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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MusicChris 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 -
MusicIn 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 -
MusicDownhill 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
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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 -
TheatreSweet 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 -
Art
somewhereto_: Call for young artists and curators
somewhereto_, in association with The Skinny, is looking for a new generation of artists and curators aged between 16 and 25 to take part in a touring art sh... Read more »| 14 Jun 2012 -
TheatreSouth Pacific @ Playhouse
Since its first run in 1949, South Pacific has enjoyed enormous success and the unwavering admiration of generations of fans. Set, indeed, on a South Pacific... Read more »| 13 Jun 2012 -
Theatre
Scott Miller is a Lying Cheat @ Vespbar
Sonic Boom blast forth with the self-styled 'one-man rom-com' directed by Claire Sheppard and starring Kenny Boyle who co-founded Sonic Boom while at univers... Read more »| 13 Jun 2012 -
Theatre
Concerning Zombies @ The Vale
Repent! The end is nigh, the apocalypse is upon us, all are surely doomed to meet their fate... and everyone concerned is strangely blasé about it. Wh... Read more »| 13 Jun 2012 -
Film
Reel Talk: To Tweet, Or Not To Tweet
Jamie Dunn holds forth on viral movie marketing campaigns, Cannes and Ridley Scott's Prometheus Read more »| 13 Jun 2012 -
Clubs
Mixed Bizness: Closing Time
After eight years of putting on some of Glasgow’s best parties, Mixed Bizness are preparing one final outing, but not before sharing a few stories about the nights that stick out and what they plan to do with all that new spare time Read more »| 13 Jun 2012