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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MusicBorn Ruffians – Ruff
It’s probably not advisable to claim The Strokes, Talking Heads and Pixies as influences all in one breath – as does the press release accom... Read more »| 30 Sep 2015 -
MusicLiverpool Psych Fest 2015: The Review
“Everywhere they played people would be asking them 'are you playing The Psych Fest this year?' It wasn't 'Liverpool' Psych Fest, it's almost like it g... Read more »| 30 Sep 2015 -
MusicWavves – V
Wavves has never really been about substance – at least not in any traditional sense, with weed being this particular slacker's go-to drug. Though... Read more »| 30 Sep 2015 -
Comedy
Doug Stanhope on controversy, outrage and Twitter
Just before #Swine11 rocked the Twittersphere, we caught up with comedy's master of the profane, Doug Stanhope Read more »| 30 Sep 2015 -
Music
Deafheaven – New Bermuda
Deafheaven's critical acclaim off the back of Sunbather was one of the unexpected success stories of 2013. They gained fans outside of metal circles par... Read more »| 30 Sep 2015 -
Music
A Mote of Dust – A Mote of Dust
It’s been a while since we last heard from Craig Beaton. While his Unwinding Hours colleague Iain Cook has reaped success with Chvrches, Beaton’s... Read more »| 30 Sep 2015
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Music
Majical Cloudz – Are You Alone?
In song, Devon Welsh – one half of Majical Cloudz – has always come over as a fragile soul. His third album under the moniker doesn't quite ... Read more »| 30 Sep 2015 -
MusicMercury Rev – The Light In You
Seven years after the dreamy Snowflake Midnight, Mercury Rev have plundered the toolkit which has served them so well in almost 25 years of recording. At its... Read more »| 30 Sep 2015 -
Music
Gwenno / H Hawkline @ Soup Kitchen, 20 Sep
As September Sunday nights go, a co-headlining show from Heavenly Recordings’ Welsh label-mates Gwenno Saunders and H Hawkline, aka Huw Evans, sounds l... Read more »| 30 Sep 2015 -
Music
Editors – In Dream
It's overcooked and unashamedly melodramatic. Tom Smith still, at times, sounds like he's trying to declaim the opening line to Bowie's Cat People ("See thes... Read more »| 30 Sep 2015 -
Film
The Intern
Audiences are so used to Robert De Niro mortgaging off his reputation that his appearances in predictable fluff like The Intern no longer seem quite so unpal... Read more »| 30 Sep 2015 -
Comedy
Scott Gibson: Comedy Spotlight
Scott Gibson considers the pros and cons involved in having his consciousness uploaded to a computer. Read more »| 29 Sep 2015 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: Turner Prize, Naked Aye
Across Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow this week are a diverse bunch of art events, including the launch of a new gallery space in Glasgow and the first of a series of Turner Prize workshops Read more »| 29 Sep 2015 -
Music
Kodiak Deathbeds – Kodiak Deathbeds
Summer might be over for another year, but thankfully Kodiak Deathbeds have arrived with their self-titled debut album which sounds ripe for soundtracking th... Read more »| 29 Sep 2015 -
Film
Turbo Kid
An affectionately schlocky homage to bottom-shelf 80s genre flicks, Turbo Kid goes all out on the nostalgia front, packing View-Masters, Rubik’s Cubes ... Read more »| 29 Sep 2015