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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BooksBarbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan
It’s a skilful, masterful memoir: tracing one man’s obsession with surfing that takes him from teenage years in Hawaii to adulthood spent on far-... Read more »| 27 May 2016 -
MusicTYCI's Hidden Door playlist
The TYCI collective pick out some of their favourite tunes, ahead of their night at Edinburgh's Hidden Door festival next week Read more »| 26 May 2016 -
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Big Deal – Say Yes
Big Deal's third album is a high-stakes affair. After a disasterous home robbery in 2014, the band lost a laptop containing the record's demos and were ... Read more »| 26 May 2016 -
MusicNecro Deathmort – The Capsule
To the extent that any Necro Deathmort release arrives a little pre-scripted – with a moniker such as theirs you know you’re not in for a summery... Read more »| 26 May 2016 -
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Moonface and Siinai – My Best Human Face
It’s all go in Camp Krug at the minute. First there was Wolf Parade’s unexpected return, with a flurry of gigs added to the calendar and an EP of... Read more »| 26 May 2016 -
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Mourn – Ha, Ha, He.
There are moments on Ha, Ha, He. – the youthful Catalonian quartet’s sophomore LP – when there’s a distinct impression of listen... Read more »| 26 May 2016
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Tegan and Sara – Love You To Death
The identical Quins have always been a fearlessly progressive duo, developing their style with each new release. Love You To Death continues their advance aw... Read more »| 26 May 2016 -
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Fatherson – Open Book
Have we found a cure for second album syndrome yet? I Am An Island established these Kilmarnock lads as a competent indie outfit – not trailblazers, no... Read more »| 26 May 2016 -
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Psychic Ills – Inner Journey Out
For all that somebody has forgotten to affix the warning 'This is NOT a Spiritualized record' to the album’s artwork – the Farfissa organ, the go... Read more »| 25 May 2016 -
MusicRobert Coyne & Jaki Liebezeit – I Still Have This Dream
The third collaboration between alt-folk doyen Coyne and the revered Can percussionist is deliberately gentle and low key, each acoustic trail leafy, every d... Read more »| 25 May 2016 -
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Peter Bjorn and John – Breakin' Point
Returning for seventh studio album Breakin' Point, Peter Bjorn and John unveil a gaudy collage of pop music platitudes. You'll remember that the group found ... Read more »| 25 May 2016 -
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Amber Arcades – Fading Lines
Dutch musician Annelotte de Graaf releases her debut album as Amber Arcades. And it is dreamy. Pinch yourself before faded, silky hooks and sun-bleached... Read more »| 25 May 2016 -
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Peter J Smyth – Black Smoke
Taking a break from the deafeningly loud space rock of sonic explorers Mugstar, Peter Smyth goes it alone. With that band having gifted us the fearsome Magne... Read more »| 25 May 2016 -
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Dinosaur Jr announce new album, UK dates
The veteran trio unveiled new track Tiny in a world exclusive performance on Later... with Jools Holland Indie rock pioneers Dinosaur Jr return with their 1... Read more »| 24 May 2016 -
Film
The Last Command
Emil Jannings stars in Josef von Sternberg's melodramatic character study Read more »| 24 May 2016