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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TheatreSimon Armitage on The Odyssey, Liverpool Everyman
Following last year's Lily Cole-starring dramatisation of The Iliad, Simon Armitage now turns his hand to Homer's other great work. We caught up with the poet to discuss The Odyssey: Missing Presumed Dead, which premieres at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre Read more »| 25 Sep 2015 -
Music
Artifact: The Dawn of Creation Records 1983-85
There's a quote in Alan McGee's 2013 autobiography that neatly sums up the Creation Records ethos. Discussing his own mid-80s band, Biff Bang Pow!, he laughs... Read more »| 25 Sep 2015 -
MusicTrack premiere: VASA – 'Poseidon's Kiss'
After a few years of honing their skills on the live circuit (most recently at Bristol's excellent ArcTanGent festival), prolific Glasgow post-rockers VASA o... Read more »| 25 Sep 2015 -
MusicPremiere: A Mote of Dust – Home (Mogwai remix)
Listen to Dominic Aitchison of Mogwai's remix of Home by A Mote of Dust, the new project from Craig Beaton of Aereogramme and The Unwinding Hours. Read more »| 24 Sep 2015 -
Comedy
Kevin Bridges @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 21 September
Kevin Bridges is the modern day patron saint of Glasgow; a natural entertainer and marvellous storyteller. Read more »| 24 Sep 2015 -
Clubs
Skinned #9: Nightwave (Heka Trax)
Our mix series returns with a stormer courtesy of Glasgow's Maya Medvesek, aka Nightwave. Read more »| 24 Sep 2015
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FilmLife
Control director Anton Corbijn returns with Life, a study in the deification of James Dean. Read more »| 24 Sep 2015 -
Music
Get to Know... Fruit Bomb
Wave hello to effervescent pop-rockers Fruit Bomb, who introduce themselves ahead of their gig at The Deaf Institute this Friday (25 September) Read more »| 23 Sep 2015 -
Film
Captive
The latest edition to the emerging genre of 'faith-based-on-a-true-story' films for the evangelical set, Captive recounts the harrowing ordeal of real-life f... Read more »| 23 Sep 2015 -
FilmThe Man Who Could Cheat Death
There's a scene in Terence Fisher's Hammer Horror classic in which Dr Bonner (Diffring) shows someone a photo of himself from decades ago and they gasp at th... Read more »| 22 Sep 2015 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: Indy Ref Symposium
New shows at Koppe Astner, Mary Mary and The Common Guild, plus events in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee. Read more »| 22 Sep 2015 -
Music
Get to Know... Menace Beach
Meet Menace Beach, Leeds' grunge-pop's finest, who'll be topping a bill of four fine northern bands at The Deaf Institute, Manchester this Friday (25 September) Read more »| 21 Sep 2015 -
Music
Menace Beach – Super Transporterreum EP
No idea what a Super Transporterreum is, but it sounds great. Loud Leeds gang Menace Beach are having a prolific year, with this EP following up on their Jan... Read more »| 21 Sep 2015 -
Music
Chvrches – Every Open Eye
The follow-up to The Bones of What You Believe sees Glasgow's Chvrches becoming bolder and brighter. Read more »| 21 Sep 2015 -
Books
Wigtown Book Festival Returns for 2015
One of 2015's biggest literary events hits Galloway, with Liz Lochhead, Christohper Brookmyre and more. Read more »| 21 Sep 2015