May 2015 -
Film
Man Up
British romantic comedy Man Up has an unfortunate title in both evoking an all-too tired phrase and being quite misleading, as it’s not some man-child ... Read more »| 28 May 2015 -
Music
Scottish Album of the Year 2015 shortlist announced
The ten-strong shortlist for the 2015 Scottish Album of the Year – aka the SAY Award – has been announced. This year's shortlist is an eclectic ... Read more »| 28 May 2015 -
FilmLost River star Iain De Caestecker on working with Ryan Gosling
We catch up with Iain De Caestecker to ask him about his experience of making Lost River with Drive star Ryan Gosling. The rising Scottish star discusses filming in Detroit's deserted suburbs and where to find Scotland's national drink in Hollywood Read more »| 28 May 2015 -
MusicOutblinker – Pink / Blue
It's hardly surprising that Outblinker's membership – the brothers Graham and Jason of Young Philadelphia, local producer Luigi Pasquini of noise ... Read more »| 28 May 2015 -
Art
Dundee Degree Show 2015: Down the Rabbit Hole
This year's Duncan of Jordanstone fine art graduates display a resurgent interest in traditional techniques, twisting their uses to create something refreshingly unique Read more »| 28 May 2015
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Music
Jenny Hval – Apocalypse, Girl
"Think big girl, think big like a King," begins Jenny Hval on her first album for Sacred Bones – one which journeys from the Norwegian artist's be... Read more »| 28 May 2015 -
Music
Neil Young – The Monsanto Years
There are fewer fish swimming in our oceans, and Neil Young ain't happy. Read more »| 28 May 2015 -
Music
FFS – FFS
Some musical partnerships are just meant to be. Take Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks, making colourful and unorthodox pop together for fast approaching half a... Read more »| 28 May 2015 -
Music
Girlpool – Before the World Was Big
The L.A. duo's debut full-length is a sparse, palpably emotional affair Read more »| 28 May 2015 -
Art
Save the Arches: RM Hubbert, Rob Drummond, Tam Dean Burn tell us why
With the long-term future of The Arches still uncertain as the venue appeals moves to shut down its clubbing operation, we ask actors, writers and musicians for their views on the Glasgow arts institution Read more »| 27 May 2015 -
Comedy
Watch Bad Movies with Great Comedians @ CCA, Glasgow
The bloke at the ticket office was smiling tonight as people asked where they could see the bad movie. For every so often a show comes along with an ide... Read more »| 27 May 2015 -
Music
Jaakko Eino Kalevi – Jaakko Eino Kalevi
Kalevi’s new self-titled album is a comprehensive introduction to an artist surely destined to become one of synth-pop’s quirky new posterboys &n... Read more »| 27 May 2015 -
Film
Thief
One last big job and then he's out for good. Frank (Caan) is a master jewel thief operating under the same illusion as the gangsters, dealers and hitmen of a... Read more »| 27 May 2015 -
MusicWe Came From Wolves – We Came From Wolves
The debut effort from Scottish four-piece We Came From Wolves is a slick and consistently catchy collection of anthemic pop-rock songs written specifically f... Read more »| 27 May 2015