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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MusicJohn Grant @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 20 Aug
John Grant has the Edinburgh Playhouse eating out of his hand tonight as he veers between earnest, piano-led balladeering and club-tinged, bombastic electro-pop Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
MusicANNO: Anna Meredith & Scottish Ensemble @ Pleasance at EICC, Edinburgh, 18 Aug
Anna Meredith teams up with Scottish Ensemble for ANNO, which marries Vivaldi's The Four Seasons with Meredith's new electronic-tinged compositions, complete with playful visuals from Eleanor Meredith Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
Tv RadioDissect and 5 more music analysis podcasts
Music gets pulled note-from-note in Dissect; we look at Cole Cuchna's series, and a collection of other podcasts shining a light on musical minutiae Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
Music
Summer Sessions Edinburgh: Paloma Faith @ Ross Bandstand, 17 Aug
Paloma Faith delivers a fun and inspiring set tonight and it's clear she's returned with an agenda – to promote an ‘epidemic of kindness’ through her music Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
Music
Gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 21-27 Aug
St. Vincent, Mogwai and Wye Oak arrive in Edinburgh, while Britney Spears and Belle & Sebastian get the party started in Glasgow for another jam-packed week of live music across the central belt Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
Film
David Mackenzie’s Outlaw King gets its first trailer
The Scottish director returns with star-studded Robert the Bruce epic Outlaw King Read more »| 20 Aug 2018
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Music
Summer Sessions Edinburgh: Kasabian @ Ross Bandstand, 18 Aug
Kasabian at their best are undeniably great, full of genuine enthusiasm for their brand of electro-rock, but at the other end of the scale their music can be mind-numbingly banal Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
Music
BC Camplight – Deportation Blues
Deportation Blues comes from a place of great turmoil, further magnifying the dynamism and creativity that underpins BC Camplight’s work. Brian Christinzio is definitely here to stay Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
MusicDirty Projectors @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 19 Aug
David Longstreth and his current six-piece ensemble emanate a sense of pure joy tonight – this may be the best version of Dirty Projectors yet Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
Books
Ottessa Moshfegh's Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh visited the Edinburgh International Book Festival and took some time out to chat to us about her new novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
Music
An Evening with Amanda Fucking Palmer @ Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 17 Aug
Amanda Palmer floats like a feather in the beautiful world of The Fringe and gives us an intimate peek at an artist and their vulnerability Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
Music
Idles On Creating Positive Punk in a Climate of Fear
Bristol punks IDLES' new album breaks down nationalism, toxic masculinity, immigration and class inequality – but frontman Joe Talbot doesn't intend to be sucked into a shouting match Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
Clubs
SHYBOI on Discwoman and KUNQ
Discwoman affiliate Yulan Grant aka SHYBOI is part of a new wave of stateside artists helping breathe new political energy into dance music Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
Music
Sam Fogarino of Interpol on new album Marauder
Sam Fogarino of New York post-punk icons Interpol talks us through the band's ups and downs and their return to form on new album Marauder Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
Music
End of the Road 2018: Preview
Knee-deep in festival season (and thankfully not mud), we gear up for Dorset’s ever-expanding indie fest, End of the Road, and dish out our top alt-picks to track down off the beaten path Read more »| 17 Aug 2018