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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MusicDam Mantle – Brothers Fowl
Following a slew of well-received EPs for labels like Get Me and his own Growing label, Glasgow-based Dam Mantle returns with an eight-track mini-album tha... Read more »| 04 Dec 2012 -
Film
Brief Encounters: The Joy of Six
How do you solve a problem like a short film? New British Cinema Quarterly has a solution. The Skinny speaks to Dan Sully and Will Jewell, two directors taking part in NBCQ's initiative to bring the best of British short film to the whole of the UK Read more »| 03 Dec 2012 -
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Light and Shade: The Films of 2012
It's that time of year again, where we filter the past twelve months of cinema into an undiluted list of brilliance. Whatever your movie tastes, be it martial arts smackdowns or hallucinatory art-house mind-benders, the best films of 2012 had you covered Read more »| 03 Dec 2012 -
MusicO2 Love Music Column – December 2012
Having emerged as an avant-garde synth group in the late seventies, and morphing into the chart-straddling, eighties pop behemoths we know today, The Human L... Read more »| 03 Dec 2012 -
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Own Art @ Christmas
The high street is mobbed; queues are hell; you’re overspending and still buying crap – it’s nearly Christmas! Sound about right? Apparentl... Read more »| 03 Dec 2012 -
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Film Event Highlights – December 2012
It's December, and that means some familiar films popping up in cinemas across the country. It's a Wonderful Life, a Christmas staple, is showing throughout ... Read more »| 03 Dec 2012
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MusicLoops Haunt – Zenith EP
Ostensibly starting out as a dubstep label, with releases by the likes of DZ, Marlow and Scotland's magnificent Akira Kiteshi, Black Acre have evolved into a... Read more »| 03 Dec 2012 -
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Code Name: Geronimo - The Hunt for Osama Bin Laden
Airing in the US just days before last month’s election, SEAL Team 6 (as it was then titled) caused a minor outrage, attracting accusations that distri... Read more »| 01 Dec 2012 -
ClubsDJ Chart: Bollywood Disco with Teamy (Wrong Island)
This month's DJ Chart comes from Wrong Island resident and legendary Glasgow scenester Teamy, who brings us a specialist selection of Bollywood Disco classics! Read more »| 01 Dec 2012 -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 30 November
The Twilight Sad stream a never-before-heard track, Massive Attack release rare Terry Callier session, FlyLo's new video references Akira, BYOB taake over the Glue Factory, and The Badger's Weekend Gig Picks! It's today's Bulletin! Read more »| 30 Nov 2012 -
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Floating Weeds
The rootless beings of the title are a performance troupe in post war Japan, moving perpetually through the country as happy wanderers. Returning to a rural ... Read more »| 30 Nov 2012 -
Film
Gate of Hell
This 1953 Japanese classic is a banquet of visual delights, a tapestry of vibrant colour, which regrettably becomes frayed at the edges. Morito is a mid-rank... Read more »| 30 Nov 2012 -
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A Bogan Abroad: Enjoy Now, Think Later
Hailing from Oz, Peter Drew charts his first encounters with the Scottish art scene. This month: Sonic art and horror entertainment Read more »| 29 Nov 2012 -
Music
Purity Ring / Doldrums @ Stereo, 27 Nov
The Canadians have cottoned on to something – if you're going to play electronic instruments, particularly MIDI devices, the possibilities for technica... Read more »| 29 Nov 2012 -
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Dirty Three / Zun Zun Egui @ Òran Mór, 25 November
Upstairs at Òran Mór can be a difficult venue in terms of atmosphere: the cavernous spaces of the church tend to absorb energy and create awk... Read more »| 29 Nov 2012