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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MusicJames Blake @ Nice n' Sleazy, 27 Feb
It’s difficult to believe that James Blake has only been touring his eponymous full-length debut for just a matter of weeks, so startlingly assured is ... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
MusicThe Dirty Dozen – Mogwai Takeover
Welcome to Mogwai’s take on The Dirty Dozen, where even the single of the month can get a bit of a drubbing. Step forward Stuart Braithwaite and Barry Burns... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
MusicGoblin @ The Arches, 25 Feb
Tonight sees the first-ever Glasgow performance from legendary Italian prog outfit Goblin, chiefly known for their luridly engrossing soundtracks to Dario Ar... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Music
Janelle Monae @ O2 ABC, 26 Feb
A top-hatted usher stalks on stage, pledging spectacle. “This is far more than a musical presentation” the cackling host promises, as Janelle Mon... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Music
Cat's Eyes – Broken Glass EP
With The Horrors, frontman Faris Badwan has already displayed an admirable ambition to grow and diversify. Cat’s Eyes (a teaming up with soprano Rachel... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
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Lost and FOUND
Having recently slimmed down to the original trio formed back in 2001, experimental pop collective FOUND are set to return with a somewhat unrecognisable and brilliant third album, a brand new art installation and a potential side business in Sellotape Read more »| 01 Mar 2011
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Music
FOUND’s Factorycraft: a track by track tour by Ziggy Campbell
Anti Climb Paint Written at the arse-end of an epic argument, this is an acidic plea to a lover. Friend of FOUND, Nuala Kennedy recorded some vocal harmonies... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Music
Efterklang @ Òran Mór, 24 Feb
There is a theory developed recently, on this very night to be precise, that Efterklang are a new breed of cult, growing larger by the day. Like many cults, ... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Music
Robin Adams – Be Gone
Cast in the mould of the quintessential under-the-radar artist, the media-shy Robin Adams may struggle with self-promotion; however with two albums simultane... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Film
Film Events in March
The Filmhouse in Edinburgh are running a 'Come and See' season throughout the year, in which a film is chosen once a month simply because it deserves to be s... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Clubs
Clubbing Highlights – March 2011
I suppose the expectation is that the pro-democracy stooshie over in Egypt might inspire students to put another shift in at the Houses of Parliament, re-upp... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Theatre
Anna Krzystek: Facing The Experimental
One of Scotland's entries for New Territories talks of her love for the festival Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Music
Hot Ticket of the Month: Seefeel @ Glasgow School of Art, 21 Mar
Though Seefeel were long seen as outsiders on the Warp label, their recent return to activity has – whether by accident or design – placed them s... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Theatre
Janis Claxton on Humanimalia
Contemporary choreographer Janis Claxton has devised new methods of communication through dance – taking its cue from the Great Apes Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Film
The Life Aquatic with Richard Ayoade
Richard Ayoade – aka Moss from The IT Crowd, aka Thornton Reed/Dean Learner from Garth Marenghi's Darkplace – will make his film directorial debut this month with Submarine, one of the most refreshing and unique British films in recent memory. We talk to the director and his two leads, Craig Roberts and Yasmin Paige Read more »| 01 Mar 2011