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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ClubsMost Haunted: Illum Sphere's ghostly electronics
At the helm of one of the UK's most respected clubnights, Ryan Hunn aka Illum Sphere already has a reputation as a producer and remixer. Now, he talks us through the dark cinematics and archival sounds of his debut LP, due to land this month Read more »| 04 Feb 2014 -
ClubsScotland Clubbing Highlights – February 2014
February brings forth wonders in the form of dubstep originator Shackleton, NYC deep house crew Mister Saturday Night, and bona fide hip-hop phenomenon Just Blaze Read more »| 04 Feb 2014 -
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Northwest Clubbing Highlights – February 2014
Despite being the shortest month of the year by a staggering two days, February is crammed full of quality jocks. In Liverpool: Objekt, Rahaan and Levon Vincent. In Manchester: Maurice Fulton, Mano Le Tough and Prosumer Read more »| 04 Feb 2014 -
Comedy
Ask Fred: Language
When deciding which writer was best qualified to kick the crap out of our readers' problems, there really was only one man for the job Read more »| 04 Feb 2014 -
FilmAn Oversimplification of Her Beauty
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty is a love story, and it appropriately feels as if it has been made with the heart more than the head. This debut feature ... Read more »| 04 Feb 2014 -
MusicO2 Love Music Column – February 2014
Roving indie folk collective Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes pitch their prairie wagons in Glasgow this month (O2 ABC, 6 Feb) as part of a whistle-stop... Read more »| 04 Feb 2014
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Music
Lorelle Meets The Obsolete – Chambers
Garage rock, psych and lo-fi stoner rock aesthetics collide on the new album by Mexican husband and wife duo Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, and it's difficult t... Read more »| 04 Feb 2014 -
Music
Prefuse 73 offers stems of a new track for remix
Attention beatmakers! LA-based hip-hop producer Prefuse 73 has returned with a new track, Thursday Ringing, and now he is offering up the stems to aspiring remixers Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – February 2014
It might be a cliche, but there is actually genuinely something for everyone this month, as Pharoahe Monch and Warpaint beguile Liverpool, and Manchester hosts Dead Prez and of Montreal Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
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Rachel Maclean: Once Upon an Apocalypse
Set among the post-apocalyptic ruins of a vast empire, Rachel Maclean's latest exploration of national identity is set to be one of the most stunning highlights of Glasgow Film Festival. We grabbed a quick chat with her ahead of the premiere Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
Film
Northwest Film Event Highlights – February 2014
Cinema, like love, has many shades. Sometimes it’s all kissing in the rain and romantic meetings at New York landmarks; at other times it’s all joyless sex and projectile vomiting. This month’s film events have both in equal measure Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
Music
Public Image Limited call-out for fan footage
John Lydon's Public Image Limited are planning a new documentary to celebrate their three decades-long career, and they're asking for help from their fans in putting together a dfeinitive archive of live footage Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
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Her
Each of Spike Jonze’s films to date has hinged on a far-fetched premise, but, crucially, they have all possessed an insight and depth of feeling that m... Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
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Dallas Buyers Club
There’s something terribly banal about Dallas Buyers Club, Jean-Marc Vallée’s old-fashioned redemption piece about a crooked Texan bigot f... Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
Music
Cloud Sounds #3: Withered Hand, Wild Beasts, Call To Mind, Thee Silver Mt. Zion and more
In this week's Cloud Sounds playlist from The Skinny, we take a look at breaking tracks from some Skinny favourites, including in-demand Scottish synth-pop stars CHVRCHES, who offer up their cover of the classic Bauhaus track, Bela Lugosi's Dead Read more »| 03 Feb 2014