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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MusicLCD Soundsystem @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 19 Sep
Six years on from their farewell tour, LCD Soundsystem return to Barrowlands with a set combining the recklessness of youth and the conviction of experience Read more »| 20 Sep 2017 -
ComedyNick Helm on Uncle and his new stand-up show
Nick Helm is a thunderous hopeless romantic. Both simultaneously surly and sweet, he's constantly teetering between loveable puppy and a man on the brink of a mental breakdown. But one who cares so much about his comedy Read more »| 20 Sep 2017 -
MusicWolves in the Throne Room – Thrice Woven
Thrice Woven is a beautifully composed black metal record that stands up with all the greats Read more »| 19 Sep 2017 -
MusicThis is the Kit @ Gorilla, Manchester, 17 Sep
On a glum Sunday in autumn, This is the Kit have everyone smiling at tonight's Gorilla show Read more »| 19 Sep 2017 -
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Charly Bliss @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 17 Sep
Charly Bliss sell out The Hug & Pint tonight, and it seems they're absolutely killing it on their first ever European tour Read more »| 19 Sep 2017 -
Music
Wolf Alice on epic second album Visions of a Life
Two years after pulling away from the rest of the indie rock pack with My Love Is Cool, Wolf Alice frontwoman Ellie Rowsell talks us through their massive, LA-recorded follow-up Read more »| 19 Sep 2017
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MusicRyan Adams @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 15 Sep
Tonight's Ryan Adams show sadly feels entirely self-indulgent, making for an overall disappointingly dull show Read more »| 19 Sep 2017 -
Music
Phoebe Bridgers – Stranger in the Alps
When Phoebe Bridgers gets it right on Stranger in the Alps, you can see her making a long career of this Read more »| 19 Sep 2017 -
Music
Cristobal and the Sea – Exitoca
Cristobal and the Sea take us on a frustrating quick-fire journey through genres, which sadly lacks cohesion Read more »| 19 Sep 2017 -
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Chelsea Wolfe – Hiss Spun
Hopefully Hiss Spun is the album that transcends Chelsea Wolfe into superstardom Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Film
The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro is on Pan’s Labyrinth-level form with this whimsical love story about a mute woman (Sally Hawkins) falling for an aquatic creature Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Music
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Luciferian Towers
Godspeed You! Black Emperor's apocalyptic vision remains as relevant and powerful as ever on Luciferian Towers Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
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Amadou & Mariam – La Confusion
Amadou & Mariam's ninth studio album, La Confusion, is never anything less than engaging Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Books
Clemens Meyer & Jenny Erpenbeck on the German Novel
While their own broadsheet culture pages may often claim that The German novel is dead, The Skinny speaks to the exciting and experimental authors Clemens Meyer and Jenny Erpenbeck to find out how they are disproving this theory Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Film
Borg vs McEnroe
Shia LaBeouf's standout performance brings a much needed jolt to Janus Metz Pedersen's Borg vs McEnroe, which otherwise plays a safe game and goes out in the quarter finals Read more »| 18 Sep 2017