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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MusicScholars – Always Lead, Never Follow
Scholars' long-delayed debut has a simple mission statement: rock out and get out. Each track carries the high-energy of heyday American skate punk, but fron... Read more »| 26 Mar 2013 -
Music
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 25 March
In today's Bulletin: Odd Future take over T-in-the-Park, full Record Store Day release schedule announced, watch a new J.Dilla documentary, plus new music from Sigur Rós, Primal Scream, Snoop Lion, Golden Grrrls, Captain Murphy, Outfit and Kurt Vile Read more »| 25 Mar 2013 -
ClubsClubbing Highlights – April 2013
Our monthly look at the clubbing highlights in Edinburgh and Glasgow, with Juan Atkins, Carl Craig, Vitalic, Ivan Smagghe and more Read more »| 25 Mar 2013 -
Music
Various Artists – Keysound Recordings present This Is How
Keysound Recordings is the label run by eminent UK bass music blogger Blackdown and production partner Dusk. Since 2005, it has been a home to some of the mo... Read more »| 25 Mar 2013 -
BooksBook of the Month: The Iraqi Christ by Hassan Blasim
Calling Hassan Blasim's second short story collection a ‘tour de force’ seems tactless – a tour by the Allied Western armies, involving dea... Read more »| 25 Mar 2013 -
Art
Threshold Festival, 7-11 Mar
Hidden between the wood warehouses of Jamaica Street and Greenland Street, Liverpool's Baltic Triangle plays host to Threshold, back for its third year for t... Read more »| 25 Mar 2013
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Film
Identity Thief
Enjoyment of Identity Thief largely rests on how much goodwill you feel towards its stars’ respective shticks, with both Jason Bateman and Melissa McCa... Read more »| 22 Mar 2013 -
Film
Trance
Danny Boyle's best films possess an exhilarating sense of forward momentum, and Trance is a perfect fit for the director's talents as it moves swiftly t... Read more »| 22 Mar 2013 -
FilmIn the House
After his limp 70s-set comedy Potiche, the latest offering from François Ozon finds the director back on top form. With its exploration of voyeurism a... Read more »| 22 Mar 2013 -
Music
Ulrich Schnauss / Remember Remember @ Nice 'N' Sleazy, 16 March
Remember Remember’s multilayered instrumentals shouldn’t really lend themselves to a stripped-down approach; Graeme Ronald’s compositions, ... Read more »| 21 Mar 2013 -
Music
My Bloody Valentine @ Barrowland, 9 March
The punters milling around the Barrowland before tonight's show are asking only one question – just how loud will they be? My Bloody Valentin... Read more »| 21 Mar 2013 -
Film
Ten Years
Middle age bites early in middle America if this Big Chill-esque film is to be believed. A group of friends attend their ten year high school reunion and, ov... Read more »| 21 Mar 2013 -
Music
Kvelertak – Meir
Despite its stylistic allegiance to extreme metal sub-genres like hardcore and black metal, Kvelertak's self-titled debut back in 2010 was noticeably lacking... Read more »| 21 Mar 2013 -
Music
Mister Lies – Mowgli
Genre names are often merely annoyances that get in the way of a truly original piece of work, so let's get a few out of the way first. Mowgli contains trace... Read more »| 21 Mar 2013 -
Film
Living Apart Together
On tour to promote his breakthrough hit single, Richie is a singer-songwriter on the cusp of fame when he has to return to his home town of Glasgow for an un... Read more »| 21 Mar 2013