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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MusicMarnie Stern – Chronicles of Marnia
With Marnie Stern’s signature sound long honed to a tee, Chronicles of Marnia sees the voyage of this born shredder take a turn for the less ... Read more »| 05 Mar 2013 -
Music
Dizraeli & The Small Gods – Moving In The Dark
Coming from a spoken word background which saw him winning the Radio 4 Slam and bringing his acclaimed 'hip-hop play' The Rebel Cell (written with Baba Brink... Read more »| 05 Mar 2013 -
MusicPhosphorescent – Muchacho
Celebrated for his introspective, country-tinged Americana off the back of albums like 2010's Here's To Taking It Easy, fans of Matthew Houck, aka Phosphores... Read more »| 05 Mar 2013 -
MusicHarper Simon – Division Street
It would be easy to see the calibre of guest musicians on Division Street – including members of The Strokes, Elvis Costello’s Attracti... Read more »| 05 Mar 2013 -
Clubs
Sounding Out Matthew Herbert
As he prepares to release a 130-track retrospective compilation of early house tracks, it seems the restlessly innovative producer has far from reached the end of his sonic exploration of the world around him Read more »| 05 Mar 2013 -
ArtThe Poetics of Alexander Hetherington
We spoke to Alex Hetherington ahead of his epic, prism-like venture, Modern Edinburgh Film School, and tried not to get brain-ache in the process Read more »| 05 Mar 2013
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ArtMartin Craig: Social Sculpture
With a new show opening, GoMA has invited others to join them in a citywide discussion on sculpture. Curator Martin Craig told us how there’s nothing splendid about isolation Read more »| 05 Mar 2013 -
Books
The Investigation by Philippe Claudel
Philippe Claudel’s latest novel is an engrossing and often frustrating descent into the irritation and tyranny of the modern world. Frustrating becau... Read more »| 05 Mar 2013 -
Books
Stonemouth by Iain Banks
Stewart Gilmour returns home, after 5 years, to the small town of Stonemouth to attend a funeral, but only after getting permission from the Murstons, one of... Read more »| 05 Mar 2013 -
Music
Deftones hunt for March 2013's Track of the Month
With a diverse selection of twelve tracks from this month’s single, EP and album releases playing on their backstage stereo, Deftones' Chino Moreno and Frank Delgado go fishing for the one they can 'groove out to' Read more »| 04 Mar 2013 -
Clubs
DJ Chart: Cyril Hahn (PMR)
An eclectic ten track selection from Cyril Hahn ahead of his appearance in Glasgow Read more »| 04 Mar 2013 -
Music
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 4 March
In today's Bulletin: Stream the new David Bowie album in full; The Jesus & Mary Chain announce plans for Record Store Day; new music by Glass Candy, Oneman and Small Black; David Dale Gallery residency opportunity, plus the latest Summer Festival news Read more »| 04 Mar 2013 -
Film
Role Play: Scott Graham on Shell
We speak to Scott Graham about his debut feature Shell, one of the highlights of Glasgow Film Festival 2013 Read more »| 04 Mar 2013 -
Music
Church of Noise – March 2013
Enter the Church of Noise, where only the most loud and abrasive get to hold the sermons. From doom-jazz to hardcore...whatever. Earplugs optional, but you probably won't last long without them Read more »| 04 Mar 2013 -
Music
Steve Mason – Monkey Minds in the Devil's Time
In both breadth and depth, Steve Mason’s new opus is a lot to assay. A far-reaching concept album with an ardent heart, it’s driven thematically ... Read more »| 04 Mar 2013