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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MusicAtom Tree – Clouds EP
Where Tide of Thorns established prodigal producer Shaun Canning as an artisan of sparkling, sweeping electronica, blending dark bass with colourful highs, A... Read more »| 14 Nov 2014 -
Music
Machines in Heaven – Hindu Milk EP
After making waves with their Glasgow Jihad EP and follow-up full-length debut bordersbreakdown, Glaswegian glitch gang Machines in Heaven offer another tant... Read more »| 14 Nov 2014 -
FilmThe Imitation Game
Awards buzz circled this entertaining account of Enigma code-breaker Alan Turing long before its debut at the traditionally Oscar-foreshadowing Toronto Film ... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
MusicUnder the Influence: Mastodon's Brann Dailor
Heavyweight bills are what Mastodon do best. As the Atlantan monoliths return to our shores with Big Business and Krokodil in tow, drummer Brann Dailor offers a personal tip of the bunnet to ten landmark releases by a few of their most memorable alliances Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
Music
White Lung @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 5 November
Fireworks schmireworks. The fifth of November it may be, but White Lung’s punka racket is far from short of explosive qualities. Take the scorching hea... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
Film
The Drop
In this taught, seductively understated thriller, Tom Hardy plays innocent lug Bob, bartender in the Brooklyn tavern of the slightly more sinister if no... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014
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Film
Winter Sleep
Arriving with a Palme d’Or win and an ample 196-minute running time, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest contemplative drama from the Anatolian steppes so... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
MusicFoo Fighters announce summer 2015 stadium gigs in Manchester and Edinburgh
Dave Grohl and co are all set for a series of huge gigs in the UK next summer, following the release of new LP Sonic Highways. The Foos play the Emirates Ol... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
Film
22 Jump Street
The key joke in 22 Jump Street is how disappointing these type of films (i.e. quick cash-in sequels) turn out to be. Its reliance on this meta-gag might have... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
Music
Jonnie Common – Trapped in Amber
With subtle wit and charming self-deprecation, former De-Fence records regular Jonnie Common gently pushes himself off into his second solo album by offering... Read more »| 12 Nov 2014 -
Books
2014 Saltire Literary Awards handed out in Edinburgh
The Saltire Literary Awards for 2014 have been awarded at a ceremony in Edinburgh, with an academic work on 18th century urbanisation scooping the £10,... Read more »| 12 Nov 2014 -
Theatre
I Hate This @ The Lowry
I Hate This is a one-man show written and originally performed by American playwright David Hasen and takes the form of an autobiographical account of h... Read more »| 12 Nov 2014 -
Music
Deerhoof release video for 'Exit Only' starring Michael Shannon(s)
San Franciscan punk rock chameleons Deerhoof have shared the official video for 'Exit Only', starring Boardwalk Empire’s Michael Shannon. The video is... Read more »| 12 Nov 2014 -
Film
Love at First Fight / Les Combattants
There’s an unsettling streak of casual brutality running through Thomas Cailley’s impressive feature debut – tellingly, the film’s Fr... Read more »| 11 Nov 2014 -
Theatre
Jana and Heidi: Like Mother Like Daughter @ The Lowry Studio
There were frequent Cava-based comparisons to the hilarious maternal drama of Ab Fab throughout Jana and Heidi’s sell out show at the Lowry Studio. How... Read more »| 11 Nov 2014