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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MusicAidan Baker – Half Lives
Multi-instrumentalist Aidan Baker’s double album Half Lives shows the Canadian bridging his ambient and lyrical modes on the electric-guitar leaning Mo... Read more »| 02 Apr 2015 -
MusicStornoway – Bonxie
Through sounds of cheeps and twitterings, Stornoway’s latest release emerges; one word to describe their new obsession – birds. It’s assure... Read more »| 02 Apr 2015 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights – April 2015
We take a look forward to Lone, Henrik Schwarz and Phil Weeks Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
Music
Scouts @ Maguire's Pizza Bar, Liverpool, 22 March
The biggest problem with Liverpool four-piece Scouts’ set tonight is the lack of a sound engineer, and it’s a real shame. Their hugely impressive... Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
Music
FFS announce album details, share new track Piss Off
FFS, the collaboration between Glasgow art rockers Franz Ferdinand and LA new wavers Sparks, have revealed the details of their forthcoming album, as well as... Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
MusicPleasance Sessions 'to take year off’ for 2015
UPDATE: The Pleasance Sessions will in fact return for an October weekender in 2015! The annual Pleasance Sessions series of music, spoken word and comedy s... Read more »| 01 Apr 2015
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MusicFrancis MacDonald – Music For String Quartet, Piano And Celeste
Rein in those tiresome drummer jokes: Teenage Fanclub’s multi-talented sticksman Francis MacDonald is here to make nonsense of all those clapped-o... Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase: Camille Smithwick
Camille Smithwick turns her half-baked confusions into ceramic objects. Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
Art
Cornelia Parker @ Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Upon entering the newly revitalised Whitworth, it can initially be unclear where Cornelia Parker’s retrospective is actually located. There is just so ... Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
Comedy
Alexis Dubus: Cars and Girls
Award-winning comedian Alexis Dubus has a poetic take on travel and heartbreak. Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
Music
Record Store Day in Scotland
With this year’s Record Store Day specials already making prophetic dents in your post-Easter funds (not to mention those of your friendly neighbourhoo... Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
Music
Cut the Slack: Words with Courtney Barnett
With her profile rising rapidly, Courtney Barnett's debut album has finally seen the light of day. She tells us about finding fascination in the plain ol' ordinary... Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
Books
A Decent Ride by Irvine Welsh
By the end of the first chapter of Irvine Welsh's new book, Edinburgh cab driver ‘Juice’ Terry Lawson has managed to secure himself a ten grand d... Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
Books
Living Memory: Patricia Duncker reimagines George Eliot
The appetite for Victoriana is endless; it seems we can’t get enough of corsets and bonnets. As Patricia Duncker releases a new novel, she talks to us about the neo-Victorian tale, her fascination with George Eliot and the nature of literary celebrity Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
Art
80s Icons, Human Donation, and a Hermit Genius: This Month in Scottish Art
This month's pick of Scottish contemporary art sees four exhibitions run through the month, across Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow Read more »| 01 Apr 2015