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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MusicCaribou – Our Love
Previous Caribou albums have borne out the view that Dan Snaith’s output tends to be on the ‘grower’ end of the spectrum. Our Love, Snaith&... Read more »| 24 Sep 2014 -
MusicWe Were Promised Jetpacks – Unravelling
The effervescence of youth can work wonders on a debut album but how often does such vim dissipate on subsequent works? Edinburgh’s We Were Promised Je... Read more »| 23 Sep 2014 -
Music
Melvins – Hold It In
Ah, the ever-reliable Melvins, forever ploughing their enduring furrow. Still, even when your old tricks are among the greatest, doesn’t hurt to rope i... Read more »| 23 Sep 2014 -
Theatre
Romeo & Juliet @ Victoria Baths, Manchester
The best site-specific work occurs when the venue works in tandem with the performance occupying it; when the director listens to the space and weaves its ec... Read more »| 23 Sep 2014 -
ArtLast chance to see Douglas Gordon and Isa Genzken - This week in Scottish art
A guide to art shows, events and openings this week in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Read more »| 23 Sep 2014 -
MusicPeaking Lights – Cosmic Logic
Ooh, a boy-girl electro duo! You'd think, with the market as flooded as it is, these analogue kids would have the savvy to perhaps get a foothold by testing ... Read more »| 23 Sep 2014
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Music
Glasgow venue BLOC+ relaunches with DIY compilation series
BLOC+ celebrates its relaunch with the first of a four-part compilation series, featuring the diverse likes of Adam Stafford, Vasa, Deathcats and Cutty's Gym. Long-serving manager/curator Chris Cusack explains BLOC+MUSIC's altruistic manifesto Read more »| 22 Sep 2014 -
Music
Throwing Muses / Tanya Donelly @ Òran Mór, Glasgow, 17 September
On the eve of the independence referendum, the denizens of Òran Mór take a break from contemplating their future to enjoy reflecting on th... Read more »| 22 Sep 2014 -
Music
SOHN / FYFE / Atom Tree @ Stereo, 16 September
The feud between analogue instrumentalists and electronic innovators might never end; the former argue for gritty traditionalism over safe pre-programming, t... Read more »| 22 Sep 2014 -
Film
Maps to the Stars
Maps to the Stars is not a coherent whole, but rather an assemblage of sadistic caricatures of various Hollywood types – the washed-up and neurotic for... Read more »| 22 Sep 2014 -
Film
Madame DuBarry
“I think it's outrageous that the king is carrying out his affairs of state here in his mistress's pleasure palace.” With this gem from 1919, Ern... Read more »| 19 Sep 2014 -
Art
Own Art: Street Level Photoworks
Director Malcolm Dickson on a busy few months in the gallery Read more »| 18 Sep 2014 -
Film
Night of the Comet
Fans of ’80s cheese will likely eat up Night of the Comet with a gag-worthy spoon. With its B-movie horror aesthetic, campy Valley Girl dialogue, and s... Read more »| 18 Sep 2014 -
Music
"We're a rock band. We're happy with that" – The Vaselines interviewed
A full 25 years since their debut, Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee return with a third album as The Vaselines. The duo talk about yoga, still getting a kick out of music and why they're most definitely not a twee band from Bellshill Read more »| 16 Sep 2014 -
Music
Bronto Skylift / Felix Champion / Sharptooh @ Nice N Sleazy, 12 September
Sharptooth are the kind of band that your elderly relatives would find too loud if they played your wedding; more gothic fuzz pop than the schizophrenic nois... Read more »| 15 Sep 2014