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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MusicMorrissey – Low in High School
The Smiths' frontman returns with an 11th solo album that's by turns overwrought and underdeveloped Read more »| 15 Nov 2017 -
MusicOCS – Memory of a Cut Off Head
Memory of a Cut Off Head is a typically strange experience from OCS and one which might not translate to newer fans of the band looking for their trademark psyche-punk sound Read more »| 14 Nov 2017 -
ClubsThe Yellow Door on their Berkeley Suite night & Shelter fundraiser
The Yellow Door's Iain Kerr and Paul Dey discuss the success of their residents-only club night, and look ahead to their Shelter Scotland fundraiser Read more »| 14 Nov 2017 -
Tv Radio
Russell Brand & 5 more UK politics podcasts
In the fourth part of our Pod People podcast column, we take a closer look at Russell Brand's variable output Read more »| 14 Nov 2017 -
Music
Scottish Music Highlights: 14-20 Nov
This week sees big-name hip-hop and R'n'B from Thundercat, Bryson Tiller and Run The Jewels, plus gigs from Marika Hackman, Spinning Coin and Aldous Harding Read more »| 14 Nov 2017 -
Film
Is your name Will Smith? If so, Will Smith needs you
The actor and rapper is looking for other people named Will Smith for a secret project that sounds an awful lot like one Dave Gorman embarked on years ago Read more »| 14 Nov 2017
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FilmFilm Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Annette Bening and Jamie Bell have been rarely better than in this intimate and tender spring-autumn love story Read more »| 14 Nov 2017 -
Tv Radio
Lord of the Rings TV series in the works from Amazon
JRR Tolkien’s fantasy world will be brought to the small screen by the streaming service Read more »| 14 Nov 2017 -
Music
Baths – Romaplasm
Los Angeles nerdsmith Will Wiesenfeld finally emerges from a four-year silence (for this moniker, at least) with a new Baths record, and it’s as s... Read more »| 14 Nov 2017 -
Music
Wolf Alice @ O2 Apollo, Manchester, 9 Nov
The London indie rockers step up to theatres with aplomb Read more »| 13 Nov 2017 -
Music
Teleman – Fünf
Teleman plumb the depths of electronica with Fünf in an experiment that has more than paid off Read more »| 13 Nov 2017 -
Music
Torres @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 7 Nov
Torres, aka Mackenzie Scott, adds physicality and ambition to tracks from across her three albums, with impressive results Read more »| 13 Nov 2017 -
Music
Shabazz Palaces @ The Art School, Glasgow, 8 Nov
All the weird, wonderful and downright bat-shit craziness that make up Shabazz Palaces’ music comes to life at the Art School; it truly is something to behold Read more »| 13 Nov 2017 -
Music
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Rest
Sir Paul McCartney, Connan Mockasin, Owen Pallett and Daft Punk's Guy-Manuel feature on the new album from Charlotte Gainsbourg. Read more »| 13 Nov 2017 -
Film
Beach Rats
Beach Rats, a not-quite-coming-out drama set in the world of Brooklyn boardwalk bros, boasts a breakout turn from Brit Harris Dickinson Read more »| 13 Nov 2017