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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MusicTomat – 01-06 June
The solo debut from Italy’s Davide Tomat is a more conceptual, abstract affair than anything his other projects N.A.M.B. and Niagara have produced. S... Read more »| 03 Apr 2012 -
ArtThe Skinny Showcase: Stephen Thorpe
Aberdeen graduate Stephen Thorpe was chosen as The Skinny Award winner at last year's RSA New Contemporaries exhibition. The outcome of his prize is this Showcase and an exhibition, The Poetics of Space, in Edinburgh's Whitespace which opens on 28 April Read more »| 03 Apr 2012 -
FilmLe Havre
Le Havre is Aki Kaurismäki's first film made in France since 1992's La vie de bohème, and it acts as a kind of loose sequel to that picture,... Read more »| 03 Apr 2012 -
Music
Profisee – From All Angles
Profisee has been incredibly prolific in the years since the Scotland Yard Emcees went their separate ways, working with a literal who's who of electronic ... Read more »| 03 Apr 2012 -
ArtMoyra Davey @ Tramway
Switching between autobiography and historical inquiry, the work of New York-based artist Moyra Davey was last seen in Glasgow at 2010's Glasgow Internationa... Read more »| 03 Apr 2012 -
ClubsGPMG presents Frank Haag @ St Judes, Sat 14 Apr
Following on from their wildly impressive launch party last month, Guilty Pleasures of Mother Goose (GPMG) continue to ruffle Glasgow clubbers’ collect... Read more »| 03 Apr 2012
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Music
Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman: "The world's on a war footing"
Jaz Coleman speaks his mind on 2012, the trouble with modern Britain and the enduring power of Killing Joke Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Music
Hero Worship: Robin Proper-Sheppard
Malcolm Middleton explains how The God Machine and Sophia Collective frontman gave him comfort as he bubbled into his crisps Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Music
First Listen: Jack White's Blunderbuss
With his first solo album under his arm, Jack White holds council with the mayor of Lambeth in a bizarre night at London County Hall Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Music
Willis Earl Beal – Acousmatic Sorcery
XL’s newest signing Willis Earl Beal emerged to the wider world via a video where he sings a cappella, under a bridge, wearing a vest emblazoned with... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Art
Romany Dear: The Art of Movement
This year's recipient of The Skinny & CCA Award at RSA New Contemporaries, Romany Dear tells us about her practice, her degree show and the work she is currently presenting on the Mound Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Art
Scott Myles @ DCA, 7 Apr-10 Jun
It seems only right that artist Scott Myles’ first major solo show in the UK would take place at Dundee Contemporary Arts. A Dundonian himself, Myles g... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Film
Reel Talk: Comic Marvels
Two marvellous comedies are released in April: Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre (6 Apr) and Whit Stillman’s Damsels in Distress (27 Apr). Film... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Music
The Mars Volta – Noctourniquet
Restraint isn't a quality you'd expect to find in any progressive rock band, especially not The Mars Volta; it just doesn't seem to fit. The band's previo... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Music
Human Don't Be Angry – Human Don't Be Angry
Working with a pseudonym borrowed from a German board game, Human Don’t Be Angry sees Malcolm Middleton in an appropriately playful mood. Opener The M... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012