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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FilmColombiana
Writer/producer Luc Besson returns to familiar super-assassin territory with Colombiana, and it may be time he left the genre well alone. After witnessing th... Read more »| 09 Sep 2011 -
MusicPublic Enemy at O2 ABC, 6 Sep
Some images from the Public Enemy gig at the O2 ABC on Tuesday 6th September 2011. Photography from Euan Robertson Read more »| 08 Sep 2011 -
MusicPublic Enemy @ O2 ABC, 6 September
Billed as a run-through of the classic Fear of a Black Planet album, tonight's show clings loosely to the promised narrative whilst delving into a rag-bag ... Read more »| 08 Sep 2011 -
Books
Turf by Jonathan Ross and Tommy Lee Edwards
Turf is Jonathan Ross’s debut as writer of a comic series, and this collection of the first five issues, which form a complete story, is a winn... Read more »| 08 Sep 2011 -
Music
Boom Bip – Zig Zaj
In recent years, producer Bryan 'Boom Bip' Hollon has shown a desire to connect the dots between his electro-purist roots and the hippest realms of the indie... Read more »| 07 Sep 2011 -
MusicThe Shivers – More
Somehow, it’s taken five self-released albums for someone in the UK to prick up their ears and sign New York’s The Shivers. Johnny Lynch (aka The... Read more »| 07 Sep 2011
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Music
Farewell Poetry – Hoping for the Invisible to Ignite
Oh Farewell Poetry, shall I compare thee to a Godspeed echo? Well, yes – you make it pretty difficult not to, with your serious atmosphere and evocativ... Read more »| 07 Sep 2011 -
Music
iconAclass – For The Ones
Even the most devoted fan of Dälek must admit that rapper Will Brooks’s vocals often get drowned out by the industrial haze more than their eloque... Read more »| 07 Sep 2011 -
Comedy
Celebrity Big Brother – It's Time
It's hard to connect to people. We are all so different. Each of us a unique individual with near infinite variations of tastes, likes, dislikes, passions a... Read more »| 07 Sep 2011 -
Theatre
The Big Picnic @ Govan Pearce Institute
The Big Picnic was originally written by Bill Bryden in 1994. He directed and debuted it in Govan, to which Shoogalie Road Productions now bring it home seve... Read more »| 07 Sep 2011 -
Music
John Cale – Extra Playful EP
You’d never guess that John Cale’s been drawing his pension for the past four years after listening to the Extra Playful EP. The snappily entitle... Read more »| 06 Sep 2011 -
Comedy
Young Justice: Kids in hot-pants fight crime and dignity
Never underestimate the influence television can have on the soft-cabbagey head of a child. We've all heard the story about the kid who saw Superman and... Read more »| 06 Sep 2011 -
Music
PJ Harvey @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 4 September
Given the conceptual character of PJ Harvey’s latest LP Let England Shake, and her decision to play the Royal Concert Hall, it could be expected that t... Read more »| 06 Sep 2011 -
Music
Hot Water Music @ Òran Mór, 27 August
For the eternal teenagers who have waited the best part of a decade for Florida punks Hot Water Music to return to Scotland, this is a big one. As expected, ... Read more »| 06 Sep 2011 -
Film
TrollHunter
André Øvredal’s charming mockumentary following curmudgeonly troll dispatcher Hans (Jespersen) features a great deal of wit, but perhaps ... Read more »| 05 Sep 2011