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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MusicThis Is Music presents: Y'all Is Fantasy Island @ Sneaky Pete's, 11 March
“I guess it’s true what they say, if folks don’t come then the band won’t play.” So railed Y’all Is Fantasy Island’... Read more »| 14 Mar 2011 -
FilmChildren of God
"Rosie O'Donnell vs. the Bahamas" may seem like the ultimate B-movie but such was the level of hysteria caused by her gay family cruise ship in the Caribbean... Read more »| 14 Mar 2011 -
Theatre
Liquid Loft @ Tramway
Fifty five minutes. Six boobs. One cock. Four stars. Read more »| 14 Mar 2011 -
TheatreArtus @ CCA
A tableau of mini events take place in the cafe of the CCA, as Artus sift in and out of the space performing ‘table societies’, choosing to engag... Read more »| 13 Mar 2011 -
Art
Smith/Stewart: What Have We Done?
Collaborative duo Smith/Stewart have been up to no good. The Skinny tries to find out what's making them feel so guilty Read more »| 11 Mar 2011 -
Art
Sue Tompkins and Claude Cahun @ Inverleith House
Sue Tompkins' work seems made for the space. It sits silent and thinking in the domestic cathedral heart of the Botanical Gardens that is Inverleith House. I... Read more »| 11 Mar 2011
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Film
Norwegian Wood
Vietnamese Director Tran Anh Hung has created a piece of cinematic beauty in Norwegian Wood, an adaptation of the modern literary classic by Haruki Murakami.... Read more »| 11 Mar 2011 -
Art
Anni Albers @ Dovecot Studios
Exhibitions that display a seminal artist alongside the works they have since inspired always make for interesting fare, and with an artist as revolutionary ... Read more »| 11 Mar 2011 -
Music
Spaceship Landing: Kyuss Lives
John Garcia tells us why Kyuss Lives. And you thought you’d never see the day Read more »| 10 Mar 2011 -
Music
The Decemberists @ Barrowlands, 5 Mar
Portland's Decemberists have been suitably bemused by their arrival at The Barrowlands on a Saturday afternoon. Colin Meloy's misapprehension of Glasgow as a... Read more »| 10 Mar 2011 -
Music
Distal – Apple Bottom EP
Atlanta based producer and Embassy Records boss Distal has been causing a recognisable stir with his brash outlook on the post-dubstep Detroit sound we&rsquo... Read more »| 10 Mar 2011 -
Music
Metamorfózy – Decasia
Imagine a slo-mo flight across a snowy subarctic landscape, the sort of thing you’d see on a high-tech BBC nature documentary. Now imagine the sort of ... Read more »| 10 Mar 2011 -
FilmGFF 2011: Route Irish
In Route Irish, an ambush on the road of the same name, connecting Baghdad airport with the Green Zone, puts a licensed mercenary in a body-bag and leav... Read more »| 10 Mar 2011 -
Theatre
Wild Life @ Tron, 25 Feb
It's life, but not as we know it Read more »| 10 Mar 2011 -
Music
New Blood: Stanley Odd
With their new EP and a tireless touring ethic, Stanley Odd are taking Scottish hip-hop to the masses Read more »| 09 Mar 2011