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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MusicMina Tindle – Taranta
With a stage name adapted from twist-laden, Michael Caine-starring thriller Sleuth, Mina Tindle (born Pauline de Lassus) seems keen to preserve a little myst... Read more »| 28 May 2012 -
Film
The Turin Horse
Apocalyptic and deeply challenging, Béla Tarr’s swan-song as a director is a fitting end to his enigmatic career. Read more »| 28 May 2012 -
MusicDope Body – Natural History
This Baltimorean quartet alternate between a slurring, droney development of Albini-style math rock, all grinding bass, delayed vocals and brutally clear ... Read more »| 28 May 2012 -
Clubs
Jimmy Edgar: Majenta Live
Detroit electro prodigy and Hotflush, Warp and K7! luminary Jimmy Edgar comes to Glasgow. Read more »| 28 May 2012 -
ClubsDo You Come Here Often? – Vitamins
We focus on the best resident or unique club nights happening right under your nose, this month talking to the resident DJs of one of Glasgow's most eclectic parties, Vitamins Read more »| 28 May 2012 -
Clubs
Blondes
Blondes bring their unique brand of spaced-out sonic wizardry to Sneaky Pete's. Read more »| 28 May 2012
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MusicStag & Dagger 2012: Glasgow
This year's Stag & Dagger Festival features stunning performances from the likes of Bear In Heaven, Conquering Animal Sound and Django Django. Three reporters, more than forty bands and DJs, over seven venues, in a little over twelve hours. Easy! Read more »| 24 May 2012 -
Books
Ninety Days by Bill Clegg
The drug addiction memoir has become quite a common form, but this is one of the better written ones. Bill Clegg is a literary agent, so knows somethin... Read more »| 24 May 2012 -
Film
The Angels' Share
Veteran realist director Ken Loach's new film is a bit of a botched caper. Read more »| 24 May 2012 -
Music
Ryat – Totem
A female solo artist who generates lush, complex electronic soundscapes, which ebb and flow between chamber-pop peaks and shuffling, syncopated glitchy be... Read more »| 23 May 2012 -
Art
Dundee 2012: A Degree of Promise
Here's what caught our eye during The Skinny's annual tour round the Duncan of Jordanstone degree show up in Dundee Read more »| 22 May 2012 -
Music
UV PØP – No Songs Tomorrow
John Kevin White was one of the more obscure cult figures to emerge from the 80s post-punk / early electronic scene in 1980s Sheffield. His sometime-band, so... Read more »| 22 May 2012 -
Clubs
Balkanarama Special @ Studio 24, 9 Jun
Balkanarama presents a yearly celebration of Eastern European music and culture. Read more »| 21 May 2012 -
MusicScottish Album of the Year 2012 shortlist announced
The ten albums on the shortlist of the Scottish Music Industry Association's inaugural Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) award were announced today. Honed dow... Read more »| 17 May 2012 -
Music
Errors / Mermaids / Mother Ganga @ The Arches, 11 May
Though he’s appeared on many a bill in one guise or another, tonight is Lewis Cook’s first ‘proper’ Mother Ganga show. He’s off... Read more »| 17 May 2012