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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FilmNorthwest Film Event Highlights – November 2013
Let’s reappropriate Movember this month by cramming in as many mo-vie events as we can Read more »| 25 Oct 2013 -
Music
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture Roundup | 25 October
Your weekly Bulletin: Classic Scottish comedy Still Game returns; new music from A Perfect Circle, Cut Copy, Daniel Avery, RUNGS, Daedelus, Throwing Muses and Young Fathers; Festival news on Le Guess Who?; plus, just in time for Xmas: Slayer shades! Read more »| 25 Oct 2013 -
Books
In the Rosary Garden by Nicola White
Nicola White's debut novel begins with the shocking discovery of a dead baby in the grounds of a convent school in 1980s Ireland. From there we follow the st... Read more »| 25 Oct 2013 -
MusicThey Might Be Giants – Nanobots
For They Might Be Giants, conciseness has always been an asset, allowing them to play freely with oddball concepts and simple melodies without allowing their... Read more »| 25 Oct 2013 -
MusicWashed Out @ Gorilla, Manchester, 22 October
Washed Out, a venture begun by Georgia resident Ernest Greene, take to the stage in modest fashion. Sweetly greeting the audience with little more than a few... Read more »| 25 Oct 2013 -
Music
Daughter @ The Ritz, Manchester, 21 October
Daughter’s broad appeal surprises, still. Not easily digested – they’re neither hook-driven nor anthemic – they should leave the indi... Read more »| 25 Oct 2013
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MusicBaroness @ The Cathouse, 20 October
It's difficult to ignore the looming shadow of last year's horrific bus crash near Bath when talking about Baroness in 2013. The band's membership suffered v... Read more »| 25 Oct 2013 -
Music
Moonface – Julia with Blue Jeans On
On Julia…, Spencer Krug confirms Moonface as the most diverse of his storied musical projects. After solo synth-prog debut Organ Music… and 201... Read more »| 24 Oct 2013 -
MusicMaria Taylor – Something About Knowing
Maria Taylor’s fifth album, Something About Knowing, is quintessential Saddle Creek: production from label founder Mike Mogis; a musical style that gen... Read more »| 24 Oct 2013 -
Music
Connan Mockasin – Caramel
It’s been a busy period for Erol Alkan’s London-based Phantasy Sound label, with this second LP from New Zealander Connan Mockasin following the ... Read more »| 24 Oct 2013 -
Music
Talulah Gosh – Was It Just a Dream?
Superseding the increasingly hard-to-find Backwash compilation, Was It Just a Dream? is the complete Talulah Gosh: 29 tracks encompassing every EP, single, r... Read more »| 24 Oct 2013 -
Music
Under the Influence: Vista Chino's John Garcia
As his new band Vista Chino (formerly Kyuss Lives) roll into the UK, the desert rock daddy meditates on five albums that made him want to pick up a microphone in the first place Read more »| 23 Oct 2013 -
Comedy
Josie Long: Let's Go Adventure
Indie-kid comic Josie Long has added yet another string to her bow – she tells us about making films and why Glasgow's “prettier than Paris” Read more »| 23 Oct 2013 -
Art
Mounira al Sohl/Sarah Forrest @ CCA, until 10 Nov
This ‘double solo show’ sees two female artists take their departure from two male-authored classics. Taking centre-stage in the largest gallery,... Read more »| 23 Oct 2013 -
Music
Public Image Ltd @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 18 October
John Lydon is not a man known for ducking a challenge. The former Johnny Rotten was widely mocked in some quarters for agreeing to front a series of televisi... Read more »| 22 Oct 2013