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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MusicAlbums of 2018 (#1): Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar
With Cocoa Sugar, Young Fathers have made a record that’s restless and messy, elliptical and enlightening; a record about life, and how if you stand still you’ll miss it Read more »| 29 Nov 2018 -
MusicMalcolm Middleton @ The Caves, Edinburgh, 27 Nov
Airing most of his new album Bananas, as well as delving into his back catalogue, Malcolm Middleton provides a perfect evening of low-stakes entertainment Read more »| 29 Nov 2018 -
FilmCreed II
Creed II is a winner, but it can't match the succession of devastating blows delivered by Ryan Coogler’s original film Read more »| 29 Nov 2018 -
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LYLO – Nothin' New (Track Premiere)
Listen to Nothin' New, the new single from Glasgow five-piece LYLO Read more »| 29 Nov 2018 -
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Albums of 2018 (#2): Parquet Courts – Wide Awake!
As Parquet Courts slip in and out of styles on Wide Awake!, what has resulted is an urgent work about letting yourself go amidst a storm of terribleness Read more »| 29 Nov 2018 -
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Fatherson top The Skinny Scottish Album of 2018 vote
The Kilmarnock trio topped our readers' poll to find your favourite Scottish album of the past twelve months Read more »| 29 Nov 2018
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Music
Kohla – S/he (Track Premiere)
Listen to S/he, the debut single from new Edinburgh artist Kohla Read more »| 29 Nov 2018 -
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Albums of 2018 (#3): Mitski – Be the Cowboy
Mitski channels sadness into euphoria in a way few others can, and the songs on Be the Cowboy will have you dancing through the pain Read more »| 28 Nov 2018 -
Theatre
Traverse Theatre announces Spring 2019 programme
Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre has announced its January-April 2019 season, with a selection of home-grown and visiting productions set to take the stage Read more »| 28 Nov 2018 -
Film
Disobedience
Chilean director Sebastián Lelio's follow-up to A Fantastic Woman is the story of same-sex love within the Orthodox Jewish community, but it's a drab affair lacking passion and colour Read more »| 28 Nov 2018 -
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Roma
Alfonso Cuarón's Roma, the Mexican director's most most personal work, is more impressive as a feat of crowd control than as a piece of visual storytelling or as a character study Read more »| 28 Nov 2018 -
Books
At Dusk by Hwang Sok-yong
Written by one of South Korea’s most beloved authors, there is an urgency to At Dusk despite the gentle care taken in its storytelling Read more »| 28 Nov 2018 -
MusicAlbums of 2018 (#4): IDLES – Joy as an Act of Resistance
The combination of intelligent structuring, punchy songwriting and unifying messaging make IDLES' sophomore album one of 2018's best Read more »| 28 Nov 2018 -
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Beans on Toast – A Bird in the Hand
More mature and introspective, A Bird in the Hand is a simple recipe of folk songs and wholesome lyrics to help stave off the cynicism of an increasingly alienating modern world Read more »| 28 Nov 2018 -
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Albums of 2018 (#5): Robyn – Honey
Robyn's eighth album, and her first in as many years, can capture a single heartbeat – one breathless second – and spin it into perfect, complex pop treasure Read more »| 28 Nov 2018