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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FilmScotland Film Events Highlights - December 2013
Yes, it’s nearly Chrimbo, but thankfully it’s not all dewy-eye nostalgia on this month's film horizon. The GFT serve gothic horror, the Cameo screen some non-festive classics and Nordic Film Festival proves the regions home to more than just Santa Read more »| 02 Dec 2013 -
Film
Kill Your Darlings
The Beats have had a resurgence of late; Hollywood presumably believes their vibrant defiance can strike a chord with this century’s more indolent... Read more »| 02 Dec 2013 -
ComedyAdam Buxton: Kernel Panic @ Gorilla, Manchester, 30 Nov
Adam Buxton’s latest show Kernel Panic is similar to his regular BUG shows, but while it does cover some of the same ground, it also sees him throw in ... Read more »| 02 Dec 2013 -
TheatreBallet Boyz @ Theatre Royal
While on tour, the Ballet Boyz bring the Talent - co-produced by Sadler's Wells – to Glasgow. Having split their show into two parts, each part fo... Read more »| 02 Dec 2013 -
Theatre
Edit-Point @ City Halls
Edit-Point's latest concert Axe! may sound like it is part of an anti-bedroom tax movement or the title of a very exciting action movie, but in fact, an elec... Read more »| 02 Dec 2013 -
Film
Nebraska
All of Alexander Payne’s best and worst attributes are on full display in Nebraska. As Woody (Dern) takes a road trip to collect the million-dollar pri... Read more »| 02 Dec 2013
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MusicbEEdEEgEE – Sum / One
Experimentation is risky by nature, and too often the results can be sloppy, disquieting drivel. On paper, the seemingly attention-deficit audio salad that c... Read more »| 02 Dec 2013 -
Music
Paper Beat Scissors – Paper Beat Scissors
Released back in March 2012 in his adopted home of Canada, Burnley-born songwriter Tim Crabtree belatedly brings his debut album as Paper Beat Scissors to th... Read more »| 02 Dec 2013 -
Theatre
Scottish Dance Theatre @ Dundee Rep
The Dundee Rep sees a bold double bill by Scottish Dance Theatre (SDT). On their home turf, the dance company presents Second Coming and&... Read more »| 02 Dec 2013 -
Music
The Pixies / The Jezabels @ Barrowlands, 22 November
In a Glaswegian musical weekend boasting The Pixies, Shellac and noise-rock throw-backs Metz, you could be forgiven for thinking that you had tumbled, ripped... Read more »| 29 Nov 2013 -
Music
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture Roundup | 29 November
In today's Bulletin: An update on the Human Is Not Alone project; awesome Christmas-wear from Queens Of The Stone Age; George R.R. Martin discusses Game of Thrones; Ron Reyes leaves Black Flag; Scottish film in trouble; plus the latest Festival news Read more »| 29 Nov 2013 -
Music
The Bulletin: New Music & Videos | 29 November
A round up of new videos, tracks, mixes and live performances from Wu-Tang Clan, Camera Obscura, James Holden, Daniel Avery, The Pastels, Rustie, Factory Floor, Eminem, Diplo, and The Velvet Underground; plus the latest film trailers Read more »| 29 Nov 2013 -
Music
In Hindsight: Songs: Ohia's Magnolia Electric Co. revisited
Following Jason Molina's death earlier this year, Secretly Canadian have reissued 2003's Magnolia Electric Co. album to mark its ten-year anniversary. We reappraise this pivotal moment in the career of an under-appreciated and prodigiously talented figure Read more »| 29 Nov 2013 -
Music
Dear Reader – We Followed Every Sound
Revisiting recent concept album Rivonia with the help of the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg orchestra, We Followed Every Sound highlights much of what ma... Read more »| 28 Nov 2013 -
Books
The Mile by Craig A. Smith
Craig A. Smith’s debut novel follows three friends on a pub crawl down Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. Ian is a happy family man, Euan is in a crumb... Read more »| 28 Nov 2013