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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BooksWerner Herzog – A Guide for The Perplexed by Paul Cronin
As one might expect from a 493-page conversation with the filmmaker Werner Herzog, the most explosive moments come in the form of confrontations with his cul... Read more »| 01 Sep 2014 -
Music
Death From Above 1979 – The Physical World
Trainwreck 1979, the lead single that ended Death From Above’s ten year recording hiatus last month, was almost custom built to engineer well-worn revi... Read more »| 01 Sep 2014 -
MusicMILK: PAWS / Lady North @ Electric Circus, 24 August
“This one’s by Britney Spears,” deadpans the mischievous Scott Bullen, before launching into a twisted, demonic rendition of Toxic, distort... Read more »| 01 Sep 2014 -
Art
Siberia: At the Edge of the World @ Manchester Museum
The frozen plains of Siberia are a hot topic this year. In March, the Horniman in London opened the exhibition Whisper of the Stars: Traditional Life in Arct... Read more »| 30 Aug 2014 -
Books
Flanagan's Run by Tom McNab
Got post-Commonwealth Games blues? Don’t worry, you can get your fix of Scottish sporting prowess with Tom McNab’s classic novel Flanagan’s... Read more »| 29 Aug 2014 -
BooksThe Causal Angel by Hannu Rajaniemi
With The Quantum Thief, Hannu Rajaniemi set a new standard for science fiction that dared to imagine a post-human future. With its sequel, The Fractal Prince... Read more »| 29 Aug 2014
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MusicScottish Gig Highlights – September 2014
September doesn't have to be a bleak void that spans from post-festival comedowns though to premature Christmas shopping. Despair not – artists far and... Read more »| 29 Aug 2014 -
Music
Back in Black: Interpol's Daniel Kessler introduces El Pintor
With his band about to release fifth album El Pintor – their first since the departure of talismanic bass player Carlos Dengler – Daniel Kessler tells us why Interpol's muse is on the rise Read more »| 29 Aug 2014 -
Music
O2 Love Music Column – September 2014
Super Furry Animals frontman and Neon Neon instigator Gruff Rhys will be performing much of American Interior at the O2 Academy on Friday 5 Sep, the album co... Read more »| 29 Aug 2014 -
Theatre
1984 @ 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 -
Music
Alt-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 -
Music
Pere 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 -
Music
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 -
Music
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 -
Music
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