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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MusicThe Mountain Goats – Beat The Champ
Fifteen albums in, and The Mountain Goats have lost none of their hoof. The homemade cassette-in-a-record-shop ethos may be behind him, but John Darnielle st... Read more »| 27 Mar 2015 -
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Ufomammut – Ecate
Italian psych-sludgemeisters Ufomammut titled their seventh album after an ancient Greek goddess who mediates between both mortal and divine realms; a theme&... Read more »| 27 Mar 2015 -
BooksBlack Mass by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill
This true-crime classic reveals Scorsese’s The Departed as slight exaggeration rather than full-blown fabrication. His Frank Costello was, if anything,... Read more »| 27 Mar 2015 -
FilmGlasgow Film Theatre announce Sound & Vision programme
Glasgow Film Theatre have announced a string of music-themed events in April and May, including live performances from Saint Etienne and Field Music and a co... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
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Run The Jewels release short film companion to Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)
Hip-hop duo Run The Jewels have released an AG Rojas-directed short film based on Zach De La Rocha collaboration Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck). The da... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
ComedyBarking at Scars: Harriet Dyer on her new comedy night tackling the subject of mental health
Comedian Harriet Dyer explains the inspiration behind her new night in Manchester, Barking Tales, which gives fellow comics a platform to speak openly about mental health issues – with humour Read more »| 26 Mar 2015
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Northwest Music News — 25 Mar: Groves Video Premiere, new music from Capac and more
The latest music missive from the Northwest featuring a video premiere by Groves, a new album by the returning Capac and much more... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
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Portico – Living Fields
Before you ask, Portico are not Portico Quartet. Yeah, you might recognise three members of the original four-piece, but Living Fields is – as far as t... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
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White Hills – Walks for Motorists
The eighth studio album from an underground psych-rock band doesn’t sound like the most approachable prospect on paper, but Walks for Motorists surpris... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
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Lapalux – Lustmore
Inspired by hypnagogia – the hallucination-prone state of semi-consciousness between sleep and wakefulness – Lustmore finds Stuart Howa... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
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Wire – Wire
Their 40th anniversary might be fast approaching but the post-punk paragons show little sign of slowing down. And, on this evidence, the artistic well i... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
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The Tamborines – Sea Of Murmur
There’s very little to actively dislike about C86-styled indiepop types The Tamborines,. Sugar-sweet melodies, neat hooks, a thoroughly enjoyable&... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
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Inner Lives: Onscreen disability in Eskil Vogt's Blind
As Sundance prize-winner Blind makes its way to UK cinemas, its writer-director explains how he found humour in his harrowing subject matter and why Al Pacino's Oscar-winning turn in Scent of a Woman is the epitome of bad blind acting Read more »| 25 Mar 2015 -
Books
Scottish Book Trust unveils Journeys project
The Scottish Book Trust and National Theatre of Scotland have launched a call for submissions for Journeys, a new project exploring the various voyages, excu... Read more »| 25 Mar 2015 -
ComedyIain Stirling: Everything
Everything is a jangly show that never quite seems to start properly. Then again, this doesn't seem too much of a problem. Tonight, watching Iain S... Read more »| 25 Mar 2015