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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MusicMitski / Trust Fund @ The Deaf Institute, 5 Oct
Such is Ellis Jones’ prolific approach to songwriting, Trust Fund scarcely revisit a city without bringing a handful of new songs with them. This time,... Read more »| 07 Oct 2016 -
MusicMura Masa @ The Art School, 4 October
We’re in a new paradigm of music dissemination. Artists begin in bedrooms, upload demos to platforms like Soundcloud, trade loops with collaborators ov... Read more »| 07 Oct 2016 -
ClubsBen UFO @ The Bongo Club, Friday 30 Sep
A sold out Bongo Club, a top-tier imported sound system, a 5am license, and Ben UFO. Even on paper these symbolise all the right ingredients for an incredibl... Read more »| 07 Oct 2016 -
BooksRecurring Nightmare: Hans Fallada’s Lost Work
Nightmare in Berlin, the lost work of Hans Fallada – addict, womanizer, jailbird and thief – is finally published in English. Its trans... Read more »| 07 Oct 2016 -
Film
Kate Plays Christine
Robert Greene's provocative film about Christine Chubbuck is non-fiction filmmaking by way of psychological thriller Read more »| 07 Oct 2016 -
Music
Alsarah & The Nubatones - Manara
East African retro pop scores a thrilling showcase here on Alsarah & The Nubatones' second album. The young Sudanese singer and her Brooklyn-based troupe... Read more »| 06 Oct 2016
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Music
NxWorries [Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge] - Yes Lawd!
Historians may judge 2016 as an annus horribilis, but you won’t find a trace of misery on the ever-smiling face of Anderson .Paak. Enjoying a long-awai... Read more »| 06 Oct 2016 -
Music
Live music in Liverpool this week: 6-11 Oct
Post-rock heroes? Blues singers turned ambient electronic legends? Returning 90s girl bands with a point to prove? Liverpool's got it all this week Read more »| 06 Oct 2016 -
ArtRoss Fraser McLean on new exhibition CEIBA
In the run-up to his major solo exhibition in Summerhall, Ross Fraser McLean talks death and danger in Mexico Read more »| 06 Oct 2016 -
Clubs
Guest Selector: Wuh Oh
From the perfect pop song to killer chord progressions and elusive countermelodies, Peter Ferguson – aka Glasgow-based electronic composer Wuh Oh – talks us through ten tracks that have left an indelible musical mark Read more »| 06 Oct 2016 -
Music
She Don't Give A: NAO Interviewed
East London soul singer NAO tells The Skinny about stepping out from the shadows and creating a world that's all her own Read more »| 06 Oct 2016 -
Film
BAFTA Scotland nominations revealed
BAFTA Scotland has announced the nominations for this year's British Academy Scotland Awards, with BBC crime drama Shetland leading the field The nomination... Read more »| 06 Oct 2016 -
Film
American Honey
Shia LaBeouf and newcomer Sasha Lane star in this euphoric road movie from Andrea Arnold Read more »| 06 Oct 2016 -
Clubs
Plaid @ The Art School, 29 Sep
A celebration of ambient, electronic psychedelica is first up at The Art School this late evening, courtesy of Konx-om-Pax. The DJ, musician, grap... Read more »| 05 Oct 2016 -
Music
American Football - American Football (LP2)
‘We’ve been here before,’ Mike Kinsella sings on Where Are We Now, the first track on American Football’s long-awaited second album &... Read more »| 05 Oct 2016