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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MusicTeenage 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 -
MusicMogwai – 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 -
Music
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 -
MusicInterpol – 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 -
Music
John 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 -
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ANNO: Anna Meredith & Scottish Ensemble @ Pleasance at EICC, Edinburgh, 18 Aug
Anna Meredith teams up with Scottish Ensemble for ANNO, which marries Vivaldi's The Four Seasons with Meredith's new electronic-tinged compositions, complete with playful visuals from Eleanor Meredith Read more »| 21 Aug 2018
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Tv Radio
Dissect and 5 more music analysis podcasts
Music gets pulled note-from-note in Dissect; we look at Cole Cuchna's series, and a collection of other podcasts shining a light on musical minutiae Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
MusicSummer Sessions Edinburgh: Paloma Faith @ Ross Bandstand, 17 Aug
Paloma Faith delivers a fun and inspiring set tonight and it's clear she's returned with an agenda – to promote an ‘epidemic of kindness’ through her music Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
MusicGigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 21-27 Aug
St. Vincent, Mogwai and Wye Oak arrive in Edinburgh, while Britney Spears and Belle & Sebastian get the party started in Glasgow for another jam-packed week of live music across the central belt Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
Film
David Mackenzie’s Outlaw King gets its first trailer
The Scottish director returns with star-studded Robert the Bruce epic Outlaw King Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
Music
Summer Sessions Edinburgh: Kasabian @ Ross Bandstand, 18 Aug
Kasabian at their best are undeniably great, full of genuine enthusiasm for their brand of electro-rock, but at the other end of the scale their music can be mind-numbingly banal Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
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BC Camplight – Deportation Blues
Deportation Blues comes from a place of great turmoil, further magnifying the dynamism and creativity that underpins BC Camplight’s work. Brian Christinzio is definitely here to stay Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
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Dirty Projectors @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 19 Aug
David Longstreth and his current six-piece ensemble emanate a sense of pure joy tonight – this may be the best version of Dirty Projectors yet Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
Books
Ottessa Moshfegh's Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh visited the Edinburgh International Book Festival and took some time out to chat to us about her new novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation Read more »| 20 Aug 2018 -
Music
An Evening with Amanda Fucking Palmer @ Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 17 Aug
Amanda Palmer floats like a feather in the beautiful world of The Fringe and gives us an intimate peek at an artist and their vulnerability Read more »| 20 Aug 2018