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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MusicThe Magnetic Fields @ King's Theatre, Edinburgh, 25-26 Aug
Stephin Merritt brings the dramatic, theatrical 50 Song Memoir to exquisite life at the Edinburgh International Festival Read more »| 28 Aug 2017 -
MusicAlvvays @ Saint Luke's, Glasgow, 27 Aug
Molly Rankin and Alvvays bring their new album Antisocialites to Glasgow for their first Scottish show since 2015 Read more »| 28 Aug 2017 -
Music
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – The Echo of Pleasure
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart carved out their niche very early into their career and have managed to stay neatly within it for all of this decade so far.... Read more »| 28 Aug 2017 -
MusicRoddy Woomble on The Deluder
Roddy Woomble returns with a fourth album under his solo guise, signalling a shift that puts him further from his perceived folk roots Read more »| 28 Aug 2017 -
Film
Fleabag is coming back for a second series
Phoebe Waller-Bridge confirms she’s making a new series of her comedy Fleabag, but it won’t be with us until 2019 Read more »| 25 Aug 2017 -
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Eminem @ Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, 24 Aug
Marshall Mathers heads an all-star line-up for a huge outdoor show in Glasgow Read more »| 25 Aug 2017
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Film
First glimpse of Black Mirror season four
Charlie Brooker’s twisted sci-fi series returns with six new episodes, and the episode titles and casts have been announced Read more »| 25 Aug 2017 -
Music
Julie Byrne @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 23 Aug
Just 24 hours after Blanck Mass nearly blew the roof from this same room, Julie Byrne soothes our hearts and minds Read more »| 25 Aug 2017 -
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Blanck Mass @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 22 Aug
This evening's Blanck Mass show feels like a masterclass... the volume is unbelievable and relentless; there's no option but to drown in it Read more »| 25 Aug 2017 -
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The Shins @ Academy, Manchester, 22 Aug
It’s nearly ten years since The Shins last played Manchester, and how things can change over the course of a decade. Read more »| 25 Aug 2017 -
FilmLogan Lucky
Steven Soderbergh returns from his self-imposed retirement with a hillbilly heist movie that has too many funny accents but not enough funny lines Read more »| 25 Aug 2017 -
Music
XFRMR @ Leith Volcano, Edinburgh, 22 Aug
Robbie Thomson's XFRMR is a multi-sensory spectacle, at once formidable and beautiful, terrifying and arresting. Read more »| 24 Aug 2017 -
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Lana Del Rey @ The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 23 Aug
Lana Del Rey gives a slick and cool performance tonight that, though lacking in dynamism, bewitches her loyal subjects Read more »| 24 Aug 2017 -
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Andy Shauf @ La Belle Angèle, Edinburgh, 21 Aug
Andy Shauf's baroque pop is lapped up by an eager Edinburgh crowd Read more »| 24 Aug 2017 -
Film
Jean-Pierre Melville is GFT's latest CineMaster
This September the ice cool cinema of Jean-Pierre Melville will be lighting up Glasgow Film Theatre’s screen as part of its ongoing CineMasters series Read more »| 24 Aug 2017