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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MusicPicore – Assyrian Vertigo
Unlike their Mogwai/Shellac-endorsed Spanish namesakes, this French sextet ply a decidedly sinister trade in dark, noise-infused trip-hop combined with huge ... Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
MusicIn Pictures: Admiral Fallow @ O2 ABC, 27 January
Photos from Admiral Fallow at the O2 ABC in Glasgow. Photography by Euan Robertson Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
Comedy
Laughing Horse New Act Of The Year 2012: Quarter-Finals
The Laughing Horse New Act Of The Year is a big deal for British newcomers, but there's yet to be a Scottish winner. Could 2012 be the year? Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
Music
Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II
You'll have a pretty solid idea of what to expect from the second half of Earth's latest opus if you've been paying any attention to their output over the pa... Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
MusicField Music – Plumb
Album number four from the brothers Brewis is a notable departure from 2010’s Measure, which, like its title denotes, was restrained by a more ‘c... Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
MusicUlrich Schnauss & Mark Peters – Underrated Silence
There’s little point in expecting the unexpected from German electronic pioneer Ulrich Schnauss. His shtick is a synthesised swoon from which he r... Read more »| 31 Jan 2012
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Music
Mark Lanegan: "My natural inclination is to make as loud a noise as possible"
Returning this month with his first 'solo' album since 2004, Mark Lanegan assembles his band for a Blues Funeral and lays the past to rest Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
Music
Bonobo – Black Sands Remixed
The thing about doing a remix album on Ninja Tune is that you pretty much have the pick of the electronic music scene's most exciting contemporary talent to ... Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
Music
Tangles: 21st Century Schizoid Man
Tangles' Ricky Egan documents his many recording guises and explains how he went from obscurity to soundtracking a prime-time BBC soap Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
Film
Restless
Gus Van Sant presents an unusual romance in Restless. Annabel Cotton (Wasikowska) sparkles with a curiosity for life in the face of terminal cancer. Enoch Br... Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
Film
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Sean Durkin’s astonishingly assured debut as writer/director is a haunting meditation on identity, manipulation and abuse. Martha (Olsen), long-since a... Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
Music
A Place to Bury Strangers – Onwards to the Wall
Ostensibly a chance to flex their chops with new bassist Dion Lunadon, the stripped-down attack of this self-produced EP offers a predictably visceral listen... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
Music
Matthew Bourne – Montauk Variations
There’s much to admire about Matthew Bourne – the good grace with which he takes being regularly confused with the ballet choreographer of the sa... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
Music
The Law – Trigger
You can see why much of The Law’s reputation has come from their live shows: I’d hazard their music sounds best when you’re a few jars down... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
Music
Live Music Highlights – February 2012
Comprised of Travis Stewart (Machinedrum) and Praveen Sharma (Braille), Sepalcure did a pretty good job of consolidating the countless splinters of modern da... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012