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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TheatreBlabbermouth @ Assembly Hall
On the eve of the historic Referendum vote, in the Assembly Hall on the Mound, first debating room of the devolved parliament, an event takes place that is p... Read more »| 09 Oct 2014 -
MusicJohn Grant and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra @ MediaCityUK, 3 October
A live studio recording of one of America's finest modern songwriters with a world-class orchestra in their own purpose-built facility isn't really a gig for... Read more »| 09 Oct 2014 -
FilmAnnabelle
If the thought of a low-rent prequel to James Wan’s The Conjuring helmed by his director of photography holds little excitement, watching Annabell... Read more »| 09 Oct 2014 -
FilmFemale-led Ghostbusters 'reboot' confirmed
A new Ghostbusters film – with an all-female crop of ‘Busters – has been confirmed by director Paul Feig. Feig told US magazine Enter... Read more »| 09 Oct 2014 -
Film
Moebius
Kim Ki-duk's recent films have been as ugly in form as they have been in content. Moebius, his latest psychosexual drama, is no different. Shot hand-hel... Read more »| 09 Oct 2014 -
Music
Alice Glass leaves Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles vocalist Alice Glass has announced that she has left the Toronto-based two-piece to focus on solo projects. In a statement on Twitter, Glass... Read more »| 08 Oct 2014
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Music
The Postal Service documentary announced, trailer released
A trailer has emerged for Everything Will Change, a new feature-length documentary charting the return of The Postal Service last year. Everything Will Chan... Read more »| 08 Oct 2014 -
Art
Jonathan Meese, Vanessa Billy and Briggait open studios – This Week in Scottish Art
Jonathan Meese rolls into Glasgow, Vanessa Billy's debut solo show lands in Edinburgh, and Briggait Studios throw open their doors – get all the details in this week's Scottish art news round-up. Read more »| 08 Oct 2014 -
Film
WolfCop
Yet another doolally 80s horror pastiche, WolfCop remembers the rule that some of its predecessors (notably Hobo with a Shotgun) forgot: never let the nastin... Read more »| 08 Oct 2014 -
Music
Dope Body – Lifer
Dope Body’s Lifer wears the fug of the band’s rehearsal room – the Baltimore four-piece barely left it while thrashing this record into sha... Read more »| 08 Oct 2014 -
Clubs
LuckyMe and Handpicked showcases added to Simple Things line-up
Label showcases from Handpicked and LuckyMe are among a host of new additions to the line-up for next month’s Simple Things all-dayer in Glasgow. The ... Read more »| 07 Oct 2014 -
Music
TV on the Radio release new track ‘Careful You’
US indie rockers TV on the Radio have released ‘Careful You’, the second track from their forthcoming album Seeds. Seeds is the New York band&rs... Read more »| 07 Oct 2014 -
MusicGoat / The Lay Llamas / Trembling Bells @ SWG3, 28 September
“Psych” comes in many flavours tonight, with each act on the bill proffering a different strain of heady experimentation. We begin with the medie... Read more »| 07 Oct 2014 -
Music
In June: Ryan Kennedy introduces Horsebeach
Arriving seemingly from nowhere, then selling out the first pressing of his LP, Horsebeach is the project of one Ryan Kennedy, combining a sunny stateside lilt with a moodier Mancunian worldview to attractive effect. He tells the story of his debut record Read more »| 07 Oct 2014 -
Music
J Mascis announces January 2015 UK tour
Dinosaur Jr frontman J Mascis is set to return to the UK for a series of gigs in January 2015. Mascis plays The Ruby Lounge in Manchester on 10 Jan and The ... Read more »| 07 Oct 2014