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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FilmBlackhat
Cyber terrorism thriller Blackhat sees director Michael Mann continuing to explore themes found in his earlier works like Heat and Thief, but with a firm foo... Read more »| 20 Feb 2015 -
MusicEast India Youth announces UK tour and shares new single Turn Away
William Doyle, aka East India Youth, has announced his biggest tour to date ahead of the release of his second album Culture of Volume – he’s als... Read more »| 20 Feb 2015 -
Music
Kate Tempest @ The Kazimier, Liverpool, 18 February
“It’s rammo in the main room,” Mike Skinner once said, which The Kazimier definitely is; he also said that he was backing Kate Tempest to w... Read more »| 20 Feb 2015 -
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St. Vincent, The Prodigy and Idlewild set for T in the Park 2015
The initial lineup for the 2015 edition of T in the Park – the first at its new home at Strathallan Castle – has been unveiled, with Idlewild, St... Read more »| 19 Feb 2015 -
MusicMusic Video Premiere: Kill the Waves – Vow
Here's the premiere of electronic rock sextet Kill The Waves official video for their new track Vow, taken from the band's forthcoming debut album The One Th... Read more »| 19 Feb 2015 -
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Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld announce collaborative new LP
Arcade Fire violinist Sarah Neufeld has joined forces with prodigious saxophonist Colin Stetson for a new album, entitled Never were the way she was. The du... Read more »| 19 Feb 2015
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Music
Trust Fund @ Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow, 17 February
“We love you, Glasgow,” deadpans Trust Fund’s Ellis Jones, after bassist Roxy Brennan mock-trips herself up with some wry, audience-baiting... Read more »| 19 Feb 2015 -
BooksBook News: Summerhall to host Writers Return event, Novella Award entries open
The line-up has been confirmed for this month’s Writers Return event at Summerhall in Edinburgh, with Alan Bissett and Anne Donovan among those set to ... Read more »| 19 Feb 2015 -
Film
Saluting Hollywood's Maverick: Ron Mann and Kathryn Reed Altman discuss the Nashville director
Altman director Ron Mann and Kathryn Reed Altman discuss the "Indestructible" filmmaking force of nature, Robert Altman Read more »| 19 Feb 2015 -
Music
RM Hubbert, The Phantom Band, Honeyblood set for Summerhall gig series
The initial line-up for the ‘Nothing Ever Happens Here’ gig series at Summerhall in Edinburgh has been unveiled, with RM Hubbert, Randolph’... Read more »| 18 Feb 2015 -
Music
Bigger than Hip-hop: BadBadNotGood meet Ghostface Killah on Sour Soul
The eclectic Toronto trio on confronting genre and collaborating with The Wallabee Champ Read more »| 18 Feb 2015 -
Music
Django Django @ The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 15 February
Django Django claim they have spent the past 18 months writing and recording the follow-up to their eponymous hit debut album; their attire tonight suggests ... Read more »| 18 Feb 2015 -
Music
Ex Hex @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 12 February
It's bubblegum but, oh, what bubblegum. The Ex Hex formula might be sweet but it's a lack of artificial additives that makes it so nourishing, and a sold-out... Read more »| 18 Feb 2015 -
FilmSpring in a Small Town
First released in 1948, Fei Mu’s masterful Spring in a Small Town was dismissed by the Communist government and only resurfaced in the 1980s. In the af... Read more »| 18 Feb 2015 -
Film
Glasgow Film Festival 2015: It Follows
As horror premises go, this one is delicious – a sexually transmitted curse that causes a monster to follow its victims to the death, assuming any form... Read more »| 18 Feb 2015