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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Music
Rumour Cubes – Appearances of Collections
Oh, this is a beauty. Don’t let it get lost in the bewildering murk of the release calendar, or side-lined by the fickle fancies of the taste-makers. S... Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
Film
Guardians of the Galaxy
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy make their cinematic debut in James Gunn’s nutso, wilfully incoherent and very, very funny romp through space an... Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
Music
Grumbling Fur – Preternaturals
There'd be browned pants galore, should any of the current delay-pedal toting garage rock crop masquerading as 'psychedelic' delve as deeply into the mind's ... Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
Film
Northwest Film Event Highlights – August 2014
There’s something for everyone this month, from a Hollywood heavyweight to an arty party Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
Art
Claude Parent: La colline de l'art @ Tate Liverpool
I have never heard anyone laugh in the Wolfson Gallery before, not even a chuckle. Until now. I’m watching three girls slide down an angled ramp, landi... Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
Clubs
The Test of Time: Erol Alkan
Erol Alkan has meant a lot of things to a lot of different people, and that’s just the way he likes it Read more »| 30 Jul 2014
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Clubs
Clubbing Highlights Scotland – August 2014
This month we point you in the direction of Dopplereffekt, Max Graef and Awesome Tapes From Africa Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
Clubs
Northwest Clubbing Highlights – August 2014
It’s National Lemon Meringue Pie Day on 15 Aug, here are some other juicy dates to plan your month around Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
Music
Celebration – Albumin
Celebration was born in 2004, when Katrina Ford, Sean Antanaitis and David Bergander dropped the name Birdland for something with more of a triumphant tone. ... Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
Clubs
Juju & Jordash Music Playlist: Under the Infuence
Gal Aner and Jordan Czamanski pit the finer nuances of their respective tastes against each other to form a titillating collage of jazz, techno, dub and krautrock Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
Art
Real Dreaming: Working in the Arts
In a climate of cuts, routes into the arts are varied. A writer, a creative game developer and an art researcher share their stories Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Art
Andrew Gilbert @ Summerhall
Andrew Gilbert returns to the motherland for his colonial-inspired exhibition at Summerhall Gallery. Littered with trinkets from the contemporary past a... Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Art
Graham Fagen: National Treasures
Showing across the country in no fewer than seven projects this summer, artist Graham Fagen talks cultural identity and breaking the rules of the gallery Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Art
Jessica Harrison: Feminist Figurines
Arriving in Jupiter Artland this month, in a pink plinthed and painted room, are a series of twisted ceramic ladies. Sculptor Jessica Harrison tells us about their genesis, feminism, and going viral Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Film
The Deer Hunter
Long, roughly edited, and with an almost dragging realism, The Deer Hunter continues to resonate divisively since its original 1978 release. Naively heroic, ... Read more »| 29 Jul 2014