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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MusicMachine Head – Bloodstone & Diamonds
Bloodstone & Diamonds is a record that has slow burner written all over it; clocking in at an epic seventy minutes, it boasts some of the most consi... Read more »| 20 Nov 2014 -
FilmDiary of a Lost Girl
While critical plaudits are more often reserved for Pandora's Box, the first collaboration between director GW Pabst and star Louise Brooks, the pair's lurid... Read more »| 19 Nov 2014 -
MusicRobert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 15 November
“I fucking love bingo!” The original rock god returns with a twist – acknowledging the Academy’s decades as a Mecca while welcoming h... Read more »| 19 Nov 2014 -
ArtNoise, light, and the principality of Sealand: This Week in Scottish Art
A summary of this week's art events and exhibits, including immersive sound art in Glasgow, poetic light sculpture in Dundee and, in Edinburgh, the digital animation of a North Sea principality. Read more »| 18 Nov 2014 -
Theatre
A Farewell to Arms @ The Lowry
“Multi-platform theatre” might sound vaguely off putting but it’s the description that comes closest in describing the hypnotic world of Im... Read more »| 18 Nov 2014 -
Theatre
Control 25 @ Liverpool City Centre
It is not every day that a stranger breaks up with you within the intimate confines of his car; an enthusiastic lady in a cowboy hat encourages you to climb ... Read more »| 18 Nov 2014
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Film
Glasgow Film Festival unveils new strands for 2015
The 2015 Glasgow Film Festival programme is beginning to take shape, with next year’s festival set to feature new segments focussing on nerd culture, A... Read more »| 18 Nov 2014 -
Film
Starred Up, Filth lead 2014 BAFTA Scotland winners
Prison drama Starred Up led the way at last night’s BAFTA Scotland awards, picking up three prizes at the ceremony in Glasgow. David Mackenzie’s... Read more »| 17 Nov 2014 -
Clubs
Return of the Mac: Annie Mac is back in the mix
Radio 1's queen of club tracks gives us the lowdown on her new mix as she prepares to hit the road again with her Annie Mac Presents tour Read more »| 14 Nov 2014 -
Art
Creative Edinburgh Award winners announced
This year’s Creative Edinburgh Awards have been handed out, with an eclectic mix of winners across the eight categories. Tommy Perman and Rob St. John... Read more »| 14 Nov 2014 -
Music
Atom Tree – Clouds EP
Where Tide of Thorns established prodigal producer Shaun Canning as an artisan of sparkling, sweeping electronica, blending dark bass with colourful highs, A... Read more »| 14 Nov 2014 -
Music
Machines in Heaven – Hindu Milk EP
After making waves with their Glasgow Jihad EP and follow-up full-length debut bordersbreakdown, Glaswegian glitch gang Machines in Heaven offer another tant... Read more »| 14 Nov 2014 -
Film
The Imitation Game
Awards buzz circled this entertaining account of Enigma code-breaker Alan Turing long before its debut at the traditionally Oscar-foreshadowing Toronto Film ... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
Music
Under the Influence: Mastodon's Brann Dailor
Heavyweight bills are what Mastodon do best. As the Atlantan monoliths return to our shores with Big Business and Krokodil in tow, drummer Brann Dailor offers a personal tip of the bunnet to ten landmark releases by a few of their most memorable alliances Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
Music
White Lung @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 5 November
Fireworks schmireworks. The fifth of November it may be, but White Lung’s punka racket is far from short of explosive qualities. Take the scorching hea... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014