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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MusicRoyal Trux – Radio Video EP (Reissue)
The knockout punch of 1998’s Accelerator saw Royal Trux combine skronked-out groove with their rootsier instincts, only for follow-up Veterans Of Disor... Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
MusicChildhood / MayHeGo @ Sneaky Pete's, 24 April
It doesn’t take much to make Sneaky Pete’s feel busy. When Edinburgh trio MayHeGo kick their set into gear (yes, that’s a play on... Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
ClubsDJ Chart: Dominic Petrie (Xplicit, Ingredients Records)
This month we dip into drum 'n' bass offerings courtesy of producer and resident of Edinburgh's Xplicit, Dominic Petrie Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
Art
Art News: Turner Prize shortlist and Edinburgh Art Festival Commissions revealed
Shortlist for the 2014 Turner Prize announced, featuring Glasgow-based artists Duncan Campbell and Ciara Phillips; Edinburgh Art Festival announce their comissioned works for 2014; plus news, exhibitions and openings near you Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
Theatre
Scottish Ballet's Romeo and Juliet @ The King's Theatre
With music by Sergei Prokofiev and choreography by Krzysztof Pastor, Scottish Ballet resurrect their Romeo and Juliet for another tour of the UK Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
Music
Bird – My Fear and Me
Bird fashion mood so deftly, securing their soundscapes to their own distinct and fascinating rhythm: bass and drums (toms trump snare) propel the songs. Ade... Read more »| 07 May 2014
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Music
Mr. Scruff – Friendly Bacteria
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Theatre
Spring Awakening @ Playhouse, Liverpool, 13-17 May
In 1891 German playwright Frank Wedekind wrote Spring Awakening, a play questioning the sexual, physical and emotional difficulties faced by society's younge... Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
Books
The Wherewithal by Philip Schultz
Henryk Wyrzykowski, 'Head Clerk of Closed Files' at a San Francisco welfare office, is translating his mother's diaries while evading the Vietnam War. An acc... Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
Music
Kate Tempest – Everybody Down
Spoken word artist Kate Tempest's debut is undoubtedly impressive. The storytelling of Marshall Law and Lonely Daze – gritty, intimate and co... Read more »| 06 May 2014 -
Music
Came Back Vaunted: An Interview with Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor
As the reconfigured Nine Inch Nails prepare for their biggest indoor tour of the UK, Trent Reznor says he can’t afford a nostalgia trip Read more »| 06 May 2014 -
BooksBooks News: Will Self on the death of the novel; Literature at Solas Festival
Will Self announces the death of the novel, and this time it's serious; Liz Lochhead and Alasdair Gray among the writers to debate independence at Solas Festival; plus a round-up of events, news and opportunities from the world of literature Read more »| 06 May 2014 -
Clubs
Endless Detours: Q&A with John Roberts
John Roberts, the first American to be signed to Hamburg's Dial Records, lays forth on the merits of bedroom producers and live performance ahead of the release of his new EP Read more »| 06 May 2014 -
Music
Matt Berry – Music for Insomniacs
On screen, Matt Berry is all about that voice: a sonorous, knee-trembling baritone that garlands every utterance in comic grandiloquence. Across hi... Read more »| 06 May 2014 -
Film
American Interior
After the success of the languid Separado!, Gruff Rhys returns with what he calls “an investigative concert tour” that delves into 18th century W... Read more »| 05 May 2014