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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MusicPhosphorescent – C'est La Vie
Billed as Phosphorescent's most reflective album yet, C'est La Vie features some of his most intricate arrangements to date Read more »| 04 Oct 2018 -
MusicErrant Boy – We Like You (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video from Edinburgh three-piece Errant Boy for their latest single, We Like You Read more »| 04 Oct 2018 -
Film
Venom
Tom Hardy can't save this toothless, incoherent Spider-Man spin-off Read more »| 03 Oct 2018 -
MusicThom Yorke shares new track from Suspiria
The Radiohead frontman releases the second track from his original soundtrack to Luca Guadagnino's upcoming remake of Dario Argento’s 1977 horror classic Read more »| 03 Oct 2018 -
Music
Gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 2-8 Oct
Jorja Smith, Virginia Wing, Avalanche Party, Deafheaven, S. Carey and Amber Arcades ensure October gets off to a strong start across Scotland's central belt Read more »| 02 Oct 2018 -
Music
Muncie Girls @ The Garage Attic, Glasgow, 30 Sep
Muncie Girls' headline set concludes an evening of short, sharp bursts of lightning-fast pop-punk and songwriting that is catchy and all too relatable Read more »| 02 Oct 2018
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Theatre
Twelfth Night @ The Lyceum, Edinburgh
A decadent, psychedelic extravaganza, which raises interesting questions about gender stereotyping Read more »| 02 Oct 2018 -
MusicSwearin' – Fall into the Sun
Swearin' reunite after a short time away with their best album to date. But this time they approach their usual razor-sharp riffs and pop-punk melodies with a new sense of confidence and maturity Read more »| 02 Oct 2018 -
Music
The Xcerts – Late One Night EP
Aberdeen’s pop-rock trio continue to dominate the limelight with a small selection of charmingly stripped-back, soft reinventions of some of Hold on to Your Heart's best bits Read more »| 02 Oct 2018 -
Music
Iron Man: Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi on his life in music
With Black Sabbath finally finished, legendary guitarist Tony Iommi is preparing to look back over a storied career as a heavy metal pioneer Read more »| 02 Oct 2018 -
Books
Scottish Poetry News – October 2018
This month, National Poetry Day returns with a host of events and the final collection of verse from Leonard Cohen is published Read more »| 02 Oct 2018 -
Music
Death Valley Girls – Darkness Rains
Standing at a crossroads of rock with Death Valley Girls on Darkness Rains, it's not the beastly riot that it should be Read more »| 02 Oct 2018 -
Music
Cat Power – Wanderer
Chan Marshall's first album in six years as Cat Power is her desert mystic album, firmly marking her as the elder statesperson of shattered and cracked blues Read more »| 02 Oct 2018 -
Books
Resistance by Julian Fuks
Here is a novel of considerable weight and brimming with human insight. Read more »| 02 Oct 2018 -
Books
Kill 'Em All by John Niven
The novel raises the question of whether satire works in the world we live in. Niven exposes how awful the people at the top are, and how grotesque their world is Read more »| 02 Oct 2018