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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ComedyMusical comedy at the ballot box: Jonny and the Baptists Rock the Vote
Can music and comedy mobilise voters? Jonny and the Baptists' Paddy Gervers talks to The Skinny ahead of their Glasgow and Edinburgh shows Read more »| 06 Apr 2015 -
MusicEast India Youth – CULTURE OF VOLUME
East India Youth – aka William Doyle – does it again. 2014’s Mercury nominated triumph Total Strife Forever saw Doyle lead the pack of hotl... Read more »| 06 Apr 2015 -
Music
Northern Uproar: Neon Waltz interviewed
They hail from one of the remotest parts of Europe and only got together last year, but Neon Waltz have already secured a major record deal and are working with the man that made Oasis famous. How did they do it? Read more »| 06 Apr 2015 -
Books
Neu! Reekie! Waiting for the ink to dry
Edinburgh based poetry-music-animation curators Neu! Reekie! are publishing their first physical book. The Skinny catches up with them over a couple of weeks as they work towards its launch Read more »| 06 Apr 2015 -
Film
The Samurai
Werewolf films tend to deal with the physical, and thus psycho-sexual, painful metamorphosis of a coming-of-age protagonist, from Ginger Snaps to Teen Wolf. ... Read more »| 06 Apr 2015 -
Clubs
A brief history of... Wigan Casino
The first of a new series taking a cheeky look at the most influential clubs throughout the ages. Where better to start than Wigan Casino? Read more »| 06 Apr 2015
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Film
My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
There is an argument to be made that Heart of Darkness, which follows the turbulent production of Francis Ford Coppola's revered Apocalypse Now, is... Read more »| 06 Apr 2015 -
FilmJohn Wick
The name John Wick seems to send shivers down the spine of anyone who utters it in Chad Stahelski’s impressively lean and wry thriller, and it’s ... Read more »| 06 Apr 2015 -
Film
Coffy
Coffy sees director Jack Hill (The Big Doll House) at the top of his game, and the legendary Pam Grier justifying her fearless reputation as a vigilante out ... Read more »| 03 Apr 2015 -
ComedyHow to Talk to a Porn Star
A lesson in online etiquette from Fred Fletch, Mz Berlin, Jennifer Blaze and Caroline Pierce Read more »| 02 Apr 2015 -
Clubs
Five Questions for Tensnake
Ahead of his appearance at The Arches, Marco Niemerski discusses his approach to production and considers the year ahead Read more »| 02 Apr 2015 -
Theatre
Infrastructures of Care: Park MacArthur and Constantina Zavitsanos
Artists Park MacArthur and Constantina Zavitsanos talk to The Skinny about the infrastructures of care in advance of Arika's Episode 7: We Can't Live Without Our Lives Read more »| 02 Apr 2015 -
Music
Into The Wild: Errors Interviewed
Steev Livingstone and Simon Ward of Glaswegian electronic mainstays Errors discuss their winter retreat to the Isle of Jura and how it informed expansive fifth record Lease of Life Read more »| 02 Apr 2015 -
Music
Aidan Baker – Half Lives
Multi-instrumentalist Aidan Baker’s double album Half Lives shows the Canadian bridging his ambient and lyrical modes on the electric-guitar leaning Mo... Read more »| 02 Apr 2015 -
Music
Stornoway – Bonxie
Through sounds of cheeps and twitterings, Stornoway’s latest release emerges; one word to describe their new obsession – birds. It’s assure... Read more »| 02 Apr 2015