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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TheatreMary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off @ The Lyceum Theatre
Two queens, one kingdom sounds like a recipe for chaos Read more »| 27 Sep 2011 -
MusicRustie: The Appliance of Science
Polygenre electronic music producer Rustie's debut LP sees the erstwhile Glaswegian fulfil the glistening promise of his early hip-hop, R&B, Detroit techno and dubstep experiments. It comes as no surprise to find him in a museum dedicated to advancement Read more »| 27 Sep 2011 -
MusicL.A. Times: The Californication of M83
On the day after his new album leaked, The Skinny meets M83's Anthony Gonzalez to talk space travel, stereotypes and the Hollywood Hills Read more »| 27 Sep 2011 -
MusicGhostpoet @ Captain's Rest, 24 September
After a rousing set of homegrown hip-hop from Hector Bizerk, an emcee / drummer combo from Glasgow whose impressively tight lyrics and heavy, complex beats r... Read more »| 27 Sep 2011 -
Music
We Were Promised Jetpacks: Telling Stories
Once upon a time, four young men, who went by the name We Were Promised Jetpacks, picked up some guitars and drums and made an album that lots of people really liked. So much so in fact that they decided to do it again... Read more »| 27 Sep 2011 -
Film
Melancholia
It's not much of a spoiler to say that Melancholia is a film about the end of the world. The movie opens with a gorgeous series of oblique images, culminatin... Read more »| 27 Sep 2011
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Music
The Dead Man's Waltz – The Dead Man's Waltz
Taking their cues from the more morbid side of life, The Dead Man’s Waltz don’t so much pen songs as craft twisted tales of betrayal, murder and ... Read more »| 27 Sep 2011 -
Film
Interview: Ewen Bremner on Perfect Sense
Glasgow set sci-fi Perfect Sense makes its way to cinemas this month. We spoke to one of its stars, Ewen Bremner, back in June following the film's UK premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 27 Sep 2011 -
Books
Getting Wasted with Allan Wilson
Allan Wilson’s debut short story collection, Wasted in Love, tells stories that could be described as ‘scenes from Glasgow, 2011’. And quite frankly, it's a brilliant book, well crafted, authentic and necessary. And since it’s set in Glasgow, a number of the stories involve drink in one way or another, more by necessity than design... which gives us a tenuous but excellent excuse for an interview/pub game hybrid Read more »| 26 Sep 2011 -
ArtThe Skinny Showcase: Euan Robertson
Euan Robertson is a photographer based in Glasgow, originally from Ayrshire. He is primarily a music photographer who also dabbles in other genres including ... Read more »| 26 Sep 2011 -
Music
Meg Baird – Seasons On Earth
Meg Baird makes the kind of pretty, but sad, singer-songwriter Americana folk that soothes the soul, even if it is sometimes too languid to conjure any lasti... Read more »| 26 Sep 2011 -
Music
Metronomy @ Òran Mór, 23 September
It’s a risky strategy to have Edinburgh’s Discopolis opening the show tonight: the trio’s high-energy synthscapes threaten to raise the pit... Read more »| 26 Sep 2011 -
Music
Three Trapped Tigers @ Captain's Rest, 21 September
There’s a reason Three Trapped Tigers’ ‘IDM played live’ sound is a rarity: it looks bloody difficult. All three members possess ston... Read more »| 26 Sep 2011 -
Music
Slow Club @ Cabaret Voltaire, 19 September
As Slow Club herald the arrival of their tasty new album, Paradise, with a show packed full of messy energy, articulate banter and exquisitely stripped-down ... Read more »| 26 Sep 2011 -
Music
Mastodon: “It's refreshing to be a little childish"
Having conquered the elements, Troy Sanders tells us what’s next for Mastodon Read more »| 26 Sep 2011