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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MusicDinosaur Jr. @ The Arches, 30 January
J. Mascis confesses that Dinosaur Jr. are still "shaking off the dust" having not played together for a while. This is the first night of a tour that will se... Read more »| 05 Feb 2013 -
MusicMETZ / Battery Face / Blades @ Broadcast, 29 January
Three, they say, is the magic number. Tonight, Broadcast has three bands, each of them a trio, which must count as a good omen for the sizable crowd who have... Read more »| 05 Feb 2013 -
FilmHitchcock
The filming of Psycho is the focus of Sacha Gervasi’s muddled but endearing biopic of/homage to The Master of Suspense. Flitting uneasily between comed... Read more »| 05 Feb 2013 -
Music
The Joy Formidable: “Success for us is not about playing stadiums"
The Joy Formidable's Ritzy Bryan on Wolf's Law, highland rescues, and why major label status hasn't blinkered the Welsh trio Read more »| 05 Feb 2013 -
MusicAtoms For Peace – AMOK
Does age mellow everyone? The Thom Yorke we encounter on Amok is not the alienated, fractured personality from The Eraser. Although similar in some respects,... Read more »| 05 Feb 2013 -
Music
Golden Grrrls – Golden Grrrls
With a dramatis personae split across Glasgow and London, Golden Grrrls (Eilidh Rodgers, Ruari Maclean and Rachel Aggs) reference DIY punk from Australia and... Read more »| 05 Feb 2013
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Music
Al Lewis – Battles
There’s little to discover on Welsh songwriter Al Lewis’s second English-language album, but that’s not to say there’s nothing to en... Read more »| 05 Feb 2013 -
Music
Doldrums – Lesser Evil
From the opening of Doldrums' eccentric debut album, you're in for treats. Recorded on a laptop borrowed (or lifted, if you believe the interview in this month's magazine) from Grimes, using entirely analogue gear, it's a work of ambitious, experimental i Read more »| 05 Feb 2013 -
Film
CineSkinny Reloaded
Like Arnie, or a particularly aggressive fungal infection, The CineSkinny is back to enliven your experience and embolden your cinematic choices at this year’s Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 04 Feb 2013 -
MusicTM404 –TM404
TM404 is the latest alias of Swedish glitch pioneer Andreas Tilliander; this project turns his considerable talents to spacious, dubby techno in the vein of ... Read more »| 04 Feb 2013 -
Music
Dobie – We Will Not Harm You
Despite his reclusive nature, Anthony Campbell has built a devout following over the last couple of decades from admirers across the London dance underground... Read more »| 04 Feb 2013 -
Music
Fly Agaric – In Search of Soma
This London-based jazz quartet, having worked over the years with contemporary luminaries including Oren Marshall and Mor Kabasi, have pooled their talent... Read more »| 04 Feb 2013 -
Art
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 4 February
Surprise! It's the new My Bloody Valentine album; new music from Suede; Sole re-releases Live From Rome for gratis; the return of Bloc; tour dates from The Breeders and Minus The Bear; plus Jeff Mills on deep space asteroid mining Read more »| 04 Feb 2013 -
Comedy
Crystal Baws: February 2013 Horoscopes
ARIESWhile scuba diving this month you accidentally mix-up your oxygen tank with a pressurised colostomy tank. The first breaths taste of farts so you toggle... Read more »| 04 Feb 2013 -
Film
No Penis Required: Films from Female Directors @ GFF 2013
We preview the films from female directors at this year's Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 04 Feb 2013