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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FilmCrash: Some Damn Fine Pre-Coital Moves
Steph ponders on the reasons why actors in 90s films have sex with their on-screen companions, and whether learning your seduction techniques from the movies is a good idea, or not Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
Music
200 Years – 200 Years
Wild White and West Hartford, the stripped down laments that introduce 200 Years, exemplify the chemistry between Ben Chasny (Six Organs Of Admittance) ... Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
Theatre
Two From Glasgay! Edwin Morgan and a Strange Hunger
Glasgay! gets diverse: from cabaret through to poetic theatre Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
MusicThe Cubical – It Ain't Human
Whether it’s due to shame or ambition, there’s little to link the The Cubical's bluesy swagger to their Scouse homesteads. No, this is more Lou... Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
Film
Good Rep – November
Five eye-catching repertory screenings happening in November Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
Clubs
Itch! 2nd Birthday Party
This month marks Glasgow based genre hopping party smasher Itch!’s second anniversary and, with unadulterated celebratory musings in mind, the eclectic... Read more »| 07 Nov 2011
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MusicHerman Dune – Strange Moosic
Herman Dune can be a difficult band to get into. Their kitsch ‘quirky’ sound is a factor for some, and for others there can a question of where ... Read more »| 07 Nov 2011 -
Music
Simian Ghost – Lovelorn EP
With Simian Ghost, Sebastian Arnström of Swedish post-rockers Aerial swaps out sprawling guitar epics for frothy electronic pop sheen with impressive re... Read more »| 07 Nov 2011 -
Clubs
Amnesty International: Protect the Human Presents HaHaHa
Dancing to make the world a better place has had pretty mixed results. This is based entirely on research gained from Footloose and while dancing may win the... Read more »| 07 Nov 2011 -
Clubs
The Return of Plastikman
After years in the making Ritchie Hawtin returns with a new award-winning, multidimensional live show, Plastikman version 1.5. The Skinny finds out what developments this latest revision contains Read more »| 07 Nov 2011 -
Film
Wuthering Heights
There have been many screen versions of Wuthering Heights but we've never seen one quite like this. Andrea Arnold has brought her bold, uncompromising vision... Read more »| 07 Nov 2011 -
Film
Russell Kane: Smokescreens & Castles DVD
DVD can be the kiss of death for stand-up comedy, but Russell Kane's Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning show Smokescreens and Castles makes the transfer sea... Read more »| 07 Nov 2011 -
Comedy
Andrew Lawrence: "Success went away a little bit"
Smart and acid-tongued, comedy underdog Andrew Lawrence looks back at why his career hasn't taken the same route as some of his contemporaries Read more »| 07 Nov 2011 -
Music
The Dead Man's Waltz @ The Old Hairdressers, 27 October
A relatively new haunt in Glasgow’s gig-going community, The Old Hairdressers is, for want of a better term, low-key but for tonight’s evening of... Read more »| 04 Nov 2011 -
Film
Greg McHugh: Tank Commander
Fresh from his bone dry turn as Howard in Fresh Meat, we speak to Greg McHugh about Gary: Tank Commander, his more up-tempo comic creation about a permatan squaddie with a great line in YouTube dance numbers, ahead of its series two DVD release Read more »| 04 Nov 2011