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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ArtThe Skinny Showcase: Iain Hales
Showcase: Iain Hales Iain Hales is a Scottish artist currently living and working in London. He completed his BA in Sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art in... Read more »| 01 Nov 2012 -
Art
The Skinny Shop & Platform 7 @ Dickens Gallery, Liverpool 1-25 Nov
This November a unique exhibition is arriving in Liverpool; a collaboration between The Skinny and Somewhereto_, two organisations united by a love of emerge... Read more »| 01 Nov 2012 -
MusicIn Pictures: Alice Cooper's Halloween Night of Fear III @ The Usher Hall, 31 October
Alice Cooper's Halloween Night of Fear III Legendary shock rocker Alice Cooper's annual Halloween fest rolls through Edinburgh Usher Hall. Photography by&n... Read more »| 01 Nov 2012 -
FilmNew New Hollywood: From the Margins to the Mainstream
With new releases this month from David O. Russell and Paul Thomas Anderson, key figures in the unofficial mid-90s renaissance of American film, The Skinny looks back at their generation's wave of subversive upstarts, the New New Hollywood Read more »| 01 Nov 2012 -
Music
Tim Hecker and Daniel Lopatin – Instrumental Tourist
The first of a series of proposed collaborations scheduled for release on the Software label finds these two kindred spirits embracing ‘jazz-based imp... Read more »| 01 Nov 2012 -
Music
The Dirty Dozen – November 2012
Ahead of this month's Scottish tour with Bill Wells, noted no-nonsense 2am Twitter pop critic Aidan Moffat pops by to give the November singles the long-form review treatment. Yes: we take requests... Read more »| 01 Nov 2012
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ComedyCrystal Baws: November 2012 Horoscopes
ARIES Your soul is so jam-packed and weighed down with demons that your local witch-doctor finally classifies it as ‘morbidly obese.’ You should ... Read more »| 01 Nov 2012 -
Music
Season of the Witch: Rob Zombie's co-headling tour with Marilyn Manson comes to Scotland
With a new feature film and a giant stage production headed for these shores, Rob Zombie talks The Lords of Salem and the touring buddy who wants to kick his ass Read more »| 31 Oct 2012 -
Film
Margin Call
"Remember this day, boys, remember this day." When a young analyst at a sleek, Wall Street investment firm discovers that the mathematical model they have ba... Read more »| 31 Oct 2012 -
Books
Wriiters' Bloc: The Real Dead Poets' Society
A seance for writers on Halloween? Could it be? Who would dare? Writers Bloc would. Texture from Writers Bloc fills us in. Read more »| 31 Oct 2012 -
Theatre
Venue of the Month: The Theatre Royal Glasgow
A look at the forthcoming attractions at one of Glasgow's oldest and most beloved venues, The Theatre Royal Read more »| 31 Oct 2012 -
Music
Deftones frontman Chino Moreno talks survival and Koi No Yokan
Having tapped another rich vein with seventh album Koi No Yokan, frontman Chino Moreno explains how Deftones found a way to become lifers Read more »| 30 Oct 2012 -
Music
Everybody Hz: Josh Dibb on his return to Animal Collective
Having returned to the fray after sitting out on 2009’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, Josh Dibb of Animal Collective talks about the band’s rejuvenation, their melancholic homecoming and how this time they’re inviting everyone to the party Read more »| 30 Oct 2012 -
Clubs
Clubbing Highlights – November 2012
A look at the clubbing highlights in Edinburgh and Glasgow for November, featuring Ben Martin, A-Trak, Horse Meat Disco, Hessle Audio, Magnetic Man and many more Read more »| 30 Oct 2012 -
Music
Umberto – Night Has a Thousand Screams
Having honed his craft playing bass and synths in US prog/psych outfit Expo ‘70, Matt Hill focuses in his solo work as Umberto on horror and thriller... Read more »| 30 Oct 2012