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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MusicElectric Fields 2014
For a maiden festival, Electric Fields gets quite a few things right, location being not least of all. Set on the grounds of the stately Drumlanrig Castle, p... Read more »| 04 Sep 2014 -
MusicCamera – Remember I Was Carbon Dioxide
The live-recorded, improvised psychedelic workouts of Camera's debut Radiate! saw them championed by Michael Rother of Neu! and Kluster's Dieter Moebius. The... Read more »| 04 Sep 2014 -
MusicWhen Adrian Melts: Tricky Interviewed
Enjoying a prolific streak, Tricky returns with his eleventh studio album, Adrian Thaws. We speak to the Bristolian maverick about his new release, personal independence and the problem of superstar DJs Read more »| 04 Sep 2014 -
MusicGoat – Commune
This mysterious Swedish collective certainly got chins-a-wagging in 2012, thanks to the sheer scope of their all-action psych-rock. This second LP picks up w... Read more »| 04 Sep 2014 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase: Caitlin Hynes
The Skinny Showcase: Caitlin Hynes "I have been inspired by the concept of ‘pilgrimage’ – a journey which leads me, where the journey is t... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
Clubs
Beneath the Label: Lobster Theremin
This month we lift the lid on Jimmy Asquith’s sonic lobster pot, as he talks spleen-rupturing techno and prepares the label’s first full length offering Read more »| 03 Sep 2014
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ClubsLa Cheetah: Five and Counting
As one of Glasgow's best loved clubs approaches its fifth birthday, some of its key players discuss its lasting appeal Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
Theatre
SEEP II: Mirrors & Mires @ Patriothall Gallery
Six months after the first SEEP experience, Cachín Cachán Cachunga! present SEEP II: Mirrors & Mires. Curated by award-winning i... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
Clubs
Clubbing Highlights Scotland – September 2014
September brings forth delights in the form of Daniel Avery, Omar S and Truncate Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
Clubs
Positive Infusions: Enzo Siragusa
Ahead of his set at Nightvision's launch in Edinburgh this month, we catch up with Fuse head honcho, Enzo Siragusa Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
Music
"No one’s come along to do what we do" – Death From Above 1979 strike again with The Physical World
Once described as ‘Marilyn Manson with melody’ and ‘Slayer down the disco with Michael Jackson,’ Death From Above 1979’s Sebastien Grainger stops this nonsense with cold hard facts and a kick-ass new album Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
Clubs
Sands of Time: Simian Mobile Disco on recording Whorl
With Whorl, Simian Mobile Disco feel they've recorded their most honest album yet – the result of restricting themselves, getting older, and, y'know, going out to Joshua Tree to record it. Honest, then, and a touch psychedelic... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
Comedy
Spotlight: Adam Rowe
This plucky young Liverpool comedian (of the year! In 2011) is happiest when playing to a crowd of baying hyenas and friendly ghosts Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
Theatre
Smack! Bang! Cabaret! @ Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh, from 10 Sep
Starting on 10 September, Smack! Bang! Cabaret! plans to become a weekly fixture in every cabaret-lover's calendar. Dive – Edinburgh's premier LGBT que... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
Theatre
Arika 14: Make a Way Out of No Way
Experimental cross platform programmers Arika return to the Tramway with part 6 of their episodic series of multi-arts festivals, drilling down into questions of identity, gender and culture Read more »| 03 Sep 2014