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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FilmIn a Better World
If you thought The Secret in Their Eyes was an unworthy Foreign Language Oscar victor, this year’s winner may destroy your faith in the Academy altoget... Read more »| 19 Aug 2011 -
ComedyThe Boy With Tape On His Face & Tom Stade
The Boy: Have you ever been the wrong act for the gig? Tom Stade: Oh I've totally been the wrong act. When I was living in Vancouver I had to drive all the ... Read more »| 18 Aug 2011 -
Art
LINE Magazine @ Wee Red Bar
In celebration of two new editions being launched this August, LINE magazine will be hosting a vibrant evening of culture and decadence in the form of a Vene... Read more »| 18 Aug 2011 -
FilmBeautiful Lies
It's hard to know who we're supposed to be rooting for in Beautiful Lies. Pierre Salvadori's French romantic comedy never quite finds the right tone of eithe... Read more »| 18 Aug 2011 -
Art
SMILE @ Embassy
A spaced-out cosmic bliss suffuses much of the work at the Embassy’s new show. Channelling the spirits of Sienna Miller and the 21st century satirist M... Read more »| 17 Aug 2011 -
Film
Cowboys & Aliens
As hooves pound across a dusty plain and the sun blazes across a bleached valley, a Hollywood posse of notable actors ascend into frame with pearly whites an... Read more »| 17 Aug 2011
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Music
Mike Slott: Live Soundtrack to The Return
It's hardly rare for a musician to provide live accompaniment to a feature film, but New York-based producer Mike Slott has taken a real risk in composing a ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2011 -
Art
Vault @ The Briggait
Most artists would like to make a living from selling their work. Not having to do a boring job to supplement your art practice is for many the definition of... Read more »| 16 Aug 2011 -
Art
David Mach @ City Art Centre
The city has found God, or rather David Mach has found him, and decorated the City Art Centre with his image. Mach’s show Precious Light – unmist... Read more »| 16 Aug 2011 -
Clubs
DJ Rolando: Escaping the Jaguar
Roland Rocha is a DJ and producer formerly of Underground Resistance, a legendary techno stable founded by "Mad" Mike Banks and Jeff Mills. He meets The Skinny for a few jars to discuss ancient history in Detroit and new beginnings in Edinburgh, all the while trying to figure out "what the hell dubstep is" Read more »| 15 Aug 2011 -
Music
Achren – The Forgotten King
It seems that 2011 was finally Achren’s year. Not only has it seen the blood metallers take the stage at Metalcamp, Wacken and Bloodstock but, after ei... Read more »| 15 Aug 2011 -
Music
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine @ O2 ABC2, 9 August
For those fond of syncopated, ultra-taut snare skin, Bronto Skylift deliver; in an unceasingly loud set, Iain Stewart’s forceful fills resound loudest.... Read more »| 12 Aug 2011 -
Comedy
Hal Sparks – Evolution Overdrive
Arriving on stage just before 11pm as crowds cram into the hallways of the Gilded Balloon to avoid torrential rain, Hal Sparks is up against it with a tired ... Read more »| 10 Aug 2011 -
Music
Beirut's Zach Condon: I wanted to make a pop record
Having harnessed musical flavours from around the world, Beirut's Zach Condon is now finding inspiration in his own back yard Read more »| 10 Aug 2011 -
Music
The Dillinger Escape Plan @ The Garage, 5 Aug
Despite being relative noobs in Glasgow’s burgeoning hardcore scene, Last Words make an impressive step towards getting their foot in the door tonight.... Read more »| 09 Aug 2011