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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ComedyPigs and Pyramids
Intrepid reporter and avowed misanthrope Fred Fletch takes a trip to Egypt in search of culture, after grappling with the difficult matter of getting there Read more »| 19 Mar 2015 -
MusicPersonal Best – Arnos Vale
Positivity’s a risky business. Even 20 years on from the angst-drenched 90s – when not only pop but also irony has eaten and regurgitated itself,... Read more »| 19 Mar 2015 -
FilmMan of the West
This late-career Western from Anthony Mann doesn't quite stand shoulder to shoulder with his classics of the genre (The Naked Spur, Winchester... Read more »| 19 Mar 2015 -
Comedy
My Glasgow: Julia Sutherland
Julia Sutherland is a stand-up who always impresses us on the live circuit, and also a radio presenter and producer. Here she highlights her experience hosting New Material Night at Yesbar Read more »| 18 Mar 2015 -
Art
Dada, Murder, and a Clearance Sale: This Week in Scottish Art
This week's Scottish art round-up features a night inspired by the Cabaret Voltaire, the flitting of Good Press to a new home, and a host of film screenings and exhibition openings across Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee. Read more »| 18 Mar 2015 -
MusicThe Lucid Dream – The Lucid Dream
The name is, of course, deliberate. The Lucid Dream is the band, album title and state of consciousness the music is reaching for. The Carlisle group have re... Read more »| 18 Mar 2015
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Music
Buena Vista Social Club – Lost and Found
"We want our music to endure" are the words of singer Omara Portuondo that are unlikely to stop echoing in the critic-sphere. Now the hype surrounding the fi... Read more »| 18 Mar 2015 -
MusicDeath Cab For Cutie – Kintsugi
“You’ve haunted me all my life,” runs Ben Gibbard’s refrain near the midpoint of Death Cab For Cutie’s latest; given the ubiqui... Read more »| 18 Mar 2015 -
Comedy
Seann Walsh: Comedy Spotlight
Seann Walsh (Foster's Award nominee 2013, Live At The Apollo) brings his observational storytelling to both Glasgow and Edinburgh this weekend. He answers a very special set of Spotlight questions devised by Fred Fletch. Read more »| 17 Mar 2015 -
Comedy
My Glasgow: Georgina the Bride
Georgina the Bride is the evil alter-ego of character comedian Anna Morris (ITV2’s Bad Bridesmaid). She has her own popular YouTube series and is hosting a Woman of the Year awards show as part of her show Would Like to Thank Read more »| 17 Mar 2015 -
Art
Nominations open for 2015 Turner Prize
Public nominations for the shortlist for this year’s Turner Prize have opened, while the dates for the shortlisted artists’ exhibition at Glasgow... Read more »| 17 Mar 2015 -
Music
Polar Bear – Same As You
The oft-Mercury-nominated avant-jazz experimentalists Polar Bear return with a shimmeringly beautiful 55 minutes of measured breathing and humanity. Same As ... Read more »| 17 Mar 2015 -
Music
Blueflint – Stories From Home
From Mogwai to King Creosote to Edinburgh Leithers, Blueflint – producer Paul Savage is trading his cards for the increasingly niche. Yet this band did... Read more »| 17 Mar 2015 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase: Ben Martin
Showcase: Ben Martin "My design background has heavily influenced my art practice to date. I work within a variety of areas ranging from the home, human exp... Read more »| 17 Mar 2015 -
Music
Benoît Pioulard – Sonnet
Submerging into a white-wash of distilled ambience from the outset, yes, we’ve still got the same Benoît Pioulard. But this time we’re offe... Read more »| 17 Mar 2015