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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MusicLike A Boss: Scottish hip-hop prodigy Loki returns
Scottish hip-hop is on the rise, with recent acclaim for the likes of Stanley Odd and Hector Bizerk, plus a new wave of artists flooding the scene. The perfect time, then, for its de facto leader to re-emerge – meet Darren 'Loki' McGarvey Read more »| 12 Jul 2013 -
FilmCitadel
With ominous guitar chords, piercing shrieks and howls featuring heavily throughout, Citadel is uncomfortable viewing at the best of times. The film opens wi... Read more »| 12 Jul 2013 -
Film
Wadjda
Wadjda is the simple tale of a ten year-old girl whose only desire is to buy a bicycle so she can race with her friends. This précis admittedly sugges... Read more »| 12 Jul 2013 -
Theatre
Cannibal Women of Mars @ Tron
The year is 2113. Earth is rife with overpopulation and unemployment. Also, the Department of Chastity will hunt you down, if you attempt to have sex with another human being Read more »| 12 Jul 2013 -
BooksUnstated: Scottish Writers on Independence
Unstated: Scottish Writers on Independence contains 27 essays by writers with varying attitudes towards the question of independence. Unfortunately upon publ... Read more »| 11 Jul 2013 -
MusicVatican Shadow @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 3 July
Detroit innovator Jeff Mills defines techno as a 'futurist statement.' It has meaning, or at least it should. GG Allah, whose recorded output of deafening, s... Read more »| 11 Jul 2013
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Music
Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels
With Run The Jewels, El-P and Killer Mike deliver an object lesson in the first principles of hip-hop. The beats are a showcase in minimalist effectiveness &... Read more »| 11 Jul 2013 -
Film
Pacific Rim
Fantasy man Guillermo del Toro’s latest, Pacific Rim, is a large-scale love letter to Japanese sci-fi, but also an accessible blockbuster imbued w... Read more »| 11 Jul 2013 -
Art
They Are All Explorers: Manchester School of Art Degree Show 2013
Manchester School of Art Degree Show 2013 suggests a graduating year of explorers and innovators Read more »| 11 Jul 2013 -
Music
Paul White – Watch The Ants EP
Paul White's relentless eclecticism – bouncing manically like a pinball between electro, krautrock, hip-hop, psychedelic synth jams, and even jazz... Read more »| 10 Jul 2013 -
Books
Natasha Smith: Where the Hidden Andalusia Trembles
Ahead of presenting her latest work at Manchester's Cervantes Institute this month, emerging writer Natasha Smith talks about her life in Spain, Andalusian culture, and studying under Jeanette Winterson Read more »| 10 Jul 2013 -
Art
Scotland + Venice @ Venice Biennale
One of the most intellectual shows this year at this year’s Venice Biennale, the Scottish Pavilion requires no small investment of your time. Corin Sw... Read more »| 10 Jul 2013 -
ArtScene Change: Marc Chagall at Tate Liverpool
Tate Liverpool's summer blockbuster show re-examines the work of Marc Chagall with a particular focus on his drama and narrative. We travel through the artist's ‘Theatre of Dreams’, with insights from co-curator Stephanie Straine Read more »| 10 Jul 2013 -
Art
Johanna Basford @ DCA
The latest offering from Dundee Contemporary Arts showcases the work of one of the city's very own art graduates, artist and illustrator Johanna Basford. Gra... Read more »| 10 Jul 2013 -
Art
Antti Laitinen @ Finnish Pavilion, Venice Biennale
It might be easy to dismiss the series of reconstructed birch trees outside Finland’s pavilion at the Giardini as yet another tree-centric piece of env... Read more »| 09 Jul 2013