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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MusicGlass Animals – ZABA
“Put your hand down boy, welcome to my zoo,” beckons Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley on Toes, one of many ornate tracks in the Oxford quartet'... Read more »| 16 Jun 2014 -
ArtThe Skinny Showcase: Emily Tilzey
The Skinny Showcase: Emily Tilzey Studying Illustration with Animation, Emily Tilzey is currently in her third year at Manchester School of Art. “A l... Read more »| 16 Jun 2014 -
FilmCamille Claudel 1915
The contemporary king of grim French cinema, director Bruno Dumont’s latest, the stark Camille Claudel 1915, is based on personal letters and medical r... Read more »| 16 Jun 2014 -
MusicParklife @ Heaton Park, Manchester, 7-8 June
This year's Parklife, its second edition at its new home, welcomes a slew of rookies and big guns as Gold Panda, Foals, Warpaint, Public Enemy and Tha Doggfather himself assume control of Heaton Park for two days Read more »| 13 Jun 2014 -
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Devil's Knot
So lurid and bizarre were the details of the West Memphis Three trial that a dramatisation of events to accompany the several documentaries on the subject wa... Read more »| 13 Jun 2014 -
FilmNashville
Nashville, Robert Altman’s 1975 masterpiece set over five days at a country and western festival, is full of contradictions. It’s an epic, runnin... Read more »| 13 Jun 2014
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Music
Angel Olsen / Jaye Bartell @ Mono, Glasgow, 9 Jun
Performing solo for the most part, yet blessed with the kind of oaken baritone that can enthral a crowd unaided, Jaye Bartell gently starts tonight’s b... Read more »| 13 Jun 2014 -
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Oculus
A malevolent killer mirror runs amok in suburbanites’ psyches in writer-director Mike Flanagan’s very silly but really quite effective horror. Ka... Read more »| 12 Jun 2014 -
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Horsin’ Around: Benedikt Erlingsson on Of Horses and Men
Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson talks sex, death and global warming ahead of his delightful debut feature, Of Horses and Men, trotting into UK cinemas Read more »| 12 Jun 2014 -
Music
The Say Award: Race for the Prize
Now in its third year, the SAY Award has become an established fixture on Scotland’s cultural calendar – celebrating and focusing attention on the nation’s premiere musical talents. We talk to organisers and past winners about SAY to date Read more »| 12 Jun 2014 -
Music
Remember Remember – Forgetting The Present
If the sole mark of a good band is the consistent progression of a singular sound whilst remaining true to a core ethos, then Glasgow sextet Remember Remembe... Read more »| 11 Jun 2014 -
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Return to Jonestown: Ti West on The Sacrament
Ti West discusses The Sacrament, his deeply disturbing new feature based around the Jonestown Massacre, talks genre and reminisces about horror in the 70s Read more »| 11 Jun 2014 -
Music
Deathcats – All Hail Deathcats
Considering Glasgow’s reputation of being madly in love with electro and bass bins, the city still knocks out high-calibre guitar groups at a rate unma... Read more »| 10 Jun 2014 -
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PAWS / Tuff Love @ The Art School, 6 June
Punters who made the mistake of bringing a jacket on what is an unusually warm Glasgow evening must be envious of Julie Eisenstein from Tuff Love. The guitar... Read more »| 10 Jun 2014 -
Music
Boom Town Glory: Liverpool's Natalie McCool moves on up
Natalie McCool was working with one of the most respected producers in music. As she readies herself for a new single and an appearance at next month's X&Y Festival, she tells us why it wasn’t working out Read more »| 10 Jun 2014