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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MusicThe 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 -
MusicHuman 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 -
MusicThe Cathode Ray – The Cathode Ray
While the particles in a cathode ray travel at lightning speed, Edinburgh’s The Cathode Ray are somewhat slower paced. A single in 2006, a second in ... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Art
The Shape @ Generator Projects, 24 Mar-15 Apr
You’re in safe hands with Generator Projects. The gallery’s inclusive ethos is so anti-scenester it deserves a medal. And it’s no coinciden... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Music
Grand Duchy – Let the People Speak
Every marriage has its ups and downs; Let the People Speak is mostly the latter. Husband and wife Frank Black and Violet Clark follow up Grand Duchy’s ... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Clubs
The Sub Club: 25 Years
This year the Sub Club celebrates its silver anniversary, wedded to Glasgow's rich heritage of underground club music. As the Subby turns 25, The Skinny speaks to the individuals who embody its past, present and future Read more »| 02 Apr 2012
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Clubs
Orbital: "We couldn’t continue rocking all over the world, like Status Quo"
Spurred on from playing live again live, Orbital return with fresh ideas and a new album. The Skinny discovers what lured them back Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
MusicHot Ticket of the Month: Frightened Rabbit's Highland Tour
Frightened Rabbit enjoy a rare excuse to venture by the northern territories and road test a few numbers from their as-yet-to-be-recorded forthcoming fourt... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Music
Bear in Heaven – I Love You, It's Cool
Bear in Heaven have always been a tough band to love. In contrast to like-minded brethren Animal Collective and Grizzly Bear, the Brooklyn-based trio's pen... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Film
GFF 2012: Bonsái
Chilean directing talent Cristián Jiménez's second feature film is one for the bookish. Bonsai's protagonist Julio (Diego Noguera) is more of a... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Books
Time Warped by Claudia Hammond
From writer, broadcaster and psychologist Claudia Hammond comes Time Warped, an intriguing book unravelling the mysteries of time perception. With countless ... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Film
Encounters
This new collection from the BFI presents four classic short films of gay cinema, rescued from obscurity, cleaned up and given some love. The 1960s and 70s w... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Music
Orbital – Wonky
Orbital’s first LP since reforming in 2008 initially strikes out into familiar territory: the opening bars of One Big Moment revisit the combin... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Film
Mother and Child
Mother and Child steps into the lives of middle-aged Karen (Annette Bening), once a teen mother, her estranged, solitary, and fiercely independent daughter E... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Music
Trembling Bells featuring Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – The Marble Downs
Trembling Bells bring a marked departure from recent Will Oldham-involved projects, with a sound that’s a brimming-over the cup of baroque. Their infu... Read more »| 30 Mar 2012