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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FilmThe Interview
The backdrop: green-screen North Korea. The premise: self-serving hacks Dave Skylark (James Franco) and Aaron Rapaport (Seth Rogen) attempt to claw some stan... Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
ComedyLet out your inner-animal at Edinburgh Zoo Nights
Jenni Ajderian investigates the intriguing set of night time events upcoming at Edinburgh Zoo Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Music
Son Lux – Bones
Ever the evolving project, Ryan Lott’s Son Lux – now a three-piece – have migrated again, from Joyful Noise to Glassnote. This is, by ... Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Clubs
Northwest Clubbing Highlights – June 2015
Time to pay respect to your fave Roman deity, the fabulous Juno. Here’s a few alternatives if you're running low on sacrificial goats… Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
MusicWhat Are We Taking Care Of? Jenny Hval interviewed
Daring Norwegian polymath Jenny Hval rejects being an artist and questions everything from religion and capitalism to femininity, gender roles and sexuality on her stirring new LP Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Art
GSA Degree Show: Return of the Mack
The Glasgow School of Art was overwhelmed with support in the days following the fire in the Mackintosh Building last year; the GSA outline their plans for the building, while one alumna explains her project to document the building. Read more »| 04 Jun 2015
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ArtGSA Degree Show: Design
In the final week before assessment, we quiz the Design School students for a few exciting teasers of what to expect in the coming degree show Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Art
GSA Degree Show: Architecture
Sometime criticised as the most difficult of the visual arts to read, we take a look at this year's Architecture degree show at Glasgow School of Art. Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
FilmSociety
Society is part of the long tradition of horror as social commentary. Initially, however, Brian Yuzna's 1989 debut, with its flat cinematography and wooden p... Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Music
Wolf Alice – My Love Is Cool
Bin those preconceptions now. Turns out Ellie Rowsell's claim (when she spoke to The Skinny back in March) that those pitching her band as 90s alt-rock ... Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Film
Jauja
Part meditative, realist anti-western, part metaphysical, Tarkovsky-esque head-scratcher, Lisandro Alonso’s fifth feature, Jauja (pronounced “How... Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Books
Northwest Book Highlights – June 2015
From a medieval Fifty Shades of Grey to an evening of experimental poetry, the start of summer brings a diverse selection of literary events to the Northwest Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
Music
The Bohicas / Keep Breathing / Echo Valley / @ King Tut’s, 27 May
It’s a veritable kaleidoscope of musical genres tonight at King Tut’s, and first up is some serious fuzzage courtesy of Aryshire foursome Echo Va... Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
Music
A Relationship in Pixels: Outfit interviewed
From Liverpool's next big thing to a band sprawled across three cities and two countries, Outfit sound closer than they ever have before Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
Clubs
"I want to make music that lifts your arm hairs" – Hudson Mohawke’s exhilarating crusade
The LuckyMe, Warp, and GOOD music linchpin has a prolific work rate, but Hudson Mohawke is only just getting round to releasing his own second album. He talks trap, spreading his wings and giving up childhood vices Read more »| 03 Jun 2015