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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TheatreThe Static
A darkly comic coming-of-age tale about what happens when our darkest dreams come true Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
FilmFilm Event Highlights – September 2012
GFT gets naughty with Brando and a stick of butter; Cameo is tearing film fans apart with a screening of a toxic bad movie; Hitch is still thrilling Filmhouse; Orson Welles is confounding DCA; and LCD Soundsystem go out on a high Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Film
Anton Corbijn: Inside Out
Anton Corbijn: Inside Out follows the prolific Dutch photographer and filmmaker (Control, The American) whose unique visual style helped to define an era in ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Art
Art School Top Trumps
So you're off to art college, and well on your way to becoming a massive critical success. But have you chosen your art school correctly? Let's find out... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Theatre
Piatto Finale @ Zoo
A spoons solo? Must be more Lecoq-trained whimsy, this time from the company Superbolt Theatre. A more episodic, screwball piece than the bouffon o... Read more »| 01 Sep 2012 -
TheatreI <3 Hamas and Other Things I'm Afraid to Tell You @ The Point Hotel
Despite a provocative title, I Heart Hamas... is not a particularly extreme offering as a perspective on Palestinian bequest and culture. Above all the story... Read more »| 01 Sep 2012
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Music
Hero Worship: Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rossen on Mark Hollis
He might be late to the party, but Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear has come to appreciate the understated genius of Talk Talk's remarkable leader in recent times Read more »| 31 Aug 2012 -
ClubsPhilanthrobeats: A Force For Good
Charity no longer starts in the home; it now begins in the club. We find out about a unique clubbing project bringing together good causes and some of Glasgow's best DJs Read more »| 31 Aug 2012 -
ClubsAnimal Farm Label Launch with Bleak @ Sub Club, 7 Sep
Originally just four degenerates with decks, Animal Farm have now been running parties and filling dance floors in nightclubs for almost eight years. Survivi... Read more »| 31 Aug 2012 -
Music
Battery Face – Addams Family Values
Battery Face apparently recorded their debut album in less than six hours but then spent six months mixing it, stubbornly refusing to let any professional ... Read more »| 30 Aug 2012 -
Clubs
Click Box - The Boys From Brazil
The Glasgow debut of the inimitable Brazilian duo Click Box marks another in a long line of exemplary bookings for underground DIY club nights in the city Read more »| 30 Aug 2012 -
Music
Holy Other, Stereo, 23 Aug
Criminally under-attended, tonight starts out promisingly nonetheless with a streamlined, infectious and kinetic DJ set from Fort Romeau, dropping a blend of... Read more »| 29 Aug 2012 -
Music
Divorce – Divorce
Like the verb itself, Divorce is not for everyone. Hardly surprising then that the sheer skull-fucking, raw intensity of this long-awaited debut suggests mas... Read more »| 29 Aug 2012 -
Music
LUV NY – LUV NY
'Supergroup' album projects tend to fall into two categories. Either they are a space for self-indulgent experimentation, or they see the participants phonin... Read more »| 29 Aug 2012 -
Music
VCheka – VCheka
It's a ridiculous slogan on paper, perhaps, but VCheka’s self-described premise of 'Kraut math jazz' seems astute to the ear. An anomaly on the Scottis... Read more »| 29 Aug 2012