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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BooksThe Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
Michel Faber’s latest and, according to the author, last novel – following Under the Skin, which was recently adapted into a celebrated film star... Read more »| 24 Oct 2014 -
FilmJimi: All Is by My Side
Jimi: All Is by My Side takes an approach that more musician biopics should, that of honing in on one specific period of Jimi Hendrix's life instead of provi... Read more »| 24 Oct 2014 -
MusicKiller Mike and El-P release Run the Jewels II ahead of schedule
Rap duo say: "AW FUCK IT. WE CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER" Read more »| 24 Oct 2014 -
MusicPanda Bear releases ‘Mr Noah’ EP and confirms new full-length album
Animal Collective’s Noah Lennox – aka Panda Bear – is back with a four-track EP of new material, as well as announcing his fifth solo LP, P... Read more »| 23 Oct 2014 -
Music
The Charlatans announce 2015 UK tour in support of first LP in four years
Mancunian survivors The Charlatans have announced a major UK tour for March 2015 in support of their new album Modern Nature. The cult indie group play gigs... Read more »| 23 Oct 2014 -
Film
BAFTA Scotland nominations announced
Prison drama Starred Up, Irvine Welsh adaptation Filth and Proclaimers musical Sunshine on Leith head up the nominations list for next month’s BAFTA Sc... Read more »| 23 Oct 2014
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Film
“Right now I do feel like Horror Girl”: Pollyanna McIntosh on Let Us Prey
Pollyanna McIntosh was the undoubted star of Grimmfest 2014, with a trio of films in the programme. We caught up with the Scottish actor to discuss her popularity with the horror crowd and her future projects Read more »| 23 Oct 2014 -
Film
Avengers: Age of Ultron's first trailer goes online
It’s not even November and the summer blockbuster race is on, with the first trailer released from Marvel's superhero sequel Avengers: Age of Ultr... Read more »| 23 Oct 2014 -
Music
Under the Influence: Helmet's Page Hamilton
A staggering influence on both the nascent North American post-hardcore movement of the early 90s and the wider alternative rock world as we now know it, Helmet's mainstay unearths nine albums that guided his hand Read more »| 23 Oct 2014 -
Film
Animal Farm
A classroom favourite, Halas and Batchelor’s animated adaptation of Orwell’s classic political fable arrives on Blu-ray with a crisp high-definit... Read more »| 23 Oct 2014 -
Film
Blacula – The Complete Collection
Today, a torturous pun in the title usually indicates a horror with tongue lodged tightly in cheek (see this month’s undead rodent feature Zombeavers).... Read more »| 23 Oct 2014 -
Art
Tommy Perman (ex-FOUND) unveils Concrete Antenna project
Tommy Perman, one of the founding members of award-winning Edinburgh music and art collective FOUND, has unveiled his latest project – a sound installa... Read more »| 22 Oct 2014 -
MusicThe Knife announce Shaken-Up Versions mini-album release date
Experimental Swedish electronic duo The Knife have announced the release of a mini-album of remixed and reworked versions of some of their tracks for th... Read more »| 22 Oct 2014 -
Music
Rachel Sermanni – Live in Dawson City
Considering the hefty number of gigs and festivals Rachel Sermanni has racked up over the years, a live album seems like a natural step. Recorded last summer... Read more »| 22 Oct 2014 -
Music
In Pictures: The Phantom Band, Remember Remember and Birdhead at The Pleasance Sessions
In Pictures: The Skinny Presents... at The Pleasance Sessions 2014 From 9th-18th October, Edinburgh University's Pleasance Theatre played host to a string o... Read more »| 22 Oct 2014