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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MusicThe Wave Pictures – A Season in Hull
So, how did you celebrate your last birthday? Pub, was it? Dinner with friends perhaps? Sigh – how unproductive. You want to take a leaf out of th... Read more »| 27 Jan 2016 -
Music
DIIV – Is The Is Are
There are more than a fair few Brooklyn bands that have a particular taste for jangly guitars and not washing. It is only a minority of these, however, where... Read more »| 27 Jan 2016 -
Books
Scottish Book Trust name New Writers Award winners
The Scottish Book Trust have named the eleven winners of this year's New Writers Awards for unpublished fiction, non-fiction and poetry authors. Each of the... Read more »| 27 Jan 2016 -
MusicNevermen – Nevermen
Some eight years since they first teased the possibility, maverick Anticon co-founder Doseone (‘mind’), TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe (&... Read more »| 26 Jan 2016 -
Music
Basia Bulat – Good Advice
The Canadian singer's fourth album is a subtle but distinct redefining of her angular pop aesthetic. Produced by Jim James of My Morning Jacket in his Kentuc... Read more »| 26 Jan 2016 -
ArtThis Week in Scottish Art: Embassy, Tramway & more
Our guide to a week packed with events and exhibitions, including a performance event at new artists' space Celine, and shows at Embassy, Transmission, Good Press and more. Read more »| 26 Jan 2016
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Music
Mass Gothic – Mass Gothic
Here comes the cliché: there’s a handful of good songs on Mass Gothic – enough to constitute a strong, promising EP. A good album it ... Read more »| 26 Jan 2016 -
MusicBenji Hughes – Songs in the Key of Animals
Opening with a funky rundown of the guests at the Peacockin’ Party, including a monkey, a donkey and 'a penguin in a tux lookin’ so deluxe', Song... Read more »| 26 Jan 2016 -
Music
Beacon – Escapements
Having garnered plaudits for the spacey electronics and sweet vocal mix of 2013’s The Way We Separate, Brooklyn duo Beacon return with a more complex t... Read more »| 26 Jan 2016 -
Music
Apache Darling @ King Tut's, 20 January
If there’s a unifying theme linking the four acts primed and ready to do their thing on the King Tut’s stage tonight, it’s a common thread ... Read more »| 26 Jan 2016 -
Music
Jesu / Sun Kil Moon – Jesu / Sun Kil Moon
Another fine collaboration for Mark Kozelek, who finally lets the music do the talking Read more »| 26 Jan 2016 -
Music
Field Music – Commontime
Sunderland’s own brotherly writing duo, Peter and David Brewis, have been at it again. Their first release since 2012’s Mercury Prize nominated P... Read more »| 26 Jan 2016 -
Music
Kathryn Joseph tops Scottish music writers' poll
Kathryn Joseph's Bones You Have Thrown Me, And Blood I’ve Spilled has topped the 2015 Scottish Bloggers and Music Sites (BAMS) poll to find the year's best album. Read more »| 25 Jan 2016 -
Books
Dundee International Book Prize open for 2016
The Dundee International Book Prize, one of Scotland's leading prizes for unpublished authors, has invited entries for its 2016 edition. Read more »| 25 Jan 2016 -
Comedy
Monkey Barrel Comedy Celebrates 5th Birthday
Ben Verth reflects on Monkey Barrel Comedy's anniversary Read more »| 25 Jan 2016