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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ArtArt News: RIP 'Alien' designer H.R. Giger; plus exhibitions and events
In today's Art News, we mourn the passing of biomechanical artist H.R. Giger, designer of the xenomorph from the Alien films; and take a look at upcoming exhibitions and events, including the premiere of a new film by artist Phil Collins Read more »| 14 May 2014 -
BooksBooks News: Neu! Reekie! in NYC; CoastWord Literary Festival returns
In today's Books News, we take a trip to NYC with Neu! Reekie!; have a look at the programme for Dunbar's literature festival Coastword; and pick out some highlights from May's literary events calendar Read more »| 14 May 2014 -
Film
The Wolf of Wall Street
Like any Quaalude high, The Wolf of Wall Street depends on a certain degree of willing consumption, cerebral detachment and tenacity to be considered success... Read more »| 14 May 2014 -
Music
Martha – Courting Strong
"Now I may be a reject / But to tell the truth, you’re scarier than a prefect." With every dimwit commentator lauding the recent past as some hazy utop... Read more »| 14 May 2014 -
MusicAlias – Pitch Black Prism
Heralding a switch from his MPC-based productions to the more synthetic sounds of the Native Instruments Machine, there is a certain linearity to the drum pr... Read more »| 14 May 2014 -
Music
Watter – This World
We never really knew Slint. New documentary Breadcrumb Trail goes some way to giving greater context to their brief history, suggesting that drummer Britt Wa... Read more »| 14 May 2014
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MusicThe Sonics @ The Arches, Glasgow, 9 May
Tonight is The Sonics’ first ever visit to Scotland, a mere 50 years after the release of debut single The Witch. Granted, they’ve spent most of ... Read more »| 14 May 2014 -
Music
Battery Face – what's what stuff
It's remarkable that the long player concept remains pretty much the same in 2014 as it was in 1964. While almost every other pillar of the music industry ha... Read more »| 13 May 2014 -
Film
Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist
Cycling is less a sport, more a means to transcendence through assured self-destruction. Perhaps the man who best embodies this paradox was Italian cyclist M... Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
Film
The Piano
Ada (Holly Hunter), a mute, 30-something Scotswoman, is uprooted and transported overseas with her precocious daughter (Anna Paquin) to wed an Antipodean lan... Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
Music
Listen: United Fruit showcase new direction on How Long (Change You Into Something Better)
Glaswegian post-hardcore outfit United Fruit showcase a new, more melodic direction on new song How Long (Change You Into Something Better), taken from their forthcoming second album Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
FilmThe Two Faces of January
Patricia Highsmith adaptation The Two Faces of January is very much in the narrative mould of the author’s familiar brand of Mediterranean noir. Athens... Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
Music
Behind the Scenes: Tuff Love vs Josie Long
Glasgow three piece Tuff Love have been making waves and breaking hearts with their grunge influenced pop nuggets. The band recently journeyed to London to make their first official video starring comedian Josie Long. We sat in on the proceedings Read more »| 09 May 2014 -
Film
Man of Marble
Made in 1976, Man of Marble tells the story of fictional heroic Polish bricklayer Mateusz Birkut, and the young female film student, Agnieszka, try... Read more »| 09 May 2014 -
Music
Liverpool Sound City @ various venues, 1-3 May
Sound City, you’ve got a lot to answer for. As The Skinny emerges bleary-eyed from yet another instalment of Liverpool’s biggest ‘showcase ... Read more »| 09 May 2014