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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MusicPhoebe Bridgers @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 18 Oct
Phoebe Bridgers' songs may be shot through with a deep-seated sadness, but she manages to undercut their sombre tone tonight with an expertly delivered sense of humour Read more »| 31 Oct 2017 -
MusicRun The Jewels on people, politics and powerful moments
With their third album soundtracking the highs and lows of 2017, we talk to hip-hop’s greatest tag team, Killer Mike and El-P – Run The Jewels Read more »| 31 Oct 2017 -
MusicKarine Polwart on A Pocket of Wind Resistance
We speak to singer-songwriter Karine Polwart about her new album A Pocket of Wind Resistance, the companion to her Edinburgh Festival show, Wind Resistance Read more »| 31 Oct 2017 -
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James Holden on The Animal Spirits and Le Guess Who?
We talk to James Holden about his new band The Animal Spirits' upcoming Moroccan Gnawa-inspired album of the same name, and his guest curation for 2017's Le Guess Who? festival in Utrecht Read more »| 30 Oct 2017 -
MusicSonica: Infinite Lives @ Tramway, Glasgow, 27 Oct
Robbie Thomson's Infinite Lives is a sensory delight and a product of copious craftsmanship – part creepy, part silly, and all weird Read more »| 30 Oct 2017 -
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London Grammar @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 24 Oct
The Usher Hall is full of emotion tonight as London Grammar fans sing their hearts out in a room full of heartfelt humility Read more »| 30 Oct 2017
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Music
Adrian Crowley – Dark Eyed Messenger
The Irish singer's eighth album continues his fine recent run, augmented by the beautiful production of Thomas Bartlett; this is patient music, intelligently composed and painstakingly pieced together Read more »| 30 Oct 2017 -
Film
Kevin Spacey offers bizarre apology after Anthony Rapp claims
Actor Anthony Rapp claims the double Oscar-winner made sexual advances towards him when he was 14; Spacey's response to the allegations is both bizarre and misguided Read more »| 30 Oct 2017 -
Music
Metallica @ The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 26 Oct
A brilliant performance and spectacle create an unforgettable night of heavy metal from one of the genre's heavyweights Read more »| 30 Oct 2017 -
Art
Points of Refusal: Camara Taylor on their new show
Camara Taylor is a prolific programmer, writer and practising artist, and one of the most active critics of poor representation within cultural institutions in Glasgow. Read more »| 30 Oct 2017 -
Music
Frightened Rabbit announce Midnight Organ Fight tour
To mark the tenth anniversary of Frightened Rabbit's acclaimed second album, The Midnight Organ Fight, the Selkirk band plan some shows where they will play the record in its entirety Read more »| 30 Oct 2017 -
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James Holden & The Animal Spirits – The Animal Spirits
James Holden returns with one of the most immersive albums of 2017 Read more »| 30 Oct 2017 -
Books
Jarett Kobek: Trump, Twitter & Club Kids carnage
Bret Easton Ellis takes issue over Bobby Brown, bodies are chopped up in bathtubs and Donald Trump is saviour, of Twitter at least. I Hate The Internet autho... Read more »| 30 Oct 2017 -
Music
Living Body – Last Few True (Vessels Remix): Track Premiere
Listen to Vessels' remix of Last Few True by Living Body Read more »| 27 Oct 2017 -
Film
Corey Feldman vows to 'expose Hollywood paedophile ring'
The star of Stand by Me and The Goonies vows to “name names” of the people in the film industry who prey on child actors Read more »| 27 Oct 2017