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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Tv RadioPod People: Silent Waves and family secrets
Silent Waves deals with devastating familial revelations in a surprising and supportive way; we delve into the world of the Australian podcast, and five others which tackle tough family secrets Read more »| 28 Sep 2018 -
MusicDeclan Welsh and the Decadent West @ Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh, 25 Sep
Declan Welsh and the Decadent West deliver an impressive set tonight with an impassioned cover of The Amazing Snakeheads to boot Read more »| 28 Sep 2018 -
MusicFucked Up – Dose Your Dreams
The fifth album from Toronto's Fucked Up, Dose Your Dreams could well be their best effort yet Read more »| 28 Sep 2018 -
Clubs
Scottish Clubbing Highlights: October 2018
It's October, which means a month packed with Halloween parties featuring some of the best DJs around right now, from both Scotland and further afield Read more »| 28 Sep 2018 -
Music
Renaissance Men: From the Port to the Bridge
Ahead of an exhibition at the Beacon Arts Centre celebrating their contribution to music, three Scottish DJs explain the significance of Robert Rental and Thomas Leer in the story of post-punk Read more »| 28 Sep 2018 -
Music
Almost Famous: Marie Davidson on Working Class Woman
We chat to Marie Davidson about her love of psychology, living in Berlin and finding herself on her fourth solo album, Working Class Woman Read more »| 28 Sep 2018
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Books
XX by Angela Chadwick
This is Chadwick’s true strength: the ability to distil the human experience and reproduce it in print. Topical, probing and quietly intense – XX is a phenomenal debut. Read more »| 28 Sep 2018 -
Music
Tim Hecker – Konoyo
Despite its flaws, Tim Hecker's ninth studio album Konoyo is still more than a worthwhile listen Read more »| 28 Sep 2018 -
Film
Paris Nous Appartient
Jacques Rivette's totemic work of the French New Wave comes to Blu-ray Read more »| 28 Sep 2018 -
Music
Against The Current @ The Garage, Glasgow, 25 Sep
Ahead of their new album Past Lives dropping this week, New Yorkers Against The Current put on a solid headline show despite a slightly depleted crowd at The Garage Read more »| 27 Sep 2018 -
MusicThe Amazing Dale Barclay: A Tribute
With the devastating news that Dale Barclay has lost his battle with brain cancer, we take a look back at the musical life of The Amazing Snakeheads' charismatic frontman Read more »| 27 Sep 2018 -
Music
Freakender @ The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, 14-16 Sep
With standout performances from Kaputt, Savage Mansion, Free Love and Irma Vep, the third Freakender weekender is most certainly a welcome one. Here's to more freaky weekends! Read more »| 27 Sep 2018 -
Tv Radio
American Vandal: Season 2
Netflix's true-crime spoof returns for a second series and its psychological insights remain as potent as its jokes are puerile Read more »| 27 Sep 2018 -
Tv Radio
Killing Eve
Phoebe Waller-Bridge returns to TV with a wonderfully weird cat-and-mouse thriller Read more »| 27 Sep 2018 -
Music
Electric Fields 2018: Review
Electric Fields remains a diverse, enjoyable weekend of music, but when End of the Road offers much the same, plus incredible headliners, it’s hard not to want more from a flagship Scottish event Read more »| 27 Sep 2018