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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ClubsHeadlock ft. Sir David "Ram Jam" Rodigan & Toddla T
West London based label Headlock will be hosting their first party of 2011 with a rather huge line-up featuring legendary British selector David &ldq... Read more »| 31 Jan 2011 -
MusicReligious To Damn – Glass Prayer
That Zohra Atash, vocalist and the brains to Religious to Damn’s spiritualistic brawn, once spent time filling in for Jarboe will come as no surprise t... Read more »| 31 Jan 2011 -
MusicThe Metal Column – February 2011
In the face of the recent panic that 'rock/guitar music is finally dead', we feel obliged to reassure all those lamenting some kind of rock-pocalypse that yo... Read more »| 31 Jan 2011 -
FilmFilm Events – February 2011
For the romantics out there, head to the GFT on Valentine's Day (14 Feb) and take your pick of four love stories, ranging from the classic to the contemporar... Read more »| 31 Jan 2011 -
Art
Men: Art Speed Dating Needs You
Artist Oliver Braid has teamed up with The Mutual in an effort to bring more love to Glasgow. Just in time for Valentine's Day, The Mutual will hold a p... Read more »| 28 Jan 2011 -
MusicMogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
It's hard to believe five Hamiltonians could last in the premier league of anything for this long but, as Mogwai prepare to release their seventh studio albu... Read more »| 28 Jan 2011
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Books
Proust Was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer
Jonah Lehrer’s exploration into that old Science vs. Art debate throws up some refreshing and thought-provoking messages. Lehrer takes his mode... Read more »| 28 Jan 2011 -
Film
The Fighter
Micky Ward (Wahlberg) is a plucky welterweight who’s been given a rough deal in life – his family. His manager/mother Alice (Leo) and his trainer... Read more »| 28 Jan 2011 -
Music
Various Artists – Woolly Jumpers
This collection from scattershot French label Wool Recordings is nothing if not testing. Its 18 tracks kick off with the sickly Drug Song by Dave Bixby, an o... Read more »| 28 Jan 2011 -
Art
SALONVERT @ Embassy, Until 30 Jan
‘Eclectic’ is an apt description of SALONVERT at the Embassy. Like all members shows, it offers an array of medium and messages. Oil paintings, d... Read more »| 28 Jan 2011 -
Music
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – Tao of the Dead
It's to their credit that, some seventeen years into their career, Trail of Dead still court the image of a relatively cutting-edge act. These days the produ... Read more »| 28 Jan 2011 -
Music
Bear Claw – Refuse This Gift
Two bass guitars, one drum kit and an abundance of bloody good ideas: that about sums up the ingredients behind this Steve Albini-recorded Chicago trio. Grit... Read more »| 28 Jan 2011 -
Theatre
Rob Drummond: Wrestling the Critic
For his latest play, Rob Drummond has experienced blood, sweat, tears and physical injury. And that was just his research... Read more »| 28 Jan 2011 -
Music
Tu Fawning: Out Like Bats
Motivated by classical influences and hailing from backgrounds that have little to do with the dark matter of their music, Joe Haege gives a whistle-stop introduction to the enigma of Portland misfits Tu Fawning Read more »| 27 Jan 2011 -
Music
Jad Fair – His Name Itself is Music
Jad Fair’s latest is a rambling collection of bewilderingly odd performance poetry, accompanied by intermittent samples and percussion. One set of Dada... Read more »| 27 Jan 2011