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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FilmThe Collection
A sequel of sorts to The Collector, from 2009, The Collection opens with an entertaining scene in which a gimp-masked serial killer takes out an en... Read more »| 12 Apr 2013 -
Music!!! – Thr!!!er
Throughout their 17 years thus far, !!! have evolved from a tight, snarling punk-funk ensemble into something altogether more louche, studied and h... Read more »| 11 Apr 2013 -
MusicHero Worship: Trail of Dead's Jason Reece on Waterloo Records
As ...And You will Know Us By the Trail of Dead swing into Glasgow on Record Store Day, Jason Reece salutes his favourite shop Read more »| 10 Apr 2013 -
MusicRecord Store Day in Edinburgh and Glasgow
As Record Store Day (20 Apr) approaches, you’ll need to meticulously plan your diary to avoid missing out on some of the fantastic in-store events happ... Read more »| 10 Apr 2013 -
Music
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 10 April
Music world 'rejoices' at death of Margaret Thatcher; Art of Protest comes to Manchester; new music from Queens Of The Stone Age, Mount Kimbie, TNGHT, El-P and Killer Mike; The Knife interviewed; plus: CHVRCHES versus Game of Thrones Read more »| 10 Apr 2013 -
Art
Arika 13: Freedom Is A Constant Struggle
From 18-21 Apr, Arika return to Tramway with a weekend of events exploring radical black art forms. What are they, we hear you ask? Allow director Barry Esson to explain... Read more »| 10 Apr 2013
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FilmVulgaria
A gross-out comedy from Hong Kong, the well named Vulgaria pushes the boundaries of taste in its dialogue and storyline while coyly keeping what appears... Read more »| 10 Apr 2013 -
Film
Simon Killer
Simon, played with considerable nuance by Brady Corbet, is an American neuroscience graduate visiting Paris after being dumped by his girlfriend. His ex... Read more »| 10 Apr 2013 -
Books
We're Flying by Peter Stamm
Following his celebrated novel Seven Years, We're Flying is a short story collection by Peter Stamm, brimming with insight into the psychological r... Read more »| 09 Apr 2013 -
Music
David Grubbs – The Plain Where the Palace Stood
The second song on David Grubbs’ first full-length in five years, I Started to Live When My Barber Died, is a playful meditation on the creative potenc... Read more »| 09 Apr 2013 -
Music
Pan American – Cloud Room, Glass Room
Billed as an album that was 'written to be played live,' Mark Nelson's umpteenth album under the Pan American moniker makes only small changes to the group's... Read more »| 09 Apr 2013 -
Art
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 8 April
In today's Bulletin: Watch an Alice in Chains mockumentary, new Killing Joke box-set, James Blake versus the Internet, new music from OMD, Cannibal Ox, The Asphodells, Balam Acab, Cat Power, The Besnard Lakes and The National, plus: Lunice on Boiler Room Read more »| 08 Apr 2013 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase: Kevin Hunt
Showcase: Kevin Hunt Kevin Hunt is a sculptor based at The Royal Standard, an artist-led gallery, studios and social workspace in Liverpool, and is a former... Read more »| 08 Apr 2013 -
Film
may i kill u?
A bash on the head turns a mild-mannered London bobby into a serial killer, albeit one who only targets those who break the law and agree to be killed. Write... Read more »| 08 Apr 2013 -
Film
The Place Beyond the Pines
While the brutal intimacy of Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine owed a great deal to Cassavetes, this epic follow-up of family, fate and corruption... Read more »| 08 Apr 2013