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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MusicSounding Massive: Shredd on their new EP Eat Your Enemy
Glasgow garage-rock trio Shredd chat unlikely influences, how a sparsity of vocals allow for instrumental freedom and how their new EP is exactly how they want it to be heard Read more »| 07 Aug 2018 -
MusicRiot Gaze: Pussy Riot on Patriotism and Propaganda
What does it take to prepare to protest? Pussy Riot brief The Skinny on their punk spectacle Riot Days and *that* World Cup final performance Read more »| 06 Aug 2018 -
MusicKeeping Afloat: Sarah Beth Tomberlin on her debut album At Weddings
We speak to Sarah Beth Tomberlin about moving around a lot in her childhood, friendships and her debut album, At Weddings Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
FilmPaweł Pawlikowski on his artful romance Cold War
From Polish folk troupes to Parisian nightclubs, Paweł Pawlikowski discusses crafting his classic story of wounded love in post-war Europe, Cold War Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
MusicGood Grief and City of Glass on Edinburgh's live music scene
We chat to Edinburgh promoters City of Glass and Good Grief to learn more about what they’re doing to open up the capital's creative community and what grassroots music means to them Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
Books
Hits and Misses by Simon Rich
Hits & Misses is an eighteen-piece short story collection inspired by Rich’s experiences in Hollywood, and the collection is a thought-provoking and laugh-out-loud work Read more »| 03 Aug 2018
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Music
Gabe Gurnsey – Physical
Gabe Gurnsey has taken a temporary departure from the stripped-back no wave electronica of Factory Floor in favour of some good old dancefloor stingers Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
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Shredd – Eat Your Enemy EP
The Glasgow trio’s latest EP Eat Your Enemy is a gallant and galvanic garage-punk goliath Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
Books
Resin by Ane Riel
Resin expertly navigates a wealth of themes – obsession, grief, love, and innocence and childhood – and binds them together in a cleverly crafted, gripping tale. Addictive, brutal and honest, Resin is an emotional rollercoaster. Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
Music
Since Yesterday: A Greatest Hits of Non-Hits
Blair Young and Carla J. Easton tell us about Since Yesterday, their documentary film and live gig celebration of Scottish women in music. History’s never sounded so good Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
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James – Living in Extraordinary Times
James are back with a nineties feel on their 15th album Living in Extraordinary Times, but there's something different happening here Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
Film
Bryan Cranston on Isle of Dogs
In Wes Anderson's joyful stop motion animation Isle of Dogs, Bryan Cranston stars as a mangy mutt with anger issues. The Breaking Bad actor tells us why he was perfect for the role and why Anderson's film is much more than just a hip kids' film Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
Music
Helena Hauff – Qualm
With Qualm, Helena Hauff returns to Ninja Tune channeling the spirit of The Hague’s electro scene and the bleak essence of post-Brexit industrial Britain Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
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Amanda Shires – To the Sunset
With a hint of Nanci Griffith and Conor Oberst, Amanda Shires is on fine form sounding nothing short of Presidential on To the Sunset Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
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Queen Kwong @ Night & Day, Manchester, 31 Jul
Queen Kwong’s entrancing frontwoman Carré Callaway throws mind, body and soul into a voracious performance tonight at Night & Day Read more »| 02 Aug 2018