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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Musicof Montreal – Lousy with Sylvianbriar
Prolific glam-funk outfit of Montreal are giving us their twelfth studio album in Lousy With Sylvianbriar, an expectedly whimsical and seductive offering. Li... Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
MusicThe Pure Conjecture – Gendres
With its electric pink colour scheme and handwritten font, one would be forgiven for approaching Gendres with thoughts of Kavinsky and satin scorpion jackets... Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
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O2 Love Music Column – October 2013
Variety’s the order of the day, with jazz, soul, synthpop, and some good old fashioned gee-tar on the menu at Glasgow’s O2 ABC this October. ... Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
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This is Madchester: Grimmfest 2013
The biggest UK genre festival outside of That London is back to bring a little bit of horror, a touch of ickiness and a dollop of good old-fashioned strangeness to Manchester Read more »| 27 Sep 2013 -
MusicTim Hecker / Pete Swanson @ The Old Fruitmarket, 20 Sep
The Old Fruitmarket is a wonderful venue, and it is relatively rare to get to watch avant garde or experimental electronic music in such a cavernous and beau... Read more »| 27 Sep 2013 -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture Roundup | 27 September
In today's Bulletin: Irvine Welsh talks Filth; new Batman spinoff in the works; Metallica invent EDM; Mark Lanegan and friends cover The xx; CHVRCHES cover Whitney Houston; Twin Shadow covers Tori Amos; plus first look at Avengers: Age of Ultron Read more »| 27 Sep 2013
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MusicGlasser – Interiors
The second album by Cameron Mesirow, aka Glasser, begins with promise – her powerful, emotionally resonant voice is paired with loping proto-dubstep on... Read more »| 27 Sep 2013 -
ArtJack Vettriano: The Art World's Barry White
Ahead of his major retrospective at the Kelvingrove, Scotland's most successful artist gets down to the nitty-gritty of human nature Read more »| 26 Sep 2013 -
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Your Loyal Subjects – Austerity Measures
Led by guitarist and vocalist Doug MacDonald, one-time duo Your Loyal Subjects return 50% larger, using an additional six-string to open out their sound. The... Read more »| 26 Sep 2013 -
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Gary Numan – Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)
With production from techno stalwart Ade Fenton, Gary Numan's first widely-available release since 2006's Jagged convincingly keeps up with latter day effort... Read more »| 26 Sep 2013 -
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Boardwalk – Boardwalk
Boardwalk have evoked comparisons with another LA-based male guitarist/female vocalist duo, Mazzy Star, and as their debut lazily unwinds, it’s easy to... Read more »| 26 Sep 2013 -
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DARKSIDE – Psychic
The first full-length outing for Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington’s DARKSIDE project opens with Golden Arrow, 11 minutes of arrestingly beautiful ambie... Read more »| 26 Sep 2013 -
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Andrea Büttner @ Tramway, until 13 Oct
Increasingly viewed as a hotbed for extremists, crazies, perverts and toxic small-mindedness, organised religion has some serious PR problems. Cleaning up it... Read more »| 25 Sep 2013 -
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Islet – Released By The Movement
Musical misfits Islet would like to take you on a journey. The places you pass along the way may well feel familiar – woozy psych, groove-led post-punk... Read more »| 25 Sep 2013 -
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Bailterspace – Trinine
In their original incarnation, Bailterspace’s tendency towards crushing, voluminous noise saw them frequently compared to Sonic Youth. If the New Zeala... Read more »| 25 Sep 2013