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 Ex @ Islington Mill, 23 August
As soon as the current incarnation of Dutch anarcho-punks The Ex take to the stage with their repetitive, earthy, Captain Beefheart-esque avant-boogie, the rhythms seem to head straight to the hips of a number of the assembled “punks of a certain age.” Read more »| 27 Aug 2015 -
BooksThe Incomparable Terry Pratchett
As Terry Pratchett’s final book reaches shelves this month, The Skinny looks back at an author who managed to unite literature aficionados and fantasy fans alike Read more »| 27 Aug 2015 -
MusicRolo Tomassi @ Gorilla, Manchester, 20 August
Rolo Tomasi return to Manchester as support to The Fall of Troy but a full house is in place early and it's only the relative politeness of the circle pit &n... Read more »| 27 Aug 2015 -
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Jerusalem In My Heart – If He Dies, If If If If If If
The key to this riveting, unsettling record is there in the sleeve notes: "Original rear cover photograph taken by Trevor Horgan on 16 July 2014 during anoth... Read more »| 27 Aug 2015 -
MusicYo La Tengo – Stuff Like That There
Yo La Tengo’s sound has always been defined by the feelings they evoke: intimacy. Wistful sighs. Warmth. This is a quieter, less action-packed aff... Read more »| 27 Aug 2015 -
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Dope Body – Kunk
"I think we're getting more mature as songwriters." That was Dope Body drummer David Jacober late last year, talking to The Skinny shortly after the release ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2015
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Music
Foals – What Went Down
What Went Down's title track makes no bones about Foal’s intentions for album number four – seething with a thundering, caustic might that makes ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2015 -
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Iron Maiden – Book of Souls
Never mind the quality, feel the width. Oh, and feel the quality, too. For Iron Maiden – three lead guitarists strong, and time-served purveyors of XXL... Read more »| 26 Aug 2015 -
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Deradoorian – The Expanding Flower Planet
True to its title, the debut LP from ex-Dirty Projectors member Angel Deradoorian is the proverbial grower. Give it time and its slithering creations of enta... Read more »| 26 Aug 2015 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: LeithLate, EAF & more
It’s the concluding week of the Edinburgh Art Festival, so catch its final events along with openings and exhibitions in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee in our art round-up. Read more »| 25 Aug 2015 -
Film
CAUSTIC GULP wins The Skinny Short Film Competition
The Skinny are thrilled to reveal that the winner of our 2015 short film competition is CAUSTIC GULP from filmmaker Bryan M Ferguson. Read more »| 24 Aug 2015 -
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James Brown is Annie @ The Jazz Bar, 17 August
Edinburgh outfit and Jazz Bar regulars James Brown is Annie play through their debut album, recorded on home soil with Average White Band's foundin... Read more »| 24 Aug 2015 -
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Oh, FFS: A Q&A with Alex Kapranos
Alex Kapranos used to listen to second-hand Sparks records while living in a grim pre-trendy Finnieston flat. Now the Franz Ferdinand frontman is making records with the Californian group under the name FFS. This is the full transcript of our interview. Read more »| 21 Aug 2015 -
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A Week in Records: Destroyer, Kagoule, Radkey
From Dan Bejar's exhilarating E Street homage to the snarling return of Sheffield techno anarchists The Black Dog, we run down five releases out today Read more »| 21 Aug 2015 -
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Japan Marvelous Drummers @ George Square Theatre, 18 August
"How is a drum solo like a sneeze?" an old joke goes. "You can tell when it's coming, but you can't do anything about it." And with Japan Marvelous Drummer... Read more »| 21 Aug 2015