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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MusicWhite Denim – Performance
White Denim go in hard for glam on their seventh album, but their penchant for psych is never too far from reach and Performance shimmers from end-to-end Read more »| 23 Aug 2018 -
MusicMidori Takada & Lafawndah – Le Renard Bleu
Le Renard Bleu is as eerily evocative and wonderfully playful as Midori Takada's classic work, elevated here by beautifully controlled vocals from Lafawndah Read more »| 23 Aug 2018 -
MusicFlow Festival 2018: Review
While musically not unlike other European festivals, Flow Festival wins on account of its all-around immersive experience. It's an easy festival to love Read more »| 23 Aug 2018 -
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Lau-Land @ Leith Theatre, Edinburgh, 18 Aug
Lau-Land is a huge success – marvellously eclectic, refreshingly ambitious and frequently moving Read more »| 23 Aug 2018 -
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Kevin Morby @ Gorilla, Manchester, 20 Aug
With a little help from Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield, Kevin Morby, the man reinventing the indie folk wheel, makes up for lost time tonight in Manchester Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
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Brian Campeau – Old Dog, New Tricks
Old Dog, New Tricks is a happy pop album by a songwriter who doesn't always find happiness easy – and is all the braver and more laudable for it Read more »| 22 Aug 2018
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Wye Oak @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 21 Aug
Despite disruption from a fire alarm tonight, Wye Oak deliver a smooth and cohesive set which culminates in a haunting beautiful ending Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
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Her's – Invitation to Her's
With Invitation to Her's, Her's have delivered a debut that suggests they’ll be continuing to craft impossibly catchy off-kilter pop for years to come Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
FilmThe Miraculous Virgin
Štefan Uher's surrealist caper makes some wry observations about censorship, but it isn't quite the mind-blowing journey it promises Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
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Stories and Songs with Beans on Toast @ Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, 19 Aug
What you see with Beans on Toast is exactly what you get: his set is simple yet hearty, promoting a more wholesome and optimistic worldview, one folk song at a time Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
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Teenage Fanclub @ Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, 17 Aug
The indie rock stalwarts signal the beginning of the end of an era with a masterful career-spanning set in the Calder Valley Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
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Mogwai – KIN: OST
KIN provides Mogwai's first opportunity to lend their talents to a major Hollywood production, and given the run of form they're on just now it's come at the perfect time Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
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NOTHING – Dance On the Blacktop
On Dance On the Blacktop, NOTHING burrow into the filth and double down on the harsher elements of their sound, with mixed results Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
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Interpol – Marauder
What Marauder provides is a top-up of Interpol for the band’s most dedicated fans, but nothing that approaches their former glory Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
MusicJohn Grant @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 20 Aug
John Grant has the Edinburgh Playhouse eating out of his hand tonight as he veers between earnest, piano-led balladeering and club-tinged, bombastic electro-pop Read more »| 21 Aug 2018