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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MusicLusine – The Waiting Room
Developing the vocal-led take on house, synth-pop and techno he developed on ’09’s A Certain Distance, Texas-born electronic producer Lusine deli... Read more »| 30 Jan 2013 -
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Live Music Highlights – February 2013
Homegrown independent(ish) rock commandeers the gig calendar as CHVRCHES, The Twilight Sad, Frightened Rabbit, Django Django, Gummy Stumps, PAWS and Divorce show the big boys how it's done Read more »| 30 Jan 2013 -
FilmGFF 2013: Public Enemy No. 1
GFF sure know how to cater for every taste. If last year's Gene Kelly song and dance extravaganza wasn't quite your cup of tea, this year's bullet-filled celebration of everyone's favourite baby-faced gangster, James Cagney, is for you Read more »| 29 Jan 2013 -
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Team Ghost – Rituals
Following up their two towering EPs in 2010, Team Ghost's much-anticipated full-length debut benefits from the band's expansion – backed by a new ... Read more »| 29 Jan 2013 -
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Track-by-track: Frightened Rabbit's Pedestrian Verse
Returning to the fray this month with their "darkest record yet", frontman Scott Hutchison guides us through Frightened Rabbit's eagerly anticipated fourth LP Read more »| 29 Jan 2013 -
ClubsClubbing Highlights – February 2013
In this month's Clubbing Highlights, Andrew Weatherall, Speedy J, Mala and Farley Jackmaster Funk come to Glasgow, while Edinburgh gets a visit from Netsky, Scracth Perverts and Auntie Flo Read more »| 29 Jan 2013
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Members' Show @ Embassy, until 3 Feb
Anyone expecting the Embassy Members' Show to observe the usual etiquette reserved for such functions might just be in for a surprise. Most artists can be re... Read more »| 29 Jan 2013 -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 28 January
In today's Bulletin: The Mars Volta split, tour news from Thurston Moore, Trail of Dead and The Who, Black Flag to play Hevy Fest, new music from The Strokes, Inspectah Deck, The Haxan Cloak, The Knife, Heems and Deap Vally, plus: Depeche Mode's new album Read more »| 28 Jan 2013 -
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Bullhead
In synopsis Michaël R. Roskam’s feature debut is just another gangster tangle of black market drug-peddling, Coen-esque deadpan and unrequited lov... Read more »| 28 Jan 2013 -
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Bullet to the Head
There’s something faintly tragic about Sylvester Stallone’s determination to cling to those much beloved macho action sensibilities of the 1980s,... Read more »| 28 Jan 2013 -
MusicMegachurch – Megachurch 2: Judgment Day
There's plenty of bands out there adept at tight, fast-paced rock, but this Cleveland trio have a couple of notable quirks to separate them out from the cr... Read more »| 28 Jan 2013 -
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Exclusive (cough!): February issue preview
The February issue of The Skinny has gone to press, not sure our graphic designer was totally keen on the draft version we put together for the Frightened Rabbit feature... Read more »| 28 Jan 2013 -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 25 January
Lineups announced for Primavera, Coachella and more; Matthew Herbert box set planned; new music from Iceage and Skyzoo ft. Talib Kweli; those J.J. Abrams / Star Wars VII rumours, plus new trailers and weekend clubbing picks Read more »| 25 Jan 2013 -
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GFF 2013: The Kids are All Right
Glasgow Film Festival co-director Allison Gardner often describes Glasgow Youth Film Festival as the main festival's little sister, but GYFF is growing up fast, and this year offers another stellar lineup aimed towards a youth and family audience Read more »| 25 Jan 2013 -
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Daughter @ Òran Mór, 21 January
London three-piece Daughter have been the subject of much attention this past year, finally revealing they had signed to 4AD late last year. Tonight they pl... Read more »| 24 Jan 2013