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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MusicK-X-P – III (Part One)
Falling somewhere between krautrock and techno, while also incorporating elements of free jazz and psychedelic rock, the beguiling output of Finland’s ... Read more »| 25 Mar 2015 -
MusicWaxahatchee – Ivy Tripp
It takes considerable talent to pull off sincere, confessional songwriting as favorably as Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield. Pairing raw anecdotes with ... Read more »| 25 Mar 2015 -
Music
Jane Weaver @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 21 March
To mark a celebratory evening at The Deaf Institute, Jane Weaver is dressed to impress. "Has anyone else got a Lorax onesie on tonight?" she jokes, showing o... Read more »| 24 Mar 2015 -
Music
worriedaboutsatan @ Gullivers, Manchester, 19 March
As worriedaboutsatan, Gavin Miller and Tom Ragsdale found their feet as one of the most productive and enduring partnerships in Manchester’s musical co... Read more »| 24 Mar 2015 -
Film
BAFTA Scotland New Talent nominees announced
The shortlist for this year's British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards – the annual awards that aim to shine a spotlight on emerging talent from acro... Read more »| 24 Mar 2015 -
MusicVessels / worriedaboutsatan @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 17 March
Tonight Sleazy’s underground space holds more electronic items than your local PC World – cables, cords and pedals litter the stage and stan... Read more »| 24 Mar 2015
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Art
RSA New Contemporaries 2015
A spectacle-laden opening. Deb Marshall’s sound installation Kairos I thunders over the tourist traffic of Princes St, while upon entry, Erin Fairley&r... Read more »| 24 Mar 2015 -
Music
Dead Meadow / The Cosmic Dead @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 15 March
The Cosmic Dead are loud. Thick clumps of dense feedback fill the half-lit stage, with bass throbs so potent that it’s barely possible to hear much bey... Read more »| 24 Mar 2015 -
Music
The Soft Moon – Deeper
Once looking like an heir apparent to Trent Reznor's seething world of industrial dystopia, Luis Vasquez sadly finds himself starting to tread water on his t... Read more »| 24 Mar 2015 -
ComedyMy Glasgow: Marc Jennings
Comedian Marc Jennings has an unusual way to thwart muggers and plenty to say on new health trends in Glasgow – perhaps we should have titled his column My Clydebank. Read more »| 23 Mar 2015 -
Music
James Chance & Les Contortions @ Stereo, Glasgow, 12 March
The wraithlike James Chance walks on stage slowly, looking every one of his 61 years with possibly a few more in reserve. Eternally dapper, a casual stride a... Read more »| 23 Mar 2015 -
Film
Rollerball
Forty years on from its release, there's no doubt that Rollerball feels like a prescient film. It's set in a world run by corporations and its use of a viole... Read more »| 23 Mar 2015 -
Comedy
My Glasgow: Ally Houston
Ally Houston brings his debut show and clown alter-ego Shandy to Glasgow International Comedy Festival. In his My Glasgow column, he recalls growing-up posh in the city. Read more »| 21 Mar 2015 -
Comedy
My Glasgow: Struan Logan
Struan Logan takes his first solo show to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. He lets us know how Glasgow compares to London and the insider knowledge on where to find the best craft beer Read more »| 20 Mar 2015 -
Comedy
Idealist vs Realist: Liam Williams talks politics ahead of Glasgow Comedy Festival
An uncomfortable coalition of hope and apathy formed the backdrop for Liam Williams' 2014 Fringe show Capitalism, which returns to Scotland this month at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival Read more »| 19 Mar 2015