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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MusicScott & Charlene's Wedding – Any Port In a Storm
If the opening one-two of Junk Shop and Lesbian Wife didn’t offer enough cues – the former all languid guitar and sneers, the latter breezie... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
MusicClang Boom Steam @ MelloMello, Liverpool, 20 Jul
The launch of Liverpool-based Clang Boom Steam's self-titled debut album proves diverse and intense in equal measure, with the audience treated to an evening... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
Books
Four New Words For Love by Michael Cannon
"Things don't cost what you give for them, they cost what you give up to get them." So says Gina, an intelligent and resourceful young Glaswegian, who has pu... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
Books
The House of Journalists by Tim Finch
Located in a London terrace, the House of Journalists is a refuge for writers exiled from their home nations due to conflicts of interest with their oppressi... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
BooksKiss Me First by Lottie Moggach
Leila is a socially isolated young woman who lives alone after the death of her mother. When the charismatic leader of an internet forum contacts her with a ... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
BooksThe Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. by Adelle Waldman
A product of a post-feminist, politically-correct upbringing, Nathaniel Piven is conscientious, intellectual and successful. He is also self-absorbed, snobbi... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013
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Music
Toby Gale – Starfruit EP
The debut release from this South London producer is an admirably concise affair: over four tracks, totalling only 12 minutes, Gale flits rapidly through rea... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
Music
Shangaan Electro @ The Kazimier Garden, Liverpool, 20 Jul
One! Eight! Seven! One! Eight! Eight! One! Eight... NINE! It's a sweltering day's dusk and Shangaan Electro's Nozinja is hyping a crowd decked... Read more »| 22 Jul 2013 -
Music
NETVERK Podcast: July 2013
Exploring the world of netaudio, the NETVERK podcast returns to The Skinny, with tracks from The Jet Age of Tomorrow, Sole, and Run The Jewels Read more »| 22 Jul 2013 -
Art
Tomorrow Never Knows @ CCA
Tomorrow Never Knows at CCA brings to Glasgow the work of two artists commissioned by the Jerwood/Film and Video Umbrella Award. Ed Atkins and Naheed Raza re... Read more »| 22 Jul 2013 -
FilmOne. Two. One
In an Iranian society that places heavy emphasis on beauty regarding a woman’s worth, Ava (Amiri) finds herself the victim of an acid attack to the fac... Read more »| 22 Jul 2013 -
Film
Runaway Train
A surprise contender at the 1986 Academy Awards, Andrei Konchalovsky’s thriller Runaway Train transcends its potentially trashy B-movie premise with co... Read more »| 22 Jul 2013 -
Books
Office Girl by Joe Meno
Joe Meno's sixth novel might act as an effective acid test for determining hipster tolerance: one protagonist spends his time recording the sounds made by sn... Read more »| 20 Jul 2013 -
Music
David Yow – Tonight You Look Like a Spider
Fourteen years on from the Jesus Lizard’s demise (excluding reunion tours), David Yow has finally released a solo debut which was purportedly conceived... Read more »| 19 Jul 2013 -
Music
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture Roundup | 19 July
In this week's Bulletin: T in the Park and Kelburn Garden Party in review; a look forward to Wickerman and Doune The Rabbit Hole; Thom Yorke disses Spotify; David Lynch on his second album; new tracks from Bishop Nehru and Daughn Gibson and much more! Read more »| 19 Jul 2013