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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FilmThe Pervert's Guide to Ideology
A semi-sequel to The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema, The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology sees cult philosopher Slavoj Žižek lecture on the ideological con... Read more »| 04 Oct 2013 -
BooksLemn Sissay: Calm Before the Storm
Tasked with writing a poem to mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech, Lemn Sissay reflects on his own relationship to home, history and the power of delivery Read more »| 04 Oct 2013 -
MusicManic Street Preachers / Public Service Broadcasting @ Barrowland, Glasgow, 29 September
With prop televisions screening cut-and-paste newsreel and a sound that marries krautrock jams with clipped RP samples, Public Service Broadcasting’s h... Read more »| 03 Oct 2013 -
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Sunshine on Leith
The Proclaimers’ back catalogue makes a fine backbone for this largely fun, nicely sincere and well-staged musical. Director Dexter Fletcher deftly han... Read more »| 03 Oct 2013 -
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Sonica 2013 – Facing The Future
Breaking down the walls between live music performance, visual art installations and bleeding-edge technology, Sonica returns to Glasgow with a fascinating bill. We spoke to Sonica/Cryptic founder Cathie Boyd, and two of this year's featured artists Read more »| 03 Oct 2013 -
ArtThe Doppelganger Effect: Mark Boulos at Abandon Normal Devices
Heading up a programme concerned with technology's effect on our enactment of identity, Mark Boulos' new work for Abandon Normal Devices festival presents viewers with a distorted version of themselves Read more »| 03 Oct 2013
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Art
Conditions of Life: Jeremy Deller presents All That Is Solid Melts Into Air
Collecting objects, artworks, audio and film, Jeremy Deller's All That Is Solid Melts Into Air considers the personal impact of the Industrial Revolution. He talks about his role as curator Read more »| 03 Oct 2013 -
Music
Tim Hecker – Virgins
Tim Hecker’s choice of nomenclature for his songs can be incredibly misleading. On Virgins, his undeniably enigmatic but strikingly warm follow-up to t... Read more »| 03 Oct 2013 -
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Saint Max and the Fanatics – Saint Max is Missing and the Fanatics are Dead
A little over a year since their inaugural gig, Saint Max and the Fanatics deliver their full-length debut – a celerity that screams confidence and an ... Read more »| 03 Oct 2013 -
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Ângela Ferreira @ Stills, until 27 Oct
Ângela Ferreira’s show Political Cameras is dominated by a number of fashionable structures; skeletal forms constructed from stripped wood adorne... Read more »| 02 Oct 2013 -
Music
A Different Animal: Soundgarden's Ben Shepherd reveals In Deep Owl
As HBS, Soundgarden’s Ben Shepherd sneaks under the wire with a diverse collection of haunting folk ballads and kaleidoscopic psych rock. He explains why he kept us waiting Read more »| 02 Oct 2013 -
Music
Daedelus – Drown Out
He has released 12 albums in as many years, but Daedelus shows no signs of tiring on his debut album for Anticon. Inspired by the turbulent emotions that fol... Read more »| 02 Oct 2013 -
Music
Nicolas Jaar explores his DARKSIDE
Genre-defying prodigy Nicolas Jaar has teamed up with guitarist Dave Harrington for an ambitious project that throws elements of rock's outer limits into Jaar's potent mix of jazz, house and ambient. We discuss their venture into the DARKSIDE Read more »| 02 Oct 2013 -
Film
Bachelorette
This simple recipe will produce exactly one dimly generic comedy wedding film. You will need: three hateful female stereotypes, some cocaine, a plush hotel,... Read more »| 02 Oct 2013 -
Music
Scottish labels and promoters unite for The Pleasance Sessions
This month sees the unveiling of The Pleasance Sessions, a multidisciplinary festival which unites independent Scottish labels and promoters for a fortnight of music, comedy and spoken word on Edinburgh University's campus. We speak to some of the players Read more »| 02 Oct 2013