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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MusicHTRK – Psychic 9-5 Club
HTRK made this album in part as a response to the death of founding member Sean Stewart, who passed away in 2010. It's their first record as a duo, and ... Read more »| 26 Mar 2014 -
Film
BAFTA New Talent Scotland - winners announced
The winners of this year's BAFTA New Talent Scotland Awards were announced tonight in Glasgow, with the coveted Best New Work award going to Oh! Films for their documentary Finding Family Read more »| 25 Mar 2014 -
MusicKool A.D. – Word, O.K.
Could splitting up have been the wisest career move Das Racist ever made? While their major-label album as a duo, Relax, was somewhat lacklustre, both Himans... Read more »| 25 Mar 2014 -
Books
Books News: Scottish Book Trust launches Scotland's Stories of Home
A brief round-up of books news – the Scottish Book Trust launches a new writing initiative on the theme of 'Scotland's Stories of Home.' Plus – poet Kevin P. Gilday heads out on tour Read more »| 25 Mar 2014 -
Music
The Fire and I – Double Kamikaze
Two-piece rock bands are something of a current trend, but The Fire and I's riff-charged marriage of crunchy leads and frighteningly precise drumming pays of... Read more »| 25 Mar 2014 -
Theatre
Wendy Hoose @ Tron Glasgow
Written by Johnny McKnight of Random Accomplice and directed by Robert Softley Gale from Birds of Paradise, Wendy Hoose tackles the difficulties of 'getting your leg over' in quite an original, yet reasonably credible way. Read more »| 25 Mar 2014
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Music
sleepmakeswaves – in today already walks tomorrow
This is a monster. Previously unavailable in the UK, hats off to Monotreme Records for a timely re-release. If the Australian instrumental quartet’s 20... Read more »| 25 Mar 2014 -
ArtStephanie Mann: Inherit This Mango @ Summerhall
Stephanie Mann’s ‘feel-good’ visual language radiates from Summerhall’s vast frontage; her installation literally casts a healthy glo... Read more »| 25 Mar 2014 -
Film
Hands Over the City
When a residential building collapses at the start of Francesco Rosi's Hands Over the City, it exposes a web of corruption that the director investigates wit... Read more »| 24 Mar 2014 -
TheatreDorothy Paul @ King's Theatre
Dorothy Paul, Scotland’s much loved lady of show-biz, takes the stage with her newly-devised performance at The King’s Theatre. After entertaining for over sixty years she has unsurprisingly secured a loyal, white-haired fanbase Read more »| 24 Mar 2014 -
Art
Hidden Door: Unlocking the Vaults
From 28 Mar-5 Apr, Hidden Door Festival returns to Edinburgh with a multi-arts event in the disused vaults on Market St. Director David Martin explains why they're bringing back the festival in an expanded form Read more »| 24 Mar 2014 -
Film
Film News: Behind the scenes of Under the Skin; watch Whatever Gets You Through The Night
A round-up of film news, with a look behind the scenes of Jonathan Glazer's Under The Skin; ground-breaking multi-arts show Whatever Gets You Through The Night available to rent; plus the latest movie rumours and trailers Read more »| 24 Mar 2014 -
Art
Tania Kovats @ Fruitmarket
The centrepiece of Oceans, All at Sea has been in progress since 2012, with the grand ambition of collecting water from all the world’s seas in th... Read more »| 24 Mar 2014 -
Comedy
Carl Donnelly, Now That's What I Carl Donnelly Vol. 5 @ The Lowry, 16 Mar
It’s surprising how much time a man can spend discussing his own bowel movements without sounding crass and puerile, but Carl Donnelly’s show mak... Read more »| 24 Mar 2014 -
Music
Under the Influence: Doves' Jimi Goodwin
As Doves frontman Jimi Goodwin prepares to strike out on his own with Odulek, the noted dub disciple preaches on ten treasured riddims Read more »| 24 Mar 2014