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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MusicVillalog – Space Trash
Even if titles like Orange Sunshine and Wall of Echoes signpost the odd slip into motorik-bound pastiche, Austrian trio Villalog are more discerning psych re... Read more »| 28 Nov 2014 -
MusicBird @ Eagle Inn, Salford, 21 November
Oh so cruelly, just as it starts, it ends. After an extended prologue that saw them cycle through lineups, Bird's opening chapter exceeded expectations by so... Read more »| 28 Nov 2014 -
MusicWu-Tang Clan stream new LP A Better Tomorrow ahead of release
Ahead of its full release next Monday (1 Dec), Warner Music Germany are currently streaming A Better Tomorrow, Wu-Tang Clan's first studio LP in seven years.... Read more »| 28 Nov 2014 -
MusicScottish Gig Highlights – December 2014
Whether you’re pro-yuletide or a sulky wee scrooge, December’s always a bit of a write-off. For the Crimbophiles, it’s the only time of yea... Read more »| 28 Nov 2014 -
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Immix with John McGrath and Lucy Pankhurst @ Static, Liverpool, 19 November
In the concluding session of Immix’s highly commended collaboration series, composers John McGrath and Lucy Pankhurst provide a suitably engaging suite... Read more »| 27 Nov 2014 -
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Tim Hecker @ Camp and Furnace, Liverpool, 19 November
So when exactly did ‘ambient’ become conflated with ‘chillout’? Funny how such lazy approximation can be such a waste of effort: on t... Read more »| 27 Nov 2014
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Mogwai, The Phantom Band, Faust members set for 'krautrock' show in Glasgow
Members of The Phantom Band and Mogwai are set to team up with the founding member of German experimental rockers Faust for a one-off show in Glasgow to ackn... Read more »| 27 Nov 2014 -
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Book News: Moniack Mhor writing centre goes independent, Colin Barrett wins Guardian award
Highland writers’ retreat Moniack Mhor has unveiled its 2015 programme of events – its first as an independent entity – featuring a host of... Read more »| 27 Nov 2014 -
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Lotus Thief – Rervm
An epic metal opus, based on ancient Roman philosophical verse – Spinal Tap levels of hubris and folly, right? Well, no, as it turns out. Rervm is rath... Read more »| 27 Nov 2014 -
MusicOught @ Sound Control, Manchester, 18 November
Up-and-coming local psychedelics Kult Country are more introverted tonight than their kookily spelt moniker would suggest. With almost all their members hidd... Read more »| 27 Nov 2014 -
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Wild Billy Childish & CTMF – Acorn Man
“Always different, always the same,” as John Peel famously described his perennial faves The Fall, but only the latter is required to sum up Bill... Read more »| 27 Nov 2014 -
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Githead – Waiting For a Sign
The unlikely four piece with the equally unlikely moniker return with their first album in five years. Led by Wire's Colin Newman, Githead are Malak Spigel a... Read more »| 27 Nov 2014 -
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Deathcats & New Swears – Split EP
The transatlantic union between Glasgow’s Deathcats and Ottawa’s New Swears is a grunge-punk Christmas come early. With four tracks apiece, this ... Read more »| 26 Nov 2014 -
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Metallica, Refused, Run the Jewels lead Reading and Leeds 2015 line-up
Metallica will headline at next summer’s Reading and Leeds festivals, with Swedish punk pioneers Refused and all-conquering rap duo Run the Jewels also... Read more »| 26 Nov 2014 -
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Kill It Kid – You Owe Nothing
Three albums in, the Brit blues outfit come good. If previously they leaned excessively on their influences, You Owe Nothing sees them get smart with those h... Read more »| 26 Nov 2014