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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Musicworriedaboutsatan – Blank Tape
It’s a risk some artists take, to release so much of their output: all too often, they ultimately spread themselves too thin. How worriedaboutsata... Read more »| 30 Nov 2016 -
Music
Albums of 2016 (#2): Solange – A Seat at the Table
A Seat at the Table is an enormously historical, deeply political record – if you’ve heard it you’ll know that, but it demands repeating a thousand times over Read more »| 30 Nov 2016 -
MusicAlbums of 2016 (#3): Bon Iver – 22, A Million
On Bon Iver’s engrossing third album 22, A Million, the band’s first album in five years, we hear Justin Vernon triumphantly overcoming his crisis of faith and confidence by asserting himself through technological clutter and finding peace in chaos Read more »| 30 Nov 2016 -
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Dundee's Finest Export: DCA Thomson
Christmas time for many brings with it an Oor Wullie or The Broons annual, comics that are recognisably more Scottish than a saltire soaked in Irn Bru. To ce... Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
MusicThe Front Bottoms @ O2 Ritz, Manchester, 22 Nov
Glancing over the O2 Ritz’s crowd of teen scene kids (dressed top to toe in black band merch) gives you a good idea of what The Front Bottoms are about... Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
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Slowcoaches – Nothing Gives
Four years after their first EP surfaced on micro-indie Tye Die Tapes, Slowcoaches finally turn in their debut album – and it’s worth the wait. R... Read more »| 29 Nov 2016
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Albums of 2016 (#4): Anderson .Paak – Malibu
Malibu well and truly plunged Anderson .Paak into the consciousness of the music industry and music fans all over the world. He's been riding that wave ever ... Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
MusicAlbums of 2016 (#5): Angel Olsen – My Woman
A reflection on the year's most ferociously diverse pop record, Angel Olsen's 'My Woman' Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
Film
Films of 2016: The Criminally Overlooked Films
Court is in session. On trial are the critics and audiences who gave short shrift to these great films. The plaintiffs range from overlooked gems (A Bigger S... Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
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Albums of 2016 (#6): Nick Cave – Skeleton Tree
Death is a familiar character in Nick Cave’s songbook, but Skeleton Tree, his 16th studio album with The Bad Seeds, carries a particularly tragic spect... Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
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Albums of 2016 (#7): David Bowie – Blackstar
On 8 January, David Bowie’s 69th birthday, his 25th studio album Blackstar was released. Seemingly a cause for double celebration, certainly none of us... Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: 29 Nov – 5 Dec
A whole new week's worth of screenings, openings and exhibition openings with a restaged Strawberry Switchblade performance tomorrow, openings at Mount Florida Studios and Collective and a 12-hour symposium in Dundee. Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
TheatreCultural Highlights: Strictly Ballroom in Leeds
Strictly Ballroom: The Musical With all the glistening lametta, prawn cocktail starters and Only Fools and Horses re-runs of Christmas, there’s arguab... Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
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Cultural Highlights: Art Without Walls at YSP
Art Without Walls For more than three decades, Yorkshire Sculpture Park has been busy breaking down barriers between the public and contemporary art, capita... Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
Music
Independent Venue Week announces 2017 line-up
Manchester's Cabbage star among the first names to be unveiled Read more »| 29 Nov 2016