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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MusicExit Verse – Exit Verse
“Sing a simple song,” advises Geoff Farina, halfway through this very fine debut album, “but you can’t fake dumb.” Is it really... Read more »| 24 Nov 2014 -
Music
Influential Glasgow gig promoter Cry Parrot announces final booking
After eight years at the heart of Glasgow’s DIY music scene, promoter Cry Parrot has announced the details of his final booking. Over the years, Cry P... Read more »| 24 Nov 2014 -
MusicMusic premiere: Deathcats & New Swears split EP
Listen to an exclusive stream of the new split EP from Glasgow surf rock trio Deathcats and Ottawa four-piece New Swears, ahead of Deathcats' swansong gig ne... Read more »| 24 Nov 2014 -
MusicMogwai – Music Industry 3. Fitness Industry 1.
With the aftershock of their triumphant Rave Tapes yet to settle, Glasgow’s noisiest sons offer a new collection to close out the year. Subtle beauties... Read more »| 24 Nov 2014 -
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The Thief of Bagdad
Raoul Walsh is now best remembered for the gruelling location shoots that lent High Sierra and The Big Trail their sense of epic, distinctly American po... Read more »| 24 Nov 2014 -
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Art Highlights – November 2014
This month, there's a variety of exhibitions and events from young to well-established artists across Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Read more »| 21 Nov 2014
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Music
Run the Jewels drop ‘Blockbuster Night pt. 1’ video and tour mixtape
Hip-hop duo Run the Jewels have shared the anarchic video for ‘Blockbuster Night pt. 1’, alongside a mixtape to promote their ongoing US and Euro... Read more »| 21 Nov 2014 -
MusicTrack premiere: Atom Tree – 'Hold On'
Listen to an exclusive stream of Hold On by Glasgow synth trio Atom Tree, taken from their new EP Clouds. The Clouds EP is Atom Tree’s second, fo... Read more »| 21 Nov 2014 -
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In Pictures: Robert Plant at Glasgow O2 Academy
In Pictures: Robert Plant at Glasgow's O2 Academy The erstwhile Led Zeppelin frontman took the crowd on a cosmic whistlestop tour of his career this past Sa... Read more »| 20 Nov 2014 -
Music
Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Run the Jewels join All Tomorrow’s Parties Iceland bill
Canadian post-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor and US hip-hop duo Run the Jewels have been added to the line-up for All Tomorrow's Parties Iceland 2015 ne... Read more »| 20 Nov 2014 -
FilmThe Homesman
Brilliantly gruff and grizzled character actor though he was, it would’ve taken a hell of a crystal ball to predict Tommy Lee Jones becoming, in this l... Read more »| 20 Nov 2014 -
Music
Machine Head – Bloodstone & Diamonds
Bloodstone & Diamonds is a record that has slow burner written all over it; clocking in at an epic seventy minutes, it boasts some of the most consi... Read more »| 20 Nov 2014 -
Film
Diary of a Lost Girl
While critical plaudits are more often reserved for Pandora's Box, the first collaboration between director GW Pabst and star Louise Brooks, the pair's lurid... Read more »| 19 Nov 2014 -
Music
Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 15 November
“I fucking love bingo!” The original rock god returns with a twist – acknowledging the Academy’s decades as a Mecca while welcoming h... Read more »| 19 Nov 2014 -
Art
Noise, light, and the principality of Sealand: This Week in Scottish Art
A summary of this week's art events and exhibits, including immersive sound art in Glasgow, poetic light sculpture in Dundee and, in Edinburgh, the digital animation of a North Sea principality. Read more »| 18 Nov 2014