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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ClubsThe Last Big Weekend: Sunday, 31 August
Any committed drinkers with a two day ticket for the Last Big Weekend may well have decided to stay away today – such was the anger over bar queues dur... Read more »| 05 Sep 2014 -
MusicThe Last Big Weekend: Saturday, 30 August
It’s been a summer like no other in Glasgow. In July the city was transformed for what’s being widely recognised as being the most successfu... Read more »| 05 Sep 2014 -
FilmBad Neighbours
What do you do if the neighbours won’t keep the noise down? New parents Mac (Rogen) and Kelly Radner (Byrne) are faced with this problem in Nicholas St... Read more »| 05 Sep 2014 -
Film
Till Death Do Us Part: An interview with Harry Treadaway
This month sees the release of matrimonial chiller Honeymoon, in which a young couple’s lakeside getaway takes a turn for the worse. Star Harry Treadaway tells us why he keeps coming back to the horror genre Read more »| 05 Sep 2014 -
BooksH is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Already hailed as a classic of the genre, H is for Hawk is a rich blend of memoir, biography and natural history. Broken by the grief of her father’s d... Read more »| 04 Sep 2014 -
Clubs
Fishing in Slower Territories: Rainer Trüby wades through "slouse"
Rainer Trüby began his DJ career as the host of tea parties at a local old folks' home, occasionally dropping orchestral versions of the theme tune from Shaft Read more »| 04 Sep 2014
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ClubsDJ Chart: Steve O'Sullivan
After a long-awaited return to the techno fold, the Mosaic boss assembles eight slabs that define his craft Read more »| 04 Sep 2014 -
Clubs
Northwest Clubbing Highlights - September 2014
Studentdom returns this month, bringing with it a heap of promoters vying for a slice of that well-earned loan – just don’t spunk it all on traffic light parties Read more »| 04 Sep 2014 -
Film
The Guest
Director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett turn their gaze on the creepy stranger sub-genre after deconstructing the slasher movie in last year’s Y... Read more »| 04 Sep 2014 -
Music
Electric Fields 2014
For a maiden festival, Electric Fields gets quite a few things right, location being not least of all. Set on the grounds of the stately Drumlanrig Castle, p... Read more »| 04 Sep 2014 -
Music
Camera – Remember I Was Carbon Dioxide
The live-recorded, improvised psychedelic workouts of Camera's debut Radiate! saw them championed by Michael Rother of Neu! and Kluster's Dieter Moebius. The... Read more »| 04 Sep 2014 -
Music
When Adrian Melts: Tricky Interviewed
Enjoying a prolific streak, Tricky returns with his eleventh studio album, Adrian Thaws. We speak to the Bristolian maverick about his new release, personal independence and the problem of superstar DJs Read more »| 04 Sep 2014 -
Music
Goat – Commune
This mysterious Swedish collective certainly got chins-a-wagging in 2012, thanks to the sheer scope of their all-action psych-rock. This second LP picks up w... Read more »| 04 Sep 2014 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase: Caitlin Hynes
The Skinny Showcase: Caitlin Hynes "I have been inspired by the concept of ‘pilgrimage’ – a journey which leads me, where the journey is t... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
Clubs
Beneath the Label: Lobster Theremin
This month we lift the lid on Jimmy Asquith’s sonic lobster pot, as he talks spleen-rupturing techno and prepares the label’s first full length offering Read more »| 03 Sep 2014