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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MusicNeon Neon @ Òran Mór, Glasgow, 11 September
History teachers looking for an innovative way of explaining Cold War politics to bored students could've done worse than dragging them to the Òran M&... Read more »| 16 Sep 2013 -
MusicFuck Buttons / The Haxan Cloak, SWG3, 10 Sep
SWG3 is packed to the gunnels. Having played here with Liars, The Haxan Cloak is tuned in to the system and the space. His live set, performed on analogue ge... Read more »| 16 Sep 2013 -
MusicJimmy Eat World @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 9 September
There’s a pattern to Jimmy Eat World’s setlist tonight: a handful from their most recent three albums to open, followed by a much longer set of s... Read more »| 16 Sep 2013 -
FilmScreening the Obscene: Irvine Welsh on Filth
Ahead of its big screen adaptation starring and produced by James McAvoy, we speak to Irvine Welsh about his third novel Filth, a delightful tale of a dirty copper and his foul-mouthed tapeworm Read more »| 16 Sep 2013 -
Film
Kelly + Victor
Adapted from Niall Griffiths' novel of the same name, Evans' debut feature follows the perilously intense relationship between two Liverpudlian twenty-someth... Read more »| 16 Sep 2013 -
FilmThe Artist and the Model
Best known for fluffy Oscar-winner Belle Epoque (and more recently, Chico and Rita’s vibrant jazz animation), The Artist and the Model presents a more ... Read more »| 13 Sep 2013
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Music
Quasi – Mole City
In an era where bands struggle to get two records out before falling foul of industry fashions, cash flows or personality defects, the twenty years or so Sam... Read more »| 12 Sep 2013 -
Art
Vadim Zakharov @ Russian Pavilion, Venice Biennale
Curated by Udo Kittelmann, Vadim Zakharov’s ambitious work focuses on the Greek myth of the impregnation of Danaë. When her father’s death i... Read more »| 12 Sep 2013 -
Books
A Night for Neruda @ Edinburgh City Chambers, 13 Sep
This Friday evening, the Chile: 40 Years On, Scotland Network will honour the life and work of internationally renowned Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. The one-ni... Read more »| 12 Sep 2013 -
Film
In a World...
Actress Lake Bell makes her feature writing and directing debut with this funny ensemble piece set within and around the world of voice-over artists. Carol S... Read more »| 12 Sep 2013 -
Music
Machinedrum – Vapor City
After a slew of releases on labels like LuckyMe, and a stunning album for Planet Mu, 2011's Room(s), Machinedrum returns with his Ninja Tune debut, reportedl... Read more »| 12 Sep 2013 -
Music
CHVRCHES: "We're not in the business of writing chirpy pop songs"
CHVRCHES are a bona fide Scottish synth-pop phenomenon – as they prepare to release debut album The Bones Of What You Believe, we talk gear-packing Tetris, growing up in public, and do some serious myth-busting Read more »| 11 Sep 2013 -
Music
Adrian Utley's Guitar Orchestra – In C
Composed in 1964, Terry Riley’s In C is one of the landmarks of minimalist composition, comprising 53 musical phrases in the key of C; Riley&... Read more »| 11 Sep 2013 -
Music
Touché Amoré – Is Survived By
Following on from a series of strong split releases, L.A.'s most inviting hardcore outfit make their highly anticipated return. Less immediate than their 201... Read more »| 11 Sep 2013 -
Theatre
Play Pie and a Pint: The Great Train Race @ Oran Mor
It’s all pistons go as Robert Dawson Scott’s first play The Great Train Race takes to the track. Capturing the excitement of... Read more »| 11 Sep 2013