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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FilmEsoteric Horror at GFF 2015
Are we going through a mini horror renaissance? Upcoming releases, including inventive slasher It Follows and allegorical animal-uprising oddity White God, suggest a resounding yes Read more »| 10 Feb 2015 -
MusicPublic Service Broadcasting – The Race for Space
Many wondered where Public Service Broadcasting could go from their debut; could such a unique concept ever be more than just clips from the British Film Ins... Read more »| 10 Feb 2015 -
MusicDutch Uncles – O Shudder
O Shudder, the fourth album from art-pop five-piece Dutch Uncles is a bit frustrating, and the difference in the first two singles Decided Knowledge and In N... Read more »| 10 Feb 2015 -
MusicA Distant History: Idlewild mark their return with Everything Ever Written
On the eve of their 20th anniversary, Idlewild return from a five year break with new album Everything Ever Written. Roddy Woomble and Rod Jones tell us about the old days, new band members and where to draw the line with back catalogue embarrassment Read more »| 09 Feb 2015 -
Music
The Unthanks – Mount the Air
The much extolled olde-worlde storytelling of The Unthanks has won them an impressive array of famous admirers, everyone from Ryan Adams to Dawn French &ndas... Read more »| 09 Feb 2015 -
Film
Role Play: Director Peter Strickland on his latest unconventional project
Peter Strickland, the director of Berberian Sound Studio and Katalin Varga, is back bending genre and defying expectations with his new film, The Duke of Burgundy. Much to some YouTube commenters' annoyance, it's not about some French dude Read more »| 09 Feb 2015
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Art
Own Art: The Scottish Gallery
Originally established in 1842 by Aitken Dott as 'Gilders, Framers and Artists’ Colourmen', The Scottish Gallery also exhibited and sold work by t... Read more »| 06 Feb 2015 -
Art
Futureproof @ Street Level Photoworks
In the Futureproof mix this year there is a fair whack of portraiture, yet the strongest work comes from the experimental projections of Jane Beran. Beran's ... Read more »| 06 Feb 2015 -
Art
Craig Mulholland @ Queens Park Railway Club
Craig Mulholland pairs high-finish works with looping atmospheric electro audio for Suspended Intervals in Queens Park Railway Club. Read more »| 06 Feb 2015 -
MusicFather John Misty – I Love You Honeybear
The working relationship between Josh Tillman and his stage alias Father John Misty is far from straightforward. The sardonic, navelgazing narrative of ... Read more »| 06 Feb 2015 -
Art
This Business of Art: Interview with David Eustace
Successful photographer David Eustace discusses his career ahead of his solo show at The Scottish Gallery Read more »| 06 Feb 2015 -
Clubs
Radiant Remains: Deconstructing the club with Egyptrixx
Canada's David Psutka discusses his new album and his desire to reformulate the raw elements of club music Read more »| 06 Feb 2015 -
Music
Rock 'n' Roll Summer School For Girls to launch in Glasgow
The Art School in Glasgow will host a week long music programme aimed at girls aged between 8-16 this summer. The inaugural Rock’n’Roll Sum... Read more »| 06 Feb 2015 -
Art
Sound and Vision: Prem Sahib and Listening
Included in the new Hayward Curatorial Open exhibition, Listening (recently opened at Liverpool’s Bluecoat), and with an ICA solo show on the horizon, Prem Sahib caught up with us about throbbing noise, white cubes and touring your work Read more »| 06 Feb 2015 -
Music
"This fire started burning" – Ibeyi interviewed
As they team up with Richard Russell for their transcontinental debut, the French-Cuban prodigies trace the entwined paths that led them here Read more »| 06 Feb 2015