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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FilmGFF 2013: Something Wicked This Way Comes
FrightFest is back in Glasgow. Hold your nerves Read more »| 24 Jan 2013 -
MusicAttica Rage – 88MPH
Attica Rage's third LP since their inception in 2003 couldn't open in a less predictable way for the Ayrshire rawkers. It's only after a pastoral, Led Zepp... Read more »| 24 Jan 2013 -
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The Bronx – The Bronx IV
L.A. punks The Bronx lay their mariachi band alter-ego to one side after a two record stint, returning to a more traditional rock-based sound on their four... Read more »| 24 Jan 2013 -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 23 January
The return of Prince and Senser, new videos from PAWS, Thavius Beck and Cody ChesnuTT; Daniel Lopatin reworks Clinic; more summer festival lineups announced, Cassetteboy vs. Obama; plus a look at this Summer's CGI spectaculars Read more »| 23 Jan 2013 -
ArtEstrangement @ Cooper Gallery, Until 16 Feb
In the Cooper Gallery’s new show Estrangement, the work of four emerging international artists delivers a filmic installation that portrays a haunting,... Read more »| 23 Jan 2013 -
MusicEels – Wonderful, Glorious
In the eyes of die-hards who inhale each passing release, it doesn't matter a great deal what a new Eels album sounds like; Mark E. Everett’s place in... Read more »| 23 Jan 2013
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Pissed Jeans – Honeys
Their fourth album proper, their third for Sub Pop, sees Pissed Jeans slowing the tempo in places, delving even deeper into the sludgy, paranoid punk rock th... Read more »| 23 Jan 2013 -
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5 Broken Cameras
Arriving on DVD with the imprimatur of an Oscar nomination, 5 Broken Cameras is a world away from the glamour of the Academy Awards red carpet. Drawing on hu... Read more »| 23 Jan 2013 -
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Esben and the Witch – Wash the Sins Not Only the Face
The title to track four of Esben and the Witch's second album – Shimmering – says it all, really. This is a band that, from the first listen... Read more »| 22 Jan 2013 -
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Jeff Mills – From Detroit to the Future
Jeff Mills is one of the seminal originators of techno music. He comes to Glasgow next month to premiere his new soundtrack for Fritz Lang's Woman in the Moon. He tells us about growing up in Detroit, and splitting his time between Chicago and Paris Read more »| 22 Jan 2013 -
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K-X-P – II
Recorded between Berlin and their native Helsinki, K-X-P's sophomore record takes the heavily krautock-influenced template of their debut, and gives it a thr... Read more »| 22 Jan 2013 -
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Hector Bizerk / Strange Empire / Woven Tents @ Nice 'N' Sleazy, 12 January
Tonight opens with the bluesy and operatic rock stylings of Strange Empire. They've brought their fans. Each chrous is greeted with a raucous, booze-enhanced... Read more »| 21 Jan 2013 -
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Chris Devotion and The Expectations / Poor Things / Black International / Fat Goth @ King Tut's, 11 January
Six quid wouldn't buy you two drinks in most venues. Yet that’s all it costs for entry to a gig with no less than four stellar bands on the bill. But... Read more »| 21 Jan 2013 -
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Track-by-track: Rick Redbeard reveals No Selfish Heart
From its genesis eight years ago to the finish line last spring, Rick Redbeard presents a personal tour of his debut LP Read more »| 21 Jan 2013 -
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Iceage – You're Nothing
If New Brigade was Iceage's statement of intent – raw, immediate, packed with nihilistic attitude – You're Nothing is their manifesto proper. It'... Read more »| 21 Jan 2013