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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FilmSubmergence
James McAvoy and Alicia Vikander star in Wim Wenders' beautiful but shallow adaptation of JM Ledgard's novel Read more »| 28 Feb 2018 -
MusicThe Herbaliser – Bring Out the Sound
After a five year hiatus, The Herbaliser have returned to the limelight with their newest addition to UK hip hop Read more »| 28 Feb 2018 -
Music
Peggy Gou – Once EP
Peggy Gou's Once EP is music for the head as well as the feet, making it as perfect for burying into with headphones as it is for dancing to in the club Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
MusicGwenno – Le Kov
Gwenno journeys through both the individual and collective subconscious on her latest album Le Kov; entirely in Cornish it's tuneful and entrancing, remaining accessible Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
ArtAlberta Whittle wins 2018 Margaret Tait Award
Barbadian artist Alberta Whittle has been announced as the Margaret Tait Award winner in the centenary year of the Orcadian filmmaker’s birth Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
Music
Anna Von Hausswolff – Dead Magic
Anna Von Hauswolff's fourth effort is obvious, unoriginal and so, so boring Read more »| 27 Feb 2018
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MusicSuperorganism – Superorganism
Superorganism's self-titled debut album recalls the energy and fun of early-mid 00s electro indie pop but ultimately lacks in substance Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
Music
The Breeders – All Nerve
All Nerve shrugs off any burden of a ‘come-back’ and becomes a truly rare thing: a wild, visionary, timeless rock album Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
Film
The Breadwinner
From the director of The Secret of Kells, The Breadwinner is a powerful film in which the cuteness and colour of the animation is balanced by realities of life in war-torn Afghanistan Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
Film
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
Grace Jones is celebrated in this doc from Sophie Fiennes, but its naturalistic style means that most questions about the iconic star's extraordinary life and career go unanswered Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
Music
Brian Fallon & The Howling Weather @ O2 Ritz, Manchester, 21 Feb
The Gaslight Anthem frontman brings his new material to Manchester, but can't shake the sense that something magical is missing Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
Music
Scottish Music Highlights: 27 Feb - 5 Mar
This week's gig guide features a weekend of music in Paisley, live returns from Wiley and Nils Frahm, and a birthday and programme launch to celebrate Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
Music
Mesadorm – Yours and Not Yours (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Mesadorm's latest single Yours and Not Yours Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
Music
Hamilton Mausoleum Suite @ Hamilton Mausoleum, 19 Feb
Tonight's performance of Francis Macdonald's Hamilton Mausoleum Suite flows seamlessly and is a huge privilege to have witnessed in the unique surrounds which inspired it Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
Music
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard @ Academy, Manchester, 22 Feb
The tireless Australians bring a ferocious, if unfocused, show to Manchester Read more »| 27 Feb 2018