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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MusicSKOOP rapper Tzusan on debut album Babau
We chat to SKOOP Records' co-founder Tzusan about sci-fi, sampling, and loads and loads of egg boxes Read more »| 13 Nov 2019 -
MusicCloth – Cloth
Glasgow trio Cloth's moody debut is assured and offers a glimpse at an even more exciting future Read more »| 13 Nov 2019 -
MusicBonnie 'Prince' Billy – I Made a Place
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy returns with his first album of original material in eight years, and it's a typically idiosyncratic, at-times aggressively upbeat, collection Read more »| 13 Nov 2019 -
MusicJeffrey Lewis & The Voltage – Bad Wiring
Bad Wiring is an electrifying addition to the Jeffrey Lewis canon, and possibly his best studio album yet Read more »| 13 Nov 2019 -
MusicLeif Vollebekk – New Ways
Leif Vollebekk's latest album New Ways is perfectly packaged and well-delivered, but fails to see Vollebekk break out of his easy-listening niche Read more »| 12 Nov 2019 -
FilmThe CGI Jeebies: Bringing actors back from the dead
A new movie wants to bring James Dean back from the dead and CGI has removed the need for intergenerational casting in decades-spanning gangster epic The Irishman. What does that mean for the future of screen acting? Read more »| 12 Nov 2019
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MusicTNGHT – II
II bears the same restrained energy and cheek of TNGHT, yanked right up to date by a pair of plugged-in beatmakers Read more »| 12 Nov 2019 -
MusicThe Ninth Wave – Infancy Part 2
Concluding their audaciously-released debut album in triumphant fashion, Part 2 of Infancy shows The Ninth Wave are here to stay Read more »| 12 Nov 2019 -
BooksRabbits for Food by Binnie Kirshenbaum
Binnie Kirshenbaum's novel is a darkly humorous look at the opposing states of success and failure, love and loneliness Read more »| 12 Nov 2019 -
MusicMaking Tracks @ The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 10 Nov
The ardent sincerity of tonight's performers and their desire to bring their concoctions to life belies a genuine passion that is heartwarming to see Read more »| 12 Nov 2019 -
MusicTindersticks – No Treasure But Hope
Tindersticks' 11th album is a somewhat uneven collection of chamber pop tracks from one of the genre's mainstays Read more »| 11 Nov 2019 -
MusicCold War Kids – New Age Norms 1
Beyond the sweet melodies and striking instrumentals, New Age Norms 1 is a project with a message Read more »| 11 Nov 2019 -
ArtNational Galleries Scotland dump BP exhibition
National Galleries Scotland announced that this will be the last time the BP Portrait Award will be hosted at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, citing BP's contribution to the current climate emergency as the reason for cutting ties Read more »| 11 Nov 2019 -
MusicVampire Weekend @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 7 Nov
Ezra Koenig and co deliver a two-hour set that manages to be exactly as polished as you'd expect Read more »| 11 Nov 2019 -
MusicThe Art School closure: the story so far
Glasgow loses another of its key venues with the Art School union announcing it's closed to the public until at least 2020 Read more »| 11 Nov 2019