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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MusicFews – Means
Swedish/American four-piece Fews finally let loose over ten full tracks, after teasing music bloggers last year with tracks The Zoo and Ill. On debut record ... Read more »| 12 May 2016 -
ClubsThe World According to Shadow Wolf
Intergalactic freak daddy Danny Wolfers offers a unique insight into the many strange corners of life as you probably don't know it Read more »| 12 May 2016 -
Music
Marissa Nadler – Strangers
Seven albums in, Boston native Marissa Nadler reunites with producer Randall Dunn, who recorded 2014's July, and continues in much the same vein. That clean ... Read more »| 12 May 2016 -
MusicMisha – All We Will Become
Misha’s All We Will Become is apparently inspired by themes of “reincarnation and renewal”, and you can see why the idea of a fresh start m... Read more »| 12 May 2016 -
MusicBlood and Guts: Deftones' Chino Moreno on Gore
Deftones' Chino Moreno meditates on creative tension, artistic accessibility and why eschewing populism has served the Sacramento survivors well Read more »| 12 May 2016 -
Music
Mutual Benefit – Skip A Sinking Stone
Slipping effortlessly between wispy, lo-fi gospel and warm trails of orchestration, the second album from Mutual Benefit (aka Jordan Lee) doesn’t want ... Read more »| 11 May 2016
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Music
Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
Back in the day, before Spotify and YouTube, bands inspired tribes. Radiohead were part of your identity, where you placed yourself. It's still difficult to ... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
Comedy
Chris Cantrill: Comedy Spotlight
The Delightful Sausage founder braves a grilling. It's a preconceived notion that alternative comedians hailing from the North have to move to London to ply... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
Music
Methyl Ethel – Oh Inhuman Spectacle
Australian multi-instrumentalist Jake Webb explores a fascination with texture, arrangement and mood on his debut album. 4AD's patronage makes perfect s... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
Music
Kate Jackson – British Road Movies
The equal – at least – of the two dazzling artworks she delivered with The Long Blondes, Jackson's solo debut comes eight years after guitarist D... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
Art
Josée Aubin Ouellette: The Skinny Showcase
Josée Aubin Ouellette is a Canadian artist, from Edmonton, Alberta, living in Glasgow, where she graduated with an MFA from the GSA in 2012. Upcoming... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
Music
Tacocat @ Electric Circus, Edinburgh, 3 May
“If you close your eyes, it’ll sound like there’s three of us.” Niall Strachan looks a little lonely on the Electric Circus stage ton... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
Music
Sophia – As We Make Our Way (Unknown Harbours)
Robin Proper-Sheppard has always had a way with love. Of viewing it at odd angles, teasing out the strands of heartbreak almost before hearts have been broke... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
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Summer Cannibals – Full of It
The Portland band arrive on this, their third album. A ferocious – and ferociously cerebral – collection, these 11 songs rattle your sternum whil... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
Film
Armando Iannucci reflects on In the Loop
Acclaimed Scottish satirist and film director Armando Iannucci will answer fan questions in a pre-recorded interview to be shown alongside a screening of his 2009 comedy In the Loop at Restless Natives festival this week. First, we posed a few of our own Read more »| 11 May 2016