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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MusicEarth @ Stereo, 5 April
In a sense, Sabbath Assembly are a headliner’s worst nightmare. Not only are they technically adept purveyors of a particularly hypnotic strain of 70s-... Read more »| 07 Apr 2011 -
BooksGlen Duncan: The Wolf Returns
Why would an acclaimed literary author write a book about werewolves and vampires? Why not, asks Glen Duncan Read more »| 07 Apr 2011 -
FilmMeek's Cutoff
In the stark, arid landscape of the Oregon Trail, a small group of people wander aimlessly towards an uncertain destination. Kelly Reichardt's remarkable Mee... Read more »| 07 Apr 2011 -
Film
Cold Fish
For a film in which giggling killers mock the size of a severed penis, Cold Fish is surprisingly restrained – at first. Passive family-man Shamoto (Mit... Read more »| 07 Apr 2011 -
MusicPanda Bear: "The guitar is still a real source of power"
Taking subtle cues from Nirvana and fatherhood, Noah ‘Panda Bear’ Lennox unveils his inner Tomboy Read more »| 06 Apr 2011 -
Art
Ric Warren: Talkin' 'Bout Our Gentrification
Ric Warren explores social and spatial boundaries. As he faces his biggest solo show yet, The Skinny meets him at his studio at the Glasgow Sculpture Studios and asks if he knows what he’s up against Read more »| 06 Apr 2011
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Music
Autechre: Flux Capacity
Cutting through the shit to get to the root of Autechre's brilliance Read more »| 06 Apr 2011 -
TheatreConfusion Is Sex: The Two Year Itch
For the past two years, Gamma Ray Dali has been evolving Confusion is Sex as more than just another dance club: her active interest in performance, visual art and capturing a unique atmosphere has seen her incorporate influences from the worlds of fashion, Live Art, burlesque and gigs. As April's second birthday party approaches, The Skinny decided it was time to have a word with her Read more »| 06 Apr 2011 -
Music
The Dirty Dozen – Phantom Band Takeover
Pulling no punches, Greg Sinclair and Duncan Marquiss of The Phantom Band stick it to the April singles Read more »| 06 Apr 2011 -
Music
Sleepingdog – With Our Heads In The Clouds And Our Hearts In The Fields
Sleepingdog is the musical lovechild of True Bypass’ Chantal Acda and Adam Wiltzie of Stars of the Lid fame; as angelic a collaboration as anyone famil... Read more »| 06 Apr 2011 -
Music
Trail of Dead vs Rival Schools
As ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Rival Schools prepare to share a tour-bus for a co-headlining tour of Europe, Conrad Keely makes his journalistic debut with a get-to-know Q&A for Walter Schreifels Read more »| 06 Apr 2011 -
Film
All Night Horror Madness 2
Ever since Jesus rolled back that rock all those years ago and scared the shit out of some Romans, people have loved a sequel. And what better way to celebra... Read more »| 06 Apr 2011 -
Clubs
The Feeling in the Air Is Electrikal
Having been responsible for some of the best underground bass music nights in the past year, the Electrikal Sound System has been turning heads and tuning ears into the emerging Scottish (and UK) underground sounds. We caught up with the core members of the collective to talk about how it all started, what they have achieved and what they hope to do in the future Read more »| 06 Apr 2011 -
Film
Aaron Katz: Mumblecore Comes In From The Cold
Aaron Katz, the talented director behind mumblecore hits Dance Party USA and Quiet City, discusses his new film Cold Weather Read more »| 06 Apr 2011 -
Theatre
Chouf Ouchouf: A Taste of the Medina
The Skinny talks to Crying Out Loud's Artistic Director Rachel Clare about Moroccan acrobatics ahead of their nationwide tour of Chouf Ouchouf Read more »| 05 Apr 2011