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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MusicAlbums of 2017 (#3): Lorde – Melodrama
In exploring all the recklessness of late adolescence with a self-knowing wink, Lorde's Melodrama celebrates young adulthood in all its brutal beauty; it's how chart-topping pop should be done Read more »| 28 Nov 2017 -
FilmBrass Eye's Chris Morris has made a new movie in secret
Filmed this summer, the Four Lions director and Brass Eye creator's new film stars Anna Kendrick Read more »| 28 Nov 2017 -
MusicAlbums of 2017 (#4): Perfume Genius – No Shape
Mike Hadreas comes to terms with his own contentment on No Shape, his fourth album as Perfume Genius Read more »| 28 Nov 2017 -
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Albums of 2017 (#5): Sampha – Process
With Process Sampha collects and outs his personal tragedies, culminating in a deftly produced record of immense emotional weight that is matched by the depth of his talent Read more »| 28 Nov 2017 -
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Scottish Music Highlights: 28 Nov - 4 Dec
From Book Yer Ane Fest's DIY punk in Dundee to Malian funk from Songhoy Blues in Glasgow and frantic bubu music in Edinburgh, we've got you covered Read more »| 27 Nov 2017 -
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Spinning Coin @ Mono, Glasgow, 17 Nov
Spinning Coin's album launch tonight is a jubilant celebration showing off just how talented this Glasgow five-piece Read more »| 27 Nov 2017
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FilmMost Beautiful Island
Compelling but uneven immigration story following a young woman whose dream life in New York slips into nightmare Read more »| 27 Nov 2017 -
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Chuchoter – Pieces (Track Premiere)
Listen to the new single from Edinburgh-based duo, Chuchoter Read more »| 27 Nov 2017 -
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John Byrne Award profiles: Catherine Expósito
In the first of a new monthly series profiling recipients of the John Byrne Award, we meet 24 year old Glasgow playwright Catherine Expósito Read more »| 27 Nov 2017 -
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John Maus @ The Art School, Glasgow, 25 Nov
John Maus is nothing short of magnetic tonight at The Art School Read more »| 27 Nov 2017 -
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Albums of 2017 (#6): LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
American Dream is both a highlight reel and a reinvention for LCD Soundsystem Read more »| 27 Nov 2017 -
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Albums of 2017 (#7): Run the Jewels – RTJ3
Run the Jewels soundtrack the fraught, dystopian present with a third album of futuristic and ferocious hip-hop Read more »| 27 Nov 2017 -
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Albums of 2017 (#8): Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory
Vince Staples' Big Fish Theory is one of the most unique and colourful additions to the hip-hop canon in years Read more »| 27 Nov 2017 -
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Albums of 2017 (#9): Thundercat – Drunk
Stephen Bruner's third studio album as Thundercat, Drunk invites us down a genre-bending rabbit hole full of humour, politics, anime, video games and more Read more »| 27 Nov 2017 -
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Watch the first trailer for Black Mirror's Arkangel
Overprotective parenting is the subject for the first episode of the new series of Charlie Brooker’s dystopian sci-fi Read more »| 27 Nov 2017