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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MusicHamilton Leithauser @ The Art School, Glasgow, 11 Mar
Hamilton Leithauser has not only managed to keep himself busy during the “extreme hiatus” of The Walkmen, but also to practically reinvent himsel... Read more »| 14 Mar 2017 -
MusicMitski @ Electric Circus, Edinburgh, 10 Mar
Packed house. Clamouring chatter. Drinks flowing (and spilling). Unfazed musicians. And this is just the support act, Personal Best. Walking a fine line betw... Read more »| 14 Mar 2017 -
MusicMark Eitzel @ Deaf Institute, Manchester, 9 Mar
Mark Eitzel is a genius and geniuses… well, they’re not like you and me are they? They can be difficult. They can dazzle and dismay. He does bot... Read more »| 14 Mar 2017 -
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Sam Coomes @ Eagle Inn, Salford, 8 Mar
Is there a term in music that’s greeted with as much nervous apprehension as ‘solo album’? Perhaps it’s less of a concern when the pe... Read more »| 14 Mar 2017 -
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Scottish Gigs of the Week: 14-20 Mar
Jagwar Ma, Factory Floor, Meursault and Start to End's take on Feist feature in our Scottish live music highlights... Read more »| 14 Mar 2017 -
ComedyBridget Christie: Comedy Spotlight
With new show Because You Demanded It hitting Glasgow Comedy Festival this month, we present Bridget Christie's in-depth chat with Fringe Dog on books, ants ... Read more »| 14 Mar 2017
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Music
Hannah Peel on Awake But Always Dreaming & Threshold
The Skinny talks to Northern Irish musician Hannah Peel about her album Awake But Always Dreaming, which tackles the emotional subject of her grand... Read more »| 14 Mar 2017 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: 14-20 Mar
This week brings life drawing, pre-degree shows from Edinburgh College of Art, a free screening of Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain and a presentatio... Read more »| 14 Mar 2017 -
Film
Check out the latest Guardians of the Galaxy teaser
The Gardens [sic] of the Galaxy are ready to save the universe in the latest teaser for the much anticipated superhero flick Read more »| 14 Mar 2017 -
Music
Jay Rolex & MC Almond Milk – Studz Up: Video Premiere
Watch the video for Jay Rolex & MC Almond Milk's single, Studz Up Read more »| 14 Mar 2017 -
Film
What to Watch this Week: 13-20 Mar
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including Personal Shopper, Get Out and Netflix Iron Fist Read more »| 13 Mar 2017 -
Music
Summer Moon – With You Tonight
With The Strokes being more on-and-off than a loose lightswitch in a windstorm, and as Julian Casablancas and Albert Hammond Jr. push their own personal... Read more »| 13 Mar 2017 -
Music
Great Ytene – Locus
Don’t worry if you’re unfamiliar with Great Ytene’s previous self-titled effort, because Locus might as well be the work of a different ban... Read more »| 13 Mar 2017 -
Music
Pulled Apart By Horses – The Haze
Pulled Apart By Horses’ fourth album does not mess about. It’s taken them three years, a switch of drummer (founder member Lee Vincent jumpe... Read more »| 13 Mar 2017 -
BooksPaul Auster talks death, Trump, and 4 3 2 1
The smart, urbane and insightful Paul Auster came to Manchester for the shortest Q&A in the history of literary Q&As this week. Luckily every word he said was interesting... Read more »| 13 Mar 2017