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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MusicRick Redbeard, King Creosote, Admiral Fallow and friends join lineup for Duke Street Expo
The Duke Street Expo, taking place in Glasgow on 31 May as part of the East End Social, have just announced a brace of new names for their all-day extravaganza, including Rick Redbeard, King Creosote, Admiral Fallow, and Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip Read more »| 08 May 2014 -
MusicCloud Sounds #16: with Shabazz Palaces, Iggy Pop, Nick Cave and Thurston Moore, Jon Hopkins and more
Our Music team's weekly playlist also showcases new tracks from Liars, Brainfeeder signing Taylor McFerrin, Anticon songbird Baths, Mogwai remixing Yann Tiersen, Guided By Voices, Trans Am, Earl Sweatshirt and more Read more »| 08 May 2014 -
TheatreThinking Outside of the Black Box: Physical Fest 2014
It’s time for Liverpool to make like Olivia Newton-John: let’s get physical Read more »| 08 May 2014 -
MusicListen: Old Dope, a new mixtape from Yoni Wolf of Why?
Veteran rapper, producer and songwriter Yoni Wolf is a mainstay of Oakland's Anticon label. This week he has released a new mixtape, showcasing some classic rap tracks from his back catalogue, featuring a track by cLOUDDEAD and a Boards of Canada remix Read more »| 08 May 2014 -
FilmBack to the Feature: Crispin Glover in Interview
Crispin Glover brings his slide show and film What is It? to Edinburgh's Cameo. A singular performer in the likes of Back to the Future and River's Edge, we find his approach to filmmaking to be similarly eccentric Read more »| 08 May 2014 -
Clubs
A Personal Revival: Paula Temple Interviewed
Paula Temple discusses juggling aliases, addressing the gender gap in electronic music and her tech-savvy approach to DJing Read more »| 08 May 2014
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Music
Royal Trux – Radio Video EP (Reissue)
The knockout punch of 1998’s Accelerator saw Royal Trux combine skronked-out groove with their rootsier instincts, only for follow-up Veterans Of Disor... Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
Music
Childhood / MayHeGo @ Sneaky Pete's, 24 April
It doesn’t take much to make Sneaky Pete’s feel busy. When Edinburgh trio MayHeGo kick their set into gear (yes, that’s a play on... Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
Clubs
DJ Chart: Dominic Petrie (Xplicit, Ingredients Records)
This month we dip into drum 'n' bass offerings courtesy of producer and resident of Edinburgh's Xplicit, Dominic Petrie Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
Art
Art News: Turner Prize shortlist and Edinburgh Art Festival Commissions revealed
Shortlist for the 2014 Turner Prize announced, featuring Glasgow-based artists Duncan Campbell and Ciara Phillips; Edinburgh Art Festival announce their comissioned works for 2014; plus news, exhibitions and openings near you Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
Theatre
Scottish Ballet's Romeo and Juliet @ The King's Theatre
With music by Sergei Prokofiev and choreography by Krzysztof Pastor, Scottish Ballet resurrect their Romeo and Juliet for another tour of the UK Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
Music
Bird – My Fear and Me
Bird fashion mood so deftly, securing their soundscapes to their own distinct and fascinating rhythm: bass and drums (toms trump snare) propel the songs. Ade... Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
Music
Mr. Scruff – Friendly Bacteria
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Theatre
Spring Awakening @ Playhouse, Liverpool, 13-17 May
In 1891 German playwright Frank Wedekind wrote Spring Awakening, a play questioning the sexual, physical and emotional difficulties faced by society's younge... Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
Books
The Wherewithal by Philip Schultz
Henryk Wyrzykowski, 'Head Clerk of Closed Files' at a San Francisco welfare office, is translating his mother's diaries while evading the Vietnam War. An acc... Read more »| 07 May 2014