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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MusicCharly Bliss @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 17 Sep
Charly Bliss sell out The Hug & Pint tonight, and it seems they're absolutely killing it on their first ever European tour Read more »| 19 Sep 2017 -
Music
Wolf Alice on epic second album Visions of a Life
Two years after pulling away from the rest of the indie rock pack with My Love Is Cool, Wolf Alice frontwoman Ellie Rowsell talks us through their massive, LA-recorded follow-up Read more »| 19 Sep 2017 -
Music
Ryan Adams @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 15 Sep
Tonight's Ryan Adams show sadly feels entirely self-indulgent, making for an overall disappointingly dull show Read more »| 19 Sep 2017 -
MusicPhoebe Bridgers – Stranger in the Alps
When Phoebe Bridgers gets it right on Stranger in the Alps, you can see her making a long career of this Read more »| 19 Sep 2017 -
MusicCristobal and the Sea – Exitoca
Cristobal and the Sea take us on a frustrating quick-fire journey through genres, which sadly lacks cohesion Read more »| 19 Sep 2017 -
MusicChelsea Wolfe – Hiss Spun
Hopefully Hiss Spun is the album that transcends Chelsea Wolfe into superstardom Read more »| 18 Sep 2017
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Film
The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro is on Pan’s Labyrinth-level form with this whimsical love story about a mute woman (Sally Hawkins) falling for an aquatic creature Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Music
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Luciferian Towers
Godspeed You! Black Emperor's apocalyptic vision remains as relevant and powerful as ever on Luciferian Towers Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Music
Amadou & Mariam – La Confusion
Amadou & Mariam's ninth studio album, La Confusion, is never anything less than engaging Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Books
Clemens Meyer & Jenny Erpenbeck on the German Novel
While their own broadsheet culture pages may often claim that The German novel is dead, The Skinny speaks to the exciting and experimental authors Clemens Meyer and Jenny Erpenbeck to find out how they are disproving this theory Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Film
Borg vs McEnroe
Shia LaBeouf's standout performance brings a much needed jolt to Janus Metz Pedersen's Borg vs McEnroe, which otherwise plays a safe game and goes out in the quarter finals Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Music
The Horrors – V
V sees The Horrors return to the abrasive noise they flirted with in their early days Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Music
Scottish Music Highlights: 19-25 Sep
From Micah P. Hinson to Siobhan Wilson, L.A. Witch to Sigur Ros and clubbing on the Isle of Skye, this week there is quite literally something for everyone Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
MusicMC Almond Milk – Full Day, Cool Times
While Full Day, Cool Times is easily the darkest record James Scott has produced, the MC's humour and inventiveness shines through Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Music
Ewan Cruickshanks ft. Siobhan Wilson – Dreams (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Dreams by Ewan Cruickshanks featuring Siobhan Wilson Read more »| 18 Sep 2017