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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MusicDeath Grips @ Captain's Rest, 29 September
Californian heavy-hop trio Death Grips are a group certain to have polarized listener opinion with their free Ex Military mixtape released earlier this year.... Read more »| 10 Oct 2011 -
MusicWe Were Promised Jetpacks @ The Liquid Room, 6 October
It’s been over a year since the Jetpacks' previous home-turf Liquid Room gig, and as such there awaits an enthusiastic crowd tonight, near-buckling the... Read more »| 10 Oct 2011 -
FilmMerry Christmas Mr Lawrence
A haunted David Bowie dominates the screen in one of his most iconic roles as British soldier and prisoner of war Jack Celliers, pitched into a battle of wil... Read more »| 10 Oct 2011 -
Music
Gruff Rhys @ The Bongo Club, 8 October
Gruff Rhys at The Bongo Club, Edinburgh, 8 October 2011. Photography from Eoin Carey Read more »| 10 Oct 2011 -
Music
We Were Promised Jetpacks @ The Liquid Room, 6 October
We Were Promised Jetpacks at The Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh, 6 October 2011. Photography from Sol Nicol Read more »| 10 Oct 2011 -
Film
Tyrannosaur
Tyrannosaur opens with an act of astonishing cruelty and at times the relentless bleakness of Paddy Considine's directorial debut threatens to becomes suffoc... Read more »| 07 Oct 2011
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FilmGood Rep - October
Five eye-catching repertory screenings happening in October Read more »| 07 Oct 2011 -
MusicSalò / Hunt/Gather / What the Blood Revealed @ Captain's Rest, 3 October
Irvine's What the Blood Revealed open up a ferocious evening of post-hardcore with their moody take on instrumental rock. Borrowing the well-tested loud/quie... Read more »| 07 Oct 2011 -
Clubs
Blitz – Interview with Corrina Hornsby-Walsh and Paul Challinor
First time DJs Corrina Horsnby-Walsh and Paul Challinor launch their queer and camp eighties inspired club night, Blitz, at Glasgow’s Flying Duck. Expect New Romantic tunes and thought-provoking, hilarious visuals Read more »| 06 Oct 2011 -
Music
Morkobot – Morbo
There’s no doubt about it, Italian label Supernatural Cat are out to eradicate all traces of rationale in music. Mere months after melting senses with ... Read more »| 05 Oct 2011 -
Music
Charalambides – Exile
As the bumper stickers say: Texas does it best. Maybe it’s the sweltering desert heat or just something in the air but they certainly have a knack for ... Read more »| 05 Oct 2011 -
Music
Various – Fac. Dance: Factory Records 12" Mixes & Rarities, 1980-87
It’s hard to believe that another compilation of genuine interest can be wrung from the Factory stable, such has been the level of interest in the labe... Read more »| 05 Oct 2011 -
Music
Christina Vantzou – No. 1
Despite generally being known as half of the Adam Wiltzie-helmed audio-visual exploration The Dead Texan, it seems Christina Vantzou has been harbouring aspi... Read more »| 05 Oct 2011 -
Music
Rising – To Solemn Ash
While Norway is undoubtedly the black metal capital of the world and Sweden gets by on the lion’s share of melodic death metal bands in existence, Denm... Read more »| 05 Oct 2011 -
Film
Bad Teacher
Cameron Diaz is Elizabeth Halsey and she is a Bad Teacher. Her goal in life is to take care of number one – not her number one student. The wily and hi... Read more »| 05 Oct 2011