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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ComedyCrystal Baws: June 2012 Horoscopes
Ready to find out what June has in store for you? What do you mean, no?! Gaze into our Crystal Baws. We command you... Read more »| 12 Jun 2012 -
MusicThe Field / Konx-om-Pax @ Glasgow Art School Union, 9 June
In theory, Glasgow’s Konx-om-Pax is a fitting opener for The Field’s hypnotic, loop-based minimal electronica; Tom Scholefield’s mixture... Read more »| 12 Jun 2012 -
Music100% Silk Showcase @ Nice N' Sleazy, 7 June
Los Angeles label 100% Silk are key players in the new wave of synth music currently sweeping the hipsterverse, and tonight's showcase gig sets out to demon... Read more »| 12 Jun 2012 -
Comedy
What the hell is going on at...Bright Club?
A night of amateur comedy can be a daunting prospect for an audience. You never know what you’re going to get, there are no guarantees, and there&rsquo... Read more »| 12 Jun 2012 -
Music
Capitol K – Andean Dub
The sixth LP from the London-based electronica artist Capitol K, aka Kristian Craig Robinson, represents something of a new direction, another shift in ... Read more »| 08 Jun 2012 -
Music
Variety Lights – Central Flow
Though they’ve continued to dazzle throughout the last two decades, Mercury Rev’s identity splintered the day they parted ways with original vo... Read more »| 08 Jun 2012
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Comedy
The Road to Kiev
Scotland may not have qualified for Euro 2012 but that's not dented the excitement of the ScottishComedyFC.com guys. Team Captain Teddy tells us what to expect Read more »| 08 Jun 2012 -
MusicOlympic Swimmers – No Flags Will Fly
2012’s probably not the smartest year for Olympic Swimmers to release their debut longplayer. Not only does a quick online scan for the Glasgow qu... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
Film
The Squad
The military-horror genre is a tricky nut to crack. Reducing hardened combatants to blubbering wrecks is an effective way of fostering fear in an audience, b... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
FilmCatch .44
Bruce Willis' latest vehicle is a dismal, cliched gangster flick that fails to entertain on any level. Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
Film
War of the Dead
Uninspiring low-budget zombie horror fails to excite. Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
Film
The Hound of the Baskervilles
A Cold War-era Russian Sherlock Holmes adaptation with fantastic performances and bleak, beautiful scenery. Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
Film
You Only Live Once
A classic performance from Henry Fonda and the masterful touch of director Fritz Lang make this a classic of the film noir genre. Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
Music
Leverton Fox – The Human Arm
Two and a half years in the making, The Human Arm is a dark, esoteric mash-up of free jazz, glitchy beats and power electronics-style overdriven bass dro... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
Music
Christian Löffler – A Forest
As the co-founder of Cologne’s Ki Records, Christian Löffler is well-versed in melodic, downbeat techno, and A Forest has a depth and subtlety whi... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012