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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MusicOptimo reveal Optimo 20 festival at SWG3
The Glasgow clubbing institution announces details of an all-dayer at SWG3 this August Read more »| 21 Feb 2017 -
MusicScottish Gigs of the Week: 21-27 Feb
Live Music in Edinburgh 47 Soul @ Studio 24, Fri 24 Feb 47SOUL is an electro Arabic dabke band who formed in Amman, Jordan in 2013. They’ve created t... Read more »| 21 Feb 2017 -
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Sarah Forrest wins Margaret Tait Award 2017
Glasgow-based artist Sarah Forrest is announced as recipient of 2017 Margaret Tait Award Read more »| 20 Feb 2017 -
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Way of the Gun: Cinema's most underrated shootouts
Ahead of Ben Wheatley's new film Free Fire, we pay tribute to some of cinemas great, but under-appreciated, gun fights. Read more »| 20 Feb 2017 -
MusicNadia Reid @ Broadcast, 12 Feb
The Sunday night dreads seeped into the Broadcast basement tonight. Nadia Reid greets the undeservedly sparse audience with an acapella rendition, before lau... Read more »| 20 Feb 2017 -
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Shield Patterns @ The Castle, Manchester, 9 Feb
Forget what you know about Shield Patterns: this time round, it doesn’t apply. All that industrial hiss, that processed disorienting fug, that cinemati... Read more »| 20 Feb 2017
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Music
Tegan and Sara @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 17 Feb
There are two things to pay attention to at a Tegan and Sara gig. One is the band themselves, the other is the audience you’ve surrounded you... Read more »| 20 Feb 2017 -
FilmIllegitimate
A black comedy-infused drama from Romania taking on two tough subjects: abortion and incest Read more »| 20 Feb 2017 -
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Modern Baseball @ SWG3, Glasgow, 16 Feb
American emo crew Modern Baseball know how to play a crowd. Guitarist Jake Ewald assures us within minutes of their set starting that Glasgow is “alway... Read more »| 20 Feb 2017 -
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Dirty Projectors – Dirty Projectors
Dirty Projectors' latest offering lands them firmly inside 2017, coming in the wake of, although not directly inspired by, frontman David Longstret... Read more »| 20 Feb 2017 -
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Sacred Paws @ Summerhall, 10 Feb
“Sorry for being such a downer on a Friday evening..." remarks The Doozer halfway through his performance. We have to be honest and say he is a bit of ... Read more »| 20 Feb 2017 -
MusicKid Canaveral's Lumber Party II @ Stereo, 11 Feb
A troupe of nuns adorned with eye patches and smears of lipstick, a raffle, electro and indie-pop, drink-fueled dancing, and a SAY Award winner at a tiny pia... Read more »| 20 Feb 2017 -
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Glass Mountain – Cowboy Song (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for the new track from Bradford four-piece Glass Mountain, as we catch up with vocalist Harry Hanson Read more »| 20 Feb 2017 -
Film
A Man for All Seasons
The 1966 Oscar-winner gets the Blu-ray treatment from Masters of Cinema Read more »| 20 Feb 2017 -
Film
Terrence Malick's Song to Song: Watch the trailer
Watch the first trailer for Terrence Malick's Austin-set music scene drama featuring Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender and many, many more Read more »| 20 Feb 2017