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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BooksThe German Room by Carla Maliandi
Carla Maliandi’s debut novel, released in English by Charco Press, is a tale of fear, isolation and belonging powered by viciously perceptive prose. Read more »| 22 Nov 2018 -
MusicWe Were Promised Jetpacks @ The Biscuit Factory, Edinburgh, 17 Nov
While the lack of an encore and the absence of certain songs leaves the night on a note of anticlimax, the raw energy and power of the previous hour-and-a-half is undeniable Read more »| 22 Nov 2018 -
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Courtney Barnett @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 20 Nov
Courtney Barnett plays a solid mix of old and new songs tonight and seems to be really enjoying herself onstage, bouncing around, effortlessly pulling off the rock star persona Read more »| 22 Nov 2018 -
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Gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 21-26 Nov
Another busy week of music wraps its arms around the central belt, with Lauryn Hill, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Christine and the Queens, Shame and Sunflower Bean all paying us a visit Read more »| 21 Nov 2018 -
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Metric @ The Ritz, Manchester, 19 Nov
As they celebrate twenty years together, Metric are at their most crowd-pleasing tonight in Manchester Read more »| 21 Nov 2018 -
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Calexico – The Black Light (20th Anniversary Edition)
Calexico's first big statement, The Black Light, celebrates its 20th anniversary and continues to inspire devotion. It's just a pity Breaking Bad wasn't around in 1998 Read more »| 21 Nov 2018
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MusicFlorence + the Machine @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 17 Nov
Masters of mass connection, Florence + the Machine fill the SSE Hydro tonight with tracks old and new Read more »| 21 Nov 2018 -
MusicSavage Mansion – Elwood (Video Premiere)
Watch the music video for Elwood, the first single to be taken from Savage Mansion's debut album Read more »| 21 Nov 2018 -
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Foo Fighters to headline Glasgow Summer Sessions 2019
Foo Fighters have been announced as the second headliner for Glasgow Summer Sessions 2019, returning to Scotland after a four year absence Read more »| 21 Nov 2018 -
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Bauhaus – The Bela Session
The Bela Session is a little piece of gothic rock history that should sit proudly in the record collection of any fan of The Cure, Joy Divison, Siouxsie and the Banshees et al Read more »| 20 Nov 2018 -
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CCA Highlights: November & December 2018
Glasgow's Centre for Contemporary Arts is back on its feet after a few months of closure, and it’s getting right back to business Read more »| 20 Nov 2018 -
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Beerjacket – Silver Cords
From time to time, shifts in tone can be a little disorientating but Silver Cords is an impressive endeavour from Beerjacket, a songwriter who thinks deeper than most about his art Read more »| 20 Nov 2018 -
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Slayer @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 12 Nov
Slayer leave us with their biggest Scottish show to date, and a performance that no one will forget anytime soon Read more »| 19 Nov 2018 -
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Embracing Outrage: Sunflower Bean on stepping into adulthood
Faced with the imminent wreckage of Trump's presidency, Sunflower Bean re-drew American youth in their own image with Twentytwo in Blue. Singer Julia Cumming explains how Read more »| 19 Nov 2018 -
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Collective Consciousness: Collective Gallery returns
After years of planning and development, Collective's ambitious refitting of the Observatory on Calton Hill will be revealed this month – we talk to some of those involved Read more »| 19 Nov 2018