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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FilmWho's Laughing Now? A Guide to Hollywood Comedy
The sorry state of American film comedy laid bare Read more »| 02 Jul 2012 -
FilmFilm Event Highlights – July 2012
From a sing-along showing of Grease, to Club Noir's glamorous burlesque-and-classic-films event, to a celebration of unintentionally hilarious found footage, these are the highlights of July's film events across Scotland Read more »| 02 Jul 2012 -
Music
Om – Advaitic Songs
Since splintering from stoner rock legends Sleep in 2003, Om have moved, with each passing release, further towards a sound that draws upon Eastern c... Read more »| 02 Jul 2012 -
MusicGrasscut – Unearth
Grasscut’s follow-up to 2010’s 1 Inch: ½ Mile is accompanied by a book of pinhole camera photographs, and is also available - in an en... Read more »| 02 Jul 2012 -
MusicShonen Knife – Pop Tune
Pop Tune is Shonen Knife’s 18th album. Ponder that a moment: the Osaka Ramones have now comfortably overtaken the actual Ramones’ recorded ou... Read more »| 02 Jul 2012 -
Music
Wussy – Buckeye
Though Buckeye is Wussy’s debut international release, there’s plenty else to explore should it connect with your tastes. Since forming over a... Read more »| 02 Jul 2012
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Music
Live Music Highlights – July 2012
From Wu-Tang's 'Legends' tour to the live return of The Unwinding Hours, we shave the cream off July's gig calendar Read more »| 02 Jul 2012 -
Music
Milk Maid – Mostly No
If it needed confirmation, Milk Maid’s second album firmly validates Martin Cohen’s decision to tap out from a waning Nine Black Alps to fron... Read more »| 02 Jul 2012 -
Art
ECA Degree Show 2012
Our Art Editor wanders through the conceptual maze of Edinburgh College of Art's 2012 degree show Read more »| 01 Jul 2012 -
Books
San Carlos by Neil Forsyth
Neil Forsyth’s sixth novel is set in 1989 – in the days of Wimpy, Teletext, Diana and Fergie. Initially San Carlos’ plot doesn’t quit... Read more »| 01 Jul 2012 -
Books
Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner
Is Adam Gordon a brilliant young poet, embracing the richness of a foreign culture and meditating on the profound experience of art? Or, is he a self-obsesse... Read more »| 01 Jul 2012 -
Books
The Deadman's Pedal by Alan Warner
In The Deadman's Pedal Alan Warner returns to the Port, a fictionalised version of Oban and the setting of his acclaimed debut Morvern Callar. This new novel... Read more »| 01 Jul 2012 -
Books
Slinky Espadrilles by Ash Dickinson
Don’t be put off by the strange name – this is an extremely accessible, enjoyable collection of poetry. It’s the debut collection in print ... Read more »| 01 Jul 2012 -
Books
The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus
The Flame Alphabet’s dust jacket describes Marcus as the ‘most maniacally gifted writer of our generation’ (Hark! Hyperbole!) and is laden ... Read more »| 01 Jul 2012 -
Clubs
Kevin McHugh aka Ambivalent: Grounded
Kevin McHugh, aka Ambivalent, returns to Glasgow to talk all things M_nus, his latest mix, and his recent tour of India Read more »| 30 Jun 2012