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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ArtGSA Degree Show 2012: The Universe Squeezed Into One Ball
We take our yearly look at the central belt degree shows beginning with the Glasgow School of Art, whose students seem to be considering the darker things in life – and death Read more »| 25 Jun 2012 -
Music
Doseone – G Is For Deep
Doseone is a phenomenal live hip-hop performer – a literal human dynamo who blows on stage in a torrent of manic, high-pitched rapping and a flurry ... Read more »| 25 Jun 2012 -
TheatreThe Brothers’ Keeper @ Oran Mor
The last official show before the summer season of classic play re-workings at Oran Mor, Peter MacDougall’s Brothers is a Bible-black belter of a comed... Read more »| 23 Jun 2012 -
FilmRampart
A sinking familiarity greets Rampart’s setup. From its plot (corruption in the LAPD) to its players (internal affairs, district attorneys and no-good h... Read more »| 22 Jun 2012 -
FilmThe Lost Weekend
From its elegant, telling opening shot – a slow pan across the New York skyline ending at an open window with a bottle suspended on a rope below &ndash... Read more »| 22 Jun 2012 -
Music
Suzanne Vega / Mike Doughty @ Òran Mór, 18 June
Since disbanding Soul Coughing in 2000, Mike Doughty has continued along a similar path: writing songs by turns wry and impassioned, and firmly rooted in a... Read more »| 21 Jun 2012
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Music
Chris Cornell @ O2 Academy, 15 June
“I’m only here for the Timbaland era,” barks a man in the Academy's gents room. A dozen patrons lining the urinal shoot the perpetrator a... Read more »| 20 Jun 2012 -
Music
In Pictures: EPMD @ The Arches, 10 June
Seminal rap duo Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith AKA EPMD make a rare Scottish appearance at The Arches, supported by Bigg Taj and Hector Bizerk on 10 June,... Read more »| 19 Jun 2012 -
Music
Downhill Downtown
It's not often that Fort William – Scotland's outdoor capital, dontcha know – is blessed with a festival that features such a strong co... Read more »| 19 Jun 2012 -
Music
Lorn – Ask the Dust
After touring with the psychedelic likes of Gonjasufi, Amon Tobin and Shpongle, a more human and emotionally expressive element has burrowed its way into Lor... Read more »| 19 Jun 2012 -
Music
Com Truise @ The Captain's Rest, Glasgow, 12 Jun
Whichever Gods oversee electronics and connector cables are not smiling kindly on support act Cru Servers tonight, although hints of squelchy acid bass and s... Read more »| 18 Jun 2012 -
Film
Where Do We Go Now?
An infuriatingly light-hearted look at sectarian conflict from the director of Caramel falls flat. Read more »| 18 Jun 2012 -
Music
Miaoux Miaoux – Light of the North
Perhaps the most satisfying thing about Julian Corrie AKA Miaoux Miaoux's hotly-anticipated Chemikal Underground debut is the timelessness of his hook-fi... Read more »| 18 Jun 2012 -
Theatre
Sweet Dreams @ Oran Mor
In a fairly ordinary bedroom, an exhausted bathroom salesman Peter (Greg Powrie) tries to sleep, until wife Maggie intervenes, wanting to talk about their st... Read more »| 17 Jun 2012 -
Theatre
One Day In Spring @ Oran Mor
Subtitled How To Stage A Revolution In 18 Easy Lessons, this ambitious production spans 24 hours across the Arabian nations, as depicted by 24 young writers-... Read more »| 17 Jun 2012