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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MusicDeath Grips – Government Plates
If cancelled shows and major label snubs are anything to go by, budding Death Grips initiates would be wise to expect the unexpected. Case in point: Governme... Read more »| 25 Nov 2013 -
MusicO2 Love Music Column – December 2013
December wastes no time in getting up and moving; the first day of the month takes us back to 1988 when the Happy Mondays released second album&nbs... Read more »| 25 Nov 2013 -
MusicJulia Holter / Ela Orleans, CCA, 20 November
A support slot from Ela Orleans is an astute choice for Julia Holter: this Glasgow-based Polish solo artist explores a similarly dreamlike world, driven by a... Read more »| 25 Nov 2013 -
Music
Destroyer – Five Spanish Songs
With Dan Bejar’s piquant way with words a substantial part of Destroyer’s appeal, Five Spanish Songs may herald disappointment for those who don&... Read more »| 25 Nov 2013 -
Film
Betty Blue
Béatrice Dalle’s pouty visage became one of the 80s’ most recognisable images after sizzling and shrieking her way through Jean-Jacques Be... Read more »| 25 Nov 2013 -
FilmHeaven's Gate
Its notoriously troubled production may have passed into legend, but Heaven’s Gate has finally emerged from its own tangled history to be regarded as a... Read more »| 25 Nov 2013
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Music
Queens of the Stone Age @ The SSE Hydro, 16 November
Since making their modest Scottish debut at The Cathouse in 2000, through several memorable nights at the Barras and an enduring habit of returning to T in t... Read more »| 24 Nov 2013 -
ComedyThe New Wave @ The Dancehouse, 22 Nov
A night promising to showcase the ‘new wave of comedy’ is a lofty claim, but one that is met with a diverse cast, that lamentably only has four o... Read more »| 24 Nov 2013 -
Art
Witches and Wicked Bodies @ Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Witches and Wicked Bodies is an incredible exhibition that showcases the evolution of the witch, through five hundred years of artistic expression. Drawings,... Read more »| 22 Nov 2013 -
Music
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture Roundup | 22 November
In your weekly pop cultural roundup: Beck lashes out at Spotify; former groupies expose EDM's badboys on Reddit; Edinburgh's Usher Hall turns 100, plus the latest festival and tour news! Read more »| 22 Nov 2013 -
Music
The Bulletin: New Music & Videos | 22 November
A round-up of new music videos, tracks and trailers, featuring music from Pixies, Arcade Fire, Oneohtrix Point Never, Pharrell Williams, Evian Christ, Withered Hand and Tame Impala, plus a Numbers 10th Anniversary Mix from Jackmaster Read more »| 22 Nov 2013 -
Comedy
Opinion: Vince Hase is funny. Somewhere.
When Vince Hase's comedy album His First Attempt arrived for review, there was only one man for the job: Fred Fletch... Read more »| 21 Nov 2013 -
Comedy
Steve Hughes: While it's Still Legal
While it's difficult not to draw parallels and wonder whether this has all been done before, Steve Hughes does manage to pull it off. He tells us ... Read more »| 21 Nov 2013 -
Music
Casual Sex – The Bastard Beat EP
Casual Sex have perhaps the most problematic name to search for since The Music; but thankfully, that's where the similarities end. There's no doubting the G... Read more »| 21 Nov 2013 -
Music
Julia Holter @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 13 November
In her recent interview with The Skinny, Julia Holter was disarmingly honest about her expressionist, observational narratives. Laudably self-deprecating, sh... Read more »| 21 Nov 2013