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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ArtJeremy Deller @ The Venice Biennale
The notion that the work presented by each country at the Venice Biennale is somehow a reflection of its national identity is these days pretty defunct. But ... Read more »| 10 Jun 2013 -
Art
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 10 June
In today's Bulletin: Tributes roll in for late author Iain Banks; Alan Cumming speaks out on the Creative Scotland scandal at the CATS awards; plus new music from Clark, Sigur Rós, James Holden, Run The Jewels, Kurt Vile, Bibio and more Read more »| 10 Jun 2013 -
MusicMount Eerie, Nice 'n' Sleazy, 21 May
The endearing Phil Elverum returns to Glasgow for the first time since last Septmber’s Ocean Roar, in which he and others put in further work... Read more »| 10 Jun 2013 -
ArtPsychedelic Safari: Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show 2013
On our tireless quest for emerging talent we journey to the Central Belt degree shows and scan the plain for infinite marvelous spectacles. Ok, maybe not tireless... Read more »| 10 Jun 2013 -
Film
The Third Coming: Mat Whitecross and Elliott Tittensor on Spike Island
You'd think it was the early 90s, such is the ubiquity of The Stone Roses on our screens. Spike Island is one of two cinematic tributes to the Manchester rockers out in June. We speak to its director, Mat Whitecross, and star, Elliott Tittensor Read more »| 10 Jun 2013 -
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Glitch in the Matrix: FACT Turns Ten
Fancy seeding a forest on Bold Street, taking a virtual bike ride or polling against capitalism? FACT's tenth anniversary exhibition, which features augmente... Read more »| 10 Jun 2013
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Books
Evie Wyld: Into the Outback
We steal some time from Evie Wyld's cultural expedition of Vietnam to ask her about her new novel, All the Birds, Singing, the enduring Australian landscape, and what animal she would most like to be Read more »| 10 Jun 2013 -
FilmTo the Wonder
The golden hour, that hour before sunset when the humdrum world is transformed by the warm, suffuse light of the dipping sun, has long been a favourite of Te... Read more »| 09 Jun 2013 -
Music
Black & Blue Romantic: Baths talks Obsidian
Los Angeles composer, beatmaker and singer extraordinaire Baths is back with his second offering for Anticon – he tells us about his battle with sickness, his love of dark music, and why Obsidian is the album he was born to make Read more »| 07 Jun 2013 -
Music
The Pitfalls of Perfection: Deafheaven on Sunbather
In the depths of a Glasgow basement, Deafheaven's George Clarke and Kerry McCoy deconstruct their band's lush and entirely listenable(!) take on black metal Read more »| 07 Jun 2013 -
Film
Much Ado About Nothing
Shunning doublet and hose in favour of tastefully tailored suburbia, Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing is a lithe, wry look at one of Shakespeare&rs... Read more »| 07 Jun 2013 -
Music
Marnie Stern / Sky Larkin, Broadcast, 2 June
For a support slot on a Sunday night, Leeds quartet Sky Larkin attract a notably enthusiastic crowd, and a blistering set showcasing material from their up-a... Read more »| 07 Jun 2013 -
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Jeffrey Lewis and Peter Stampfel / Lach, Mono, 1 June
Jeffrey Lewis has always been astute in his choice of collaborators, and his work with 60s psych-folk survivor Peter Stampfel continues to be endearingly bon... Read more »| 07 Jun 2013 -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 7 June
Bloody Scotland welcomes the cream of international crime writers; Neil Gaiman weighs in on who should play the next Doctor Who; new music from Mykki Blanco, The xx, Nine Inch Nails, Sebadoh, Superchunk and more; plus the latest trailers Read more »| 07 Jun 2013 -
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oOoOO – Without Your Love
Like fellow Tri-Angle associates Balam Acab and Holy Other, the 'witch house' tag simply doesn't fit oOoOO's debut album. It is perhaps better described... Read more »| 07 Jun 2013