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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MusicJ Fernandez – Many Levels of Laughter
After three EPs, J Fernandez finally comes through with debut full length Many Levels of Laughter – and hasn’t lost any of his DIY eclectici... Read more »| 27 May 2015 -
MusicHidden Door: LoneLady @ King's Stables Road, 22 May
First things first, Hidden Door isn’t as hidden as the would-be detective in you might hope. A stone’s throw from the Grassmarket, the ‘sec... Read more »| 26 May 2015 -
ArtBlood, Fusion and Student Debt: This Week in Scottish Art
In this week's Scottish art round-up, Dundee's degree show continues, art students in Edinburgh and Glasgow get in on the act with new exhibitions, and there are more talks, events and exhibitions than you can wave a "polystyrene thing" at. Read more »| 26 May 2015 -
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In Pictures: Randolph's Leap, Book Group and The Sons at Nothing Ever Happens Here
Summerhall's gig series continues, Kat Gollock was down the front... Read more »| 26 May 2015 -
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Thee Oh Sees – Mutilator Defeated At Last
Another batch of blast furnace psych from the ever-fertile mind of John Dwyer and co. With the daydream haze of last year’s Drop putting an end to the ... Read more »| 26 May 2015 -
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Hinds / Oscar / Kill Surrrf @ Broadcast, 21 May
Taking point on tonight’s well-rounded bill, Glasgow four-piece Kill Surrrf conjure a balmy heatwave through the power of unruffled songwriting and sou... Read more »| 26 May 2015
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MusicDaughn Gibson – Carnation
Carnation is a frustrating record. According to Gibson, it’s marked from his previous releases by a sense of “malign opulence.” He says, &l... Read more »| 26 May 2015 -
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Pity Sex @ Bloc+, Glasgow, 21 May
Cymbal bags and guitar cases strewn about at the audience’s feet, the setup at Bloc’s 12th REPEATER event has all the messy homespun ambience of ... Read more »| 25 May 2015 -
MusicThe Acorn – Vieux Loop
Despite summer being just around the corner, the fourth album from Canada's polite acoustic rockers The Acorn is apt music for hibernating to. All gentle bru... Read more »| 25 May 2015 -
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
Walerian Borowczyk’s uniquely erotic take on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic gothic tale of split personality re-imagines Dr Jekyll’s experiment... Read more »| 25 May 2015 -
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From Russia with Love: Happy Meals interviewed
Scottish Album of the Year nominated duo Suzanne Rodden and Lewis Cook, aka Happy Meals, look beyond their roots with their brand of minimalist European disco. It's already proved a hit in Moscow. Now it's the turn of Supersonic festival Read more »| 25 May 2015 -
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Paper Moon
There was a time when Peter Bogdanovich was a superstar director, and after making megahits with the monochrome elegy The Last Picture Show and the breakneck... Read more »| 25 May 2015 -
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Northwest Music News — 22 May: Liverpool Sound City, Bill Ryder-Jones and more
Our Northwest music round-up features Liverpool Sound City, a new Bill Ryder-Jones collaboration and more... Read more »| 22 May 2015 -
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Robert Smith covers The Twilight Sad’s There's A Girl In The Corner
The Cure frontman Robert Smith has shared his cover of The Twilight Sad’s There’s A Girl In The Corner ahead of its physical release in June. Sm... Read more »| 22 May 2015 -
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Spooky Films, D/R/U/G/S and External Pressure: This Month in Northwest Art
With many big-name shows closing at the end of May and so many opening at the beginning of June, it's all change on the Northwest art scene. Plan your month in art with our pick of the best exhibitions and events Read more »| 22 May 2015