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 LaFontaines win the Big Apple Award 2013
Following in the footsteps of last year's winners Stanley Odd, Motherwell's The LaFontaines won this year's Big Apple Award, sponsored by Nordoff-Robbins. Th... Read more »| 13 Dec 2013 -
MusicEdinburgh venue The Picture House to close on 31 December
Scottish music blog The Pop Cop reported yesterday that Edinburgh's The Picture House is to close, with all remaining live music and club events which were d... Read more »| 13 Dec 2013 -
MusicYo La Tengo @ East Village Arts Club, Liverpool, 4 December
Oh, Yo La Tengo. So quiet, so fragile, so perfect. You make lines like “sometimes the bad guys come out on top” sound both world-weary and cheerf... Read more »| 13 Dec 2013 -
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Film News: Godzilla returns; Creative Scotland seeks new executive; Simon Pegg joins Monty Python
A roundup of film news: Creative Scotland seeks a new Director of Film & Media; Simon Pegg joins the cast of a new Monty Python project; plus trailers for the new Paranormal Activity and Godzilla outings Read more »| 12 Dec 2013 -
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RZA's tribute to Nelson Mandela
Wu-Tang Clan's RZA has shared a track in tribute to the late Nelson Mandela. A collaboration between RZA and singer Will Wells, the track is titled Gift of Hope Read more »| 12 Dec 2013 -
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Damon Albarn unveils a snippet from his 'solo' debut
Damon Albarn's first 'solo' album, away from his other myriad guises and collaborative projects, could be nearing completion – today he posted a c... Read more »| 12 Dec 2013
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Q-Tip & Busta Rhymes release new heavyweight-loaded mixtape
Following on from their single Thank You, which featured guest spots from Kanye West and Lil' Wayne, Busta Rhymes and A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip have relea... Read more »| 12 Dec 2013 -
FilmThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Though still brimming with some narrative bloat, the second Hobbit feature is overall a considerable improvement on its meandering, tonally scattered predece... Read more »| 11 Dec 2013 -
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Film News: Lost Peter Sellers film found in skip, Terminator reboot gets a title, and more
A lost Peter Sellers movie found in a skip to screen at Southend Film Festival; the Terminator franchise gets a reboot; Ben Whishaw to play Freddie Mercury; plus trailers for Jupiter Ascendant and Bad Words Read more »| 11 Dec 2013 -
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Just Be Simple: Aidan Moffat revisits Magnolia Electric Co.
Both a friend and collaborator of Jason Molina, Moffat meditates on the one song he calls "the heart and soul" of his rich catalogue Read more »| 11 Dec 2013 -
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Simply To Live – That Was My Plan: Jason Molina Remembered
As Secretly Canadian ring in the tenth anniversary of The Magnolia Electric Co, the late Jason Molina's rugged work of plaintive blue-collar Americana under the Songs:Ohia moniker, Alasdair Roberts pays fond tribute to a voice that's still traveling Read more »| 11 Dec 2013 -
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Baths @ Islington Mill, Salford, 23 November
He wears thick-rimmed frames and shorts short enough to make a modest pensioner blush. His sweet demeanour is paralleled with his boy-lost voice but don&rsqu... Read more »| 11 Dec 2013 -
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Let It Rennes: Trans Musicales 2013
Who knows whether the thousands of French music lovers who descend each year on the beautiful town of Rennes realise how incredible it truly is to attend a m... Read more »| 11 Dec 2013 -
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Burial releases new EP, Rival Dealer
Reclusive UK bass producer Burial has released his new EP, Rival Dealer, on Hyperdub today with his customary lack of fanfare and hype. With 3 tracks –... Read more »| 11 Dec 2013 -
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Factory Floor @ Gorilla, Manchester, 7 December
Factory Floor shows should come with two label warnings: not for the epileptic or weak hearted. The live serving of the debut album by this London-based trio... Read more »| 11 Dec 2013