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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MusicThee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra @ Òran Mór, 25 February
A Silver Mount Zion travel from Canada to channel musical splendour and poetic insight, only to be let down by a gammy volume knob Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
FilmDrinking Buddies
Joe Swanberg chooses to mash his gently balanced mumble-com Drinking Buddies in a Chicago microbrewery, where marketing manager Kate, rendered in baggy vests... Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
Comedy
Nancy Clench: Who is the Yes Queen?
We talk to Scotland's biggest drag queen, Nancy Clench, about activism, independence and being Holyrood's most dazzling secret Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
Music
Free Nelson Mandoomjazz – The Shape of Doomjazz to Come
Those who investigate the bleak and heavy terrain of Edinburgh jazz/metal fusionists Free Nelson Mandoomjazz will find a lot to enjoy. The guitarist's powerf... Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
ArtFirst Person: Queen of the Track
Liverpool writer Flis Mitchell on the inspiration behind a bold alternative to women's gossip magazines, which launches on International Women's Day Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
Film
Hero Worship: Filmmaker Joe Cottrell-Boyce on Andrea Arnold
Filmmaker Joe Cottrell-Boyce sings the praises of Andrea Arnold and the empathy she shows to her heartbreakingly real characters Read more »| 04 Mar 2014
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Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – March 2014
After the ordeal of January and February, were you planning on putting away dollar for that summer trip you planned? With Dean Blunt landing in Manchester and François & the Atlas Mountains dropping into Liverpool for a visit, you might wanna think twice Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
Books
Bedlam by Christopher Brookmyre
Brookmyre's no slouch when it comes to fast-paced plots, pithy Scottish humour and ribald banter, and indeed the creation of compelling, put-upon, no-hoper a... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
Music
Claudio Simonetti's Goblin, Gorilla, Manchester, 26 February
“And on keyboards… Claudio Simonetti!” Not many musicians would finish their band introductions by then introducing themselves, but then, ... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
Music
The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Lost in the Dream may eventually turn out to be the point where The War on Drugs escape references to former member and slacker poster-boy Kurt Vile. While h... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
BooksNew Writing: From Scottish Book Trust’s Writer Development Programme
If vibrant, diverse and eclectic new writing is what you’re after, then this latest collection from the Scottish Book Trust makes for essential reading... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
Film
White Dog
The latest film to be given the Eureka Masters of Cinema love and care is Sam Fuller’s misunderstood and primitive parable White Dog. Scripted by Curti... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
Music
Turn Up The Mermaid Tail: Introducing BDY_PRTS
Jenny Reeve and Jill O'Sullivan are no strangers to the stage or studio in Glasgow, but it took a Perthshire snow storm to bring them together as BDY_PRTS Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
Film
Diego Quemada-Díez on The Golden Dream
To mark the 20th edition of ¡Viva!, the UK's largest celebration of Spanish and Spanish-speaking Latin American cinema, we speak to Diego Quemada-Díez, a filmmaker whose debut film is one of the standout titles in this year's programme Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
Music
BONG – Stoner Rock
BONG have always considered themselves a separate entity from the so-called "stoner rock" scene; their sonic manifesto is less aggressive and direct than mos... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014