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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Theatre1984 @ Citizens Theatre
The Citizens Theatre presents 1984, as adapted and directed by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan from the 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty Four by George... Read more »| 28 Aug 2014 -
MusicAlt-J – This Is All Yours
Leeds quirk-rockers Alt-J must somehow follow 2012’s Mercury Prize-winning debut An Awesome Wave. But far from any rested-upon laurels, This Is All You... Read more »| 28 Aug 2014 -
MusicPere Ubu – Carnival of Souls
Roll up, roll up – but keep your wits about you. Pere Ubu are back with Carnival of Souls, and judging by the album’s sustained air of menace, it... Read more »| 28 Aug 2014 -
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Simian Mobile Disco – Whorl
Opening with two lush, beatless atmospheric tracks, Whorl feels like a very different incarnation of Simian Mobile Disco from the outset. Abandoning computer... Read more »| 28 Aug 2014 -
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Robert Plant – Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar
"The whole impetus of my life as a singer has to be driven by a good brotherhood,” says Robert Plant of his new album. Recorded with current touring se... Read more »| 28 Aug 2014 -
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Half Japanese – Overjoyed
Oh, Jad Fair! A true rival to Guided By Voices’ Robert Pollard in the (mind-bogglingly) prolific indie veteran stakes, he’s also a testament to t... Read more »| 27 Aug 2014
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New Weather Coming: Public Art
Part of GENERATION, Jacqueline Donachie's New Weather Coming is touring Scotland in a bid to engage the communities and day-trippers Read more »| 27 Aug 2014 -
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Spider Bags – Frozen Letter
Those bursts of skin-searing fuzz should do it: exhilarating heat courtesy of Dan McGee’s guitar, raising the temperature just enough to fry everything... Read more »| 27 Aug 2014 -
MusicVessel – Punish, Honey
An album that begins with 12 seconds of almost unbearably tense silence, clashing, arrhythmic drum hits, drilling, and industrial noise will inevitably be ca... Read more »| 27 Aug 2014 -
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Gudrun Gut und Joachim Irmler – 500m
On 500m’s cover, the album’s creators introduce themselves via cartoon speech bubbles, though we’d hazard that anyone tempted by the record... Read more »| 27 Aug 2014 -
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In Pictures: The Skinny Showcase @ Creative Exchange
In Pictures: The Skinny Showcase @ Creative Exchange The first annual exhibition of graduates from Scotland's art schools takes place in Leith's Creative Ex... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
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First Charge of the Light Brigade – First Charge of the Light Brigade
It’s a shame Glasgow’s First Charge of the Light Brigade didn’t manage to push their self-titled debut album out a couple of months ago, wh... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
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Homeboy Sandman – Hallways
With production handled by DJ Spinna, Jonwayne, a clutch of emerging beatmakers, and a fantastic contribution from minimalist composer Josef Van Wissem, Home... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
MusicJeffrey Lewis & the Jrams @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 23 August
When an artist as tirelessly creative as Jeffrey Lewis makes his first appearance in Manchester for three years (barring last year's show with veteran folk h... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
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Tricky – Adrian Thaws
Adrian Thaws is, of course, Tricky’s real name. But don’t expect this album to reveal anything new about the Knowle West boy. Rather, Adrian Thaw... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014