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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ClubsNightvision: A look ahead to Series 6
With the popular Edinburgh-based clubbing series Nightvision set to return this month with a killer Series 6 line-up, we speak to founders Simon McGrath and Derek Martin about its greatest moments to date, and what we can expect in 2017 Read more »| 11 Jan 2017 -
MusicLive music in Liverpool this week: 11-17 Jan
As 2017's gig calendar clicks slowly into gear, here's a handful of gigs to add to your planner, from indie veterans to pop-punk to garage rock... Read more »| 11 Jan 2017 -
MusicWide Days confirms 2017 dates
Edinburgh music convention and new music showcase Wide Days has announced the dates for this year's event Read more »| 11 Jan 2017 -
MusicAvec le Soleil Sortant de sa Bouche – Pas pire pop, I Love You So Much
Pas pire pop, I Love You So Much, the second album from Montreal avant-funk super-group Avec le Soleil Sortant de sa Bouche, showcases the most innovative id... Read more »| 11 Jan 2017 -
Music
Bastards of Fate – Supercollider: Track premiere
Take a first listen to Supercollider by The Bastards of Fate, taken from their forthcoming third album Suck Out The Light Roanoke, Virginia five-piece The B... Read more »| 11 Jan 2017 -
Comedy
Limmy's techno take on the 80s Turkish Delight ad
The anarchic genius turns the chocolate bar's cheesy advertising theme into a banging techno tune Read more »| 10 Jan 2017
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Music
Young Fathers star on T2 Trainspotting soundtrack
Amazon accidentally leak the soundtrack for Trainspotting sequel, T2 Thanks to a clerical error over at Amazon, we now know the songs featured in T2, t... Read more »| 10 Jan 2017 -
FilmNew Twin Peaks will be "pure heroin"
David Lynch reveals the smallest of details about the new series of Twin Peaks at a recent onstage talk David Lynch continues to be one of the most enigmati... Read more »| 10 Jan 2017 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: 10-16 January
Several galleries have yet to reopen with the first installments of their 2017 agendas, but things are back in gear with a double preview at the Reid Gallery this Friday, new shows at Open Eye Gallery and the National Gallery, film screenings and more.. Read more »| 10 Jan 2017 -
Comedy
Votes vs Jokes: the divided Beppe Grillo
The right say he's on the left, the left say he's on the right – who is the "Five Star" comedian changing Italian politics? Read more »| 10 Jan 2017 -
Film
Manchester Film Festival announce 2017 gala films
Northwest talent such as on-the-rise Oldham-born actor Olivia Cooke feature in the opening and closing films for this year's Manchester Film Festival Read more »| 10 Jan 2017 -
Music
Let's Get Lost: Lost Map Records
Johnny Lynch, aka The Pictish Trail, raised eyebrows when he left Fence Records in 2013. But his new label, Lost Map, has already established itself as one of the most exciting in Scotland Read more »| 10 Jan 2017 -
Music
Coldharbourstores – Wilderness
Of all the turn-of- the-century bands one might reasonably have expected to reform in recent years, surely no one had their money on London’s Cold... Read more »| 10 Jan 2017 -
Music
Austra – Future Politics
Draw the curtains, light a candle and polish your crystal ball. It sounds as if Katie Stelmanis’ darkwave electro-pop outfit has been reading plenty of... Read more »| 10 Jan 2017 -
Film
BAFTAs 2017: La La Land leads nominations
But two Amy Adams vehicles (Arrival and Nocturnal Animals) aren't far behind. Damien Chazelle's musical also comes up against the grit of Ken Loach's I, Dani... Read more »| 10 Jan 2017