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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FilmLe Havre
Le Havre is Aki Kaurismäki's first film made in France since 1992's La vie de bohème, and it acts as a kind of loose sequel to that picture,... Read more »| 03 Apr 2012 -
MusicProfisee – From All Angles
Profisee has been incredibly prolific in the years since the Scotland Yard Emcees went their separate ways, working with a literal who's who of electronic ... Read more »| 03 Apr 2012 -
Art
Moyra Davey @ Tramway
Switching between autobiography and historical inquiry, the work of New York-based artist Moyra Davey was last seen in Glasgow at 2010's Glasgow Internationa... Read more »| 03 Apr 2012 -
ClubsGPMG presents Frank Haag @ St Judes, Sat 14 Apr
Following on from their wildly impressive launch party last month, Guilty Pleasures of Mother Goose (GPMG) continue to ruffle Glasgow clubbers’ collect... Read more »| 03 Apr 2012 -
Music
Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman: "The world's on a war footing"
Jaz Coleman speaks his mind on 2012, the trouble with modern Britain and the enduring power of Killing Joke Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Music
Hero Worship: Robin Proper-Sheppard
Malcolm Middleton explains how The God Machine and Sophia Collective frontman gave him comfort as he bubbled into his crisps Read more »| 02 Apr 2012
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Music
First Listen: Jack White's Blunderbuss
With his first solo album under his arm, Jack White holds council with the mayor of Lambeth in a bizarre night at London County Hall Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
MusicWillis Earl Beal – Acousmatic Sorcery
XL’s newest signing Willis Earl Beal emerged to the wider world via a video where he sings a cappella, under a bridge, wearing a vest emblazoned with... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Art
Romany Dear: The Art of Movement
This year's recipient of The Skinny & CCA Award at RSA New Contemporaries, Romany Dear tells us about her practice, her degree show and the work she is currently presenting on the Mound Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Art
Scott Myles @ DCA, 7 Apr-10 Jun
It seems only right that artist Scott Myles’ first major solo show in the UK would take place at Dundee Contemporary Arts. A Dundonian himself, Myles g... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Film
Reel Talk: Comic Marvels
Two marvellous comedies are released in April: Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre (6 Apr) and Whit Stillman’s Damsels in Distress (27 Apr). Film... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Music
The Mars Volta – Noctourniquet
Restraint isn't a quality you'd expect to find in any progressive rock band, especially not The Mars Volta; it just doesn't seem to fit. The band's previo... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Music
Human Don't Be Angry – Human Don't Be Angry
Working with a pseudonym borrowed from a German board game, Human Don’t Be Angry sees Malcolm Middleton in an appropriately playful mood. Opener The M... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Music
The Cathode Ray – The Cathode Ray
While the particles in a cathode ray travel at lightning speed, Edinburgh’s The Cathode Ray are somewhat slower paced. A single in 2006, a second in ... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Art
The Shape @ Generator Projects, 24 Mar-15 Apr
You’re in safe hands with Generator Projects. The gallery’s inclusive ethos is so anti-scenester it deserves a medal. And it’s no coinciden... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012