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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MusicAt the Drive-In – in•ter a•li•a
After 17 long years since their last release, legendary post-hardcore outfit At The Drive-In are back, after a self-confessed 'money grab' reunion tour ... Read more »| 28 Apr 2017 -
FilmDavid Byrne pays loving tribute to Jonathan Demme
The Talking Heads frontman remembers his friend Jonathan Demme, the great filmmaker who directed the near perfect Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sens... Read more »| 28 Apr 2017 -
Film
Julian Barratt on hilarious new comedy Mindhorn
Beloved curmudgeonly comic Julian Barratt makes a jump to the big screen with the endearingly silly Mindhorn, in which he plays a washed-up actor caught up in a murder plot. He talks about the pomposity of actors and a possible return of the Mighty Boosh Read more »| 28 Apr 2017 -
MusicHaim share Right Now video by P.T. Anderson
Watch the new video for Right Now by Haim; directed by Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson Read more »| 28 Apr 2017 -
Music
Siobhan Wilson – Whatever Helps (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video from Siobhan Wilson, taken from her upcoming Song, by Toad LP There Are No Saints Having appeared on the label's Insider Fest... Read more »| 28 Apr 2017 -
Music
Lush Purr – Cuckoo Waltz
If you like your noise pop lo-fi, off-kilter and a bit rough around the edges, Lush Purr have got your back. Their debut album Cuckoo Waltz is test... Read more »| 27 Apr 2017
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Music
Giggs @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 18 Apr
This is a good time to be Giggs. The rapper from Peckham is on his biggest UK-wide tour to date and his most recent album, Landlord, is still doing the ... Read more »| 27 Apr 2017 -
Music
Elvis Depressedly / TV Girl @ Star & Garter, Manchester, 25 Apr
If there’s anything to be said for lo-fi noisemakers Elvis Depressedly, they sure know how to pick a venue: in fact, the group would be hard-pushed to ... Read more »| 27 Apr 2017 -
Music
Pronto Mama – Any Joy
On their first full-length album, Any Joy, Pronto Mama deliver a potent blend of eclectic instrumentation and soulful lyrics. The unusual time signature... Read more »| 27 Apr 2017 -
Music
Jambinai @ O2 ABC 2, Glasgow, 25 Apr
Jambinai are already a well-established touring act in Europe, having formed at Korea's National University of Arts in 2009. Their style, though not the... Read more »| 27 Apr 2017 -
MusicPeaness – Are You Sure?
Given the mess that is the current turbulence of the social and political climate of the world – Brexit-based worriment, Trump torment and all – ... Read more »| 27 Apr 2017 -
Clubs
Scottish Clubbing Highlights: 26 Apr - 2 May
A bumper Bank Holiday round-up of the best club nights across Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow this weekend Club nights in Glasgow SDC x Cottam @ La Cheetah C... Read more »| 27 Apr 2017 -
Music
Indigo Velvet – Mona (Track Premiere)
Take a first listen to the new single from Leith 'tropical pop' quartet Indigo Velvet Read more »| 27 Apr 2017 -
Music
RAZA – Pandahero / Green Wave (Video Premiere)
Watch a pair of live videos from Glasgow electro-prog duo RAZA, ahead of the release of their new EP Read more »| 27 Apr 2017 -
Books
Compass by Mathias Enard
On a single sleepless night in Vienna, musicologist Franz Ritter revisits moments from a life spent studying and exploring the Middle East, winding through m... Read more »| 26 Apr 2017