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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FilmGlasgow Film Festival 2015: Dearest
Based on one specific real life incident, Chinese drama Dearest concerns the aftermath of a child abduction in Shenzhen, China. Starting in 2009, Peter Chan&... Read more »| 25 Feb 2015 -
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Glasgow Film Festival 2015: Force Majeure
A Swedish family are on a ski holiday in the French Alps. Everything seems to be going great for Tomas (Kuhnke), Ebba (Kongsli) and their two kids. That is, ... Read more »| 25 Feb 2015 -
MusicMoon Duo – Shadow Of The Sun
Moon Duo take us back to the year 1972, a time where we find Roger Waters pummelling a gong in the ruins of the lost city of Pompeii. And while '72-era Floyd... Read more »| 25 Feb 2015 -
MusicGang of Four – What Happens Next
The departure of vocalist and arch-lyricist Jon King from Gang of Four in 2012 means many fans of the band will view What Happens Next with suspicion, regard... Read more »| 25 Feb 2015 -
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Ghostpoet – Shedding Skin
Having grown out of Some Say I So I Say Light’s late night lounging with dim sum and dial tones, Ghostpoet is stepping outside. London-based rapper Oba... Read more »| 25 Feb 2015 -
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Vessels – Dilate
Vessels take a turn for the colossal with third album Dilate. The Leeds five-piece swap their post-rock trappings for a taste of techno, crafting an immacula... Read more »| 25 Feb 2015
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor confirm new album ‘Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress’
Canadian post-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor have announced their new album Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress, due for release on 31 March. The new alb... Read more »| 24 Feb 2015 -
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Andy Warhol, Sound-Reactive Visuals and Show and Tell: This Week in Scottish Art
From legendary photographer Robert Mapplethorpe to the just-graduated Sonia Gavrilovic Hufton, there's a variety of art to see and things to do in Scottish art this week. Read more »| 24 Feb 2015 -
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Spiritualized to headline Liverpool Psych Fest
The Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia has announced its first wave of acts for 2015, with Spiritualized set to headline one day of the event. ... Read more »| 24 Feb 2015 -
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Black Yaya – Black Yaya
Black Yaya is the third incarnation of musician David Ivar. You might remember him as half of eccentric duo Herman Dune, but Ivar’s taken some time out... Read more »| 24 Feb 2015 -
MusicEvans the Death – Expect Delays
The classic indie pop juggernaut gathers pace. Evans the Death share lineage with a host of C86-influenced acts, most of whom give the lie to the notion that... Read more »| 24 Feb 2015 -
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Karin Park – Apocalypse Pop
Karin Park, Norwegian queen of goth-pop, returns darker than ever – as the menacing title of new album Apocalypse Pop attests. But although Park p... Read more »| 24 Feb 2015 -
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Purity Ring – Another Eternity
Album artwork can speak a thousand words. Take the sleeve to debut Shrines, an eerie, dark cartoon: girl embraces sheep, ghostly hands paw at floating lungs.... Read more »| 24 Feb 2015 -
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Pictures of the Old World
Dušan Hanák’s award-winning documentary, available with English subtitles for the first time, examines the lives of elderly villagers in ... Read more »| 23 Feb 2015 -
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Glasgow Film Festival 2015: Wake in Fright
Ted Kotcheff would go on to chalk up major hits with the likes of First Blood and Weekend at Bernie's, but it's this rarely seen gem from 1971 that stands as... Read more »| 23 Feb 2015