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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MusicArab Strap @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 15 Oct
In the decade since Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton amicably, but devastatingly, called time on Arab Strap, both have navigated successful projects on the... Read more »| 20 Oct 2016 -
MusicScottish Gig Highlights: 20-25 Oct
We’re more than halfway through October, firmly into prime touring season, and there are some pretty big guns passing through Edinburgh and Glasgow ove... Read more »| 20 Oct 2016 -
Music
Hector Bizerk @ The Art School, Glasgow, 14 Oct
So, farewell then Hector Bizerk. We have gathered at The Art School on a typically grey October evening to wave off Scotland's most exciting hip-hop act one ... Read more »| 20 Oct 2016 -
ClubsClub nights in Manchester this week: 20-27 Oct
There's plenty to please the senses in Manchester's clubs this weekend, with Horsepower Productions at Soup Kitchen, Max Graef and Glenn Astro at Hidden, Randomer at Joshua Brooks and the one, the only Marshall Jefferson at 1 Primrose Street. Read more »| 20 Oct 2016 -
Music
Live music in Manchester this week: 19-25 Oct
Now Wave throw another showcase of great rising names with an All Dayer at The White Hotel, Jagwar Ma are back with a new album, Widnes trio Mums launch new stuff – as do Manchester-based Tekla and Playacting. It's all there if you scroll down! Read more »| 19 Oct 2016 -
ArtArt Expeditions: Spaces Beyond Glasgow City Centre
Glasgow's art scene is well-known for its changing and resourceful use of space, so here's a handy guide to the exhibition and event spaces beyond the better known city centre galleries. Read more »| 19 Oct 2016
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Music
Live music in Liverpool this week: 19-25 Oct
With visits from punk-funk survivors, alt country mavericks and transcendental hardcore heroes, you won't run short of live music in Liverpool this week Read more »| 19 Oct 2016 -
Film
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
There's one reason to watch Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. And her name is Cobie Smulders. Read more »| 19 Oct 2016 -
ClubsGlasgow Clubbing Highlights: 19-25 Oct
Glasgow is alive with the sounds of Hamburg this weekend, with shows from Sidney Charles and Helena Hauff at Sub Club, plus La Cheetah celebrates Kunst's 3rd Birthday with DJ Overdose Read more »| 19 Oct 2016 -
Clubs
Edinburgh Clubbing Highlights: 19-25 Oct
This Saturday is a big one in the capital, with Finnish dance music icon Lil Tony at Cabaret Voltaire, Chicago house figurehead Lil Louis at The Caves, and the launch of the first ever Fractal Club party in a top-secret location Read more »| 19 Oct 2016 -
Music
Death Grips @ SWG3, Glasgow, 14 Oct
An ominous buzzing emanates from the PA, welcoming tonight's sold-out SWG3 crowd, and it's the perfect indication of how intense the next hour and a half is ... Read more »| 18 Oct 2016 -
Music
The Duke Spirit @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 14 Oct
By today's age-obsessed standards, many might regard The Duke Spirit as a vintage act. Formed in 2003, the London rockers, fronted by Liela Moss, flirted wit... Read more »| 18 Oct 2016 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: 18-24 Oct
This exciting and packed week brings great new things including the latest episode of Arika, new performance work at the Glue Factory, two new all-female exhibitions, the Document film festival and much more besides ... Read more »| 18 Oct 2016 -
Music
The Here and Now: Jagwar Ma Q&A
We chat with Jono and Gabriel of Jagwar Ma about recording their new album Every Now and Then, working with Earl Sweatshirt and Warpaint's Stella Mozgawa... ... Read more »| 18 Oct 2016 -
Clubs
Warehouse Project: NYE and final parties announced
The line-ups for this year's Warehouse Project closing parties have been announced. The Warehouse Project 2016 ends its 15-week run with a New Year's Eve pa... Read more »| 18 Oct 2016