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Film
The Skinny Short Film Competition 2015
Following the success of last year’s Skinny Short Film Competition, we’re once again on the hunt for the most exciting new voices in short film-m... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
Music
XFM May - The Summer Anthem - Place Your Bets
With any luck by the time you read this the sun will be shining and you'll be thinking about digging your wellies and shorts out in preparation for the festi... Read more »| Updated about 18 years ago -
Music
Live music in Liverpool this week: 19-25 Apr
We dive into the listings to bring you the essential guide to gigs in Liverpool this week – plus the latest news on festivals, tour announcements ... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
Festivals
GICF '12 PREVIEW: Bec Hill 'Blueprints'
Most important question first: Tell us about your show. I’ll be honest, I called my show “Blueprints” because at the time I registered for... Read more »| Updated about 12 years ago -
Festivals
The Road to Riches
Last year, in an unassuming Portakabin behind the Pleasance Courtyard, a little-known comedian named Adam Riches unveiled one of the most original and entert... Read more »| Updated almost 16 years ago -
Film
Film Events in May
With Ghostface back haunting cinema in Scream 4, it's appropriate to ask the question: do you like scary movies? If so, May is chock-full of films for you. T... Read more »| Updated about 13 years ago -
Music
Listen: Flamingods' Supersonic podcast
As a prelude to this year's Supersonic Festival in Birmingham (running 11-14 June), we present this cosmic podcast carefully crafted by Flamingods. The... Read more »| Updated almost 9 years ago -
Music
Sylvan Esso interview: Reaching Through the Static
We catch up with North Carolina-based duo Sylvan Esso to talk anxieties, joys and annoying habits ahead of the release of sophomore album, What Now “T... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
Comedy
John Hegley @ The Stand, 12 Jun
After a few moments of speaking to him, it becomes obvious that John Hegley is just a guy in love with the rhythm of language and the joy of wordplay. On the... Read more »| Updated almost 13 years ago -
Students
Heads Up: Scottish Student Events Calendar 2017-18
September 2017 Now that the novelty of stealing traffic cones / engaging in pub golf / vomming in gutters has distinctly worn off, let’s get onto the ... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
Books
William McIlvanney: Laying Down The Law
Speaking at the annual Aye Write! Book Festival in Glasgow, William McIlvanney reflects on the admiration of his peers in the Scottish crime fiction communit... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
Festivals
Luke(y)-likey: An interview with Luke Wright of Nasty Little Press
When I was starting out in 2008 / 2009, Luke Wright was one of the biggest names in the poetry business. It’s safe to say he’s even bigger now: s... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
Festivals
A Night of Sex in the Gutter!
When asked why The Skinny’s readers should go to Gutter Magazine’s event at Unbound, the magazine’s editor Adrian Searle gets straight to t... Read more »| Updated almost 14 years ago -
Music
Aerogramme Exit with Heads Held High
At their last hometown gig at Glasgow's QMU, Aereogramme thanked their loyal fans in the best way possible, with a magnetic performance of their towering yet... Read more »| Updated almost 17 years ago -
Books
Limmy's Daft Wee Interview
"There’s some terrible fucking things I can write. Terrible things that pop up in my mind, but I chose to keep that a bit light for the book." We&rsquo... Read more »| Updated almost 9 years ago -
Festivals
David O'Doherty: Pioneer Spirit
It’s the last night of a poorly-run comedy festival in Ireland when we catch up with David O’Doherty. Schedule shuffling and cancellations have p... Read more »| Updated almost 13 years ago -
Festivals
Get to Know: Peaness
We first fell in love with indie-pop trio Peaness when their debut EP No Fun appeared on Bandcamp last year, duly winning the hearts of unsuspectin... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
Music
The Albums of 2012 (#9): The Twilight Sad – No One Can Ever Know (FatCat)
“It's been a strange year,” confesses The Twilight Sad’s de facto spokesman James Graham, ‘still jetlagged oot his nut’ from a ... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
Music
Stop The Presses! August Newsbites
CHEMIKAL SOLUTION: At time of going to press, the minds behind Glasgow recording institution Chem19 have just announced 'Engineering & Production in Prac... Read more »| Updated almost 13 years ago -
Books
Scottish Poetry News – May 2017
I recently had the pleasure of catching up with Ted Hughes Award winner Hollie McNish, who confessed that she was still getting used to the idea of her new t... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
Comedy
Comic vs comic: John & Martin
MM: You are a major feature on the UK comedy circuit, how long have you been a pro stand up? JS: I’ve been pro for nearly seven years now. The fi... Read more »| Updated almost 13 years ago -
Festivals
Bouncy Castle Dracula
There are times when being a reviewer is a tough gig. Every once in a while, a little show comes along that is pulled off with energy and enthusiasm but whic... Read more »| Updated almost 16 years ago -
Things To Do
Top Ten Events Northwest 7-13 Feb: Forest Swords, Cate Le Bon + Moderat
Top Ten Events Northwest 7-13 Feb: Forest Swords, Cate Le Bon + Moderat ... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
Music
Young Fathers confirm new album ‘White Men Are Black Men Too’
Mercury Prize and SAY Award-winning trio Young Fathers have confirmed the title of their second full-length LP – White Men Are Black Men Too. Recorded... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
Music
Panda Su: Black-Eyed Blues
Like that scene at the start of The Wrestler, where Mickey Rourke tapes up his wounds backstage at a community centre, Suzanne Shaw has been known to hunch o... Read more »| Updated about 14 years ago -
Comedy
Limmy: Comedy 2.0
You probably know the story – Glaswegian joker sets up a website, makes a swearing xylophone and a (fake) video of him prank-calling a wee girl. Goes o... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
Music
T Break: United Fruit and Hector Bizerk look back
Each year, Scotland's biggest music festival, T in the Park, endeavours to present the best-of-the-best from Scotland's emerging bands and musicians, showcas... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
Festivals
Paul Ricketts: Announcing the truly free fringe
My aim at this year's Edinburgh Fringe is to have the all-time lowest sales figures at a ticketed venue. Ideally I wanted to sell none but at the moment I've... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
Festivals
Dry humour
“I’m a man of several names,” says Arthur Smith, a man whose taste for pseudonyms seems fitting for such a multifaceted performer. Born Bri... Read more »| Updated almost 15 years ago -
Film
Film News: New Pulp documentary opens Sheffield Doc/Fest, Dundead programme revealed
SHEFFIELD DOC/FEST OPENS WITH EUROPEAN PREMIERE OF NEW FILM ABOUT JARVIS COCKER AND PULPSheffield Doc/Fest (7-12 Jun) will open on 7 June with the European p... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago