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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MusicThe Wedding Present – It's a Gas (Marc Riley Session): Premiere
Listen to It's a Gas by The Wedding Present taken from their upcoming Marc Riley Sessions Volume 2 album Read more »| 10 Aug 2017 -
MusicFrankie Rose – Cage Tropical
Indie rock nomad Frankie Rose's latest album is a sparkling pop odyssey Read more »| 09 Aug 2017 -
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Candice Gordon – I Belong to the Night (Track Premiere)
Listen to I Belong to the Night by Candice Gordon Read more »| 09 Aug 2017 -
Music
Big Thief's James Krivchenia on new LP Capacity
We speak to Big Thief's James Krivchenia about life on the road and their latest album, Capacity, ahead of their upcoming support slots with Conor Oberst Read more »| 09 Aug 2017 -
MusicDead Cross – Dead Cross
Hardcore supergroup Dead Cross' debut album is a rollercoaster, with all the positives and negatives that entails Read more »| 08 Aug 2017 -
MusicHypochristmutreefuzz – Hypopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
On their debut full-length, this Belgian noise-rock band find plenty of ways to make a racket, not all of them successful. Read more »| 08 Aug 2017
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Music
The Districts – Popular Manipulations
Occasional flashes of devastating honesty lift the second album from The Districts Read more »| 08 Aug 2017 -
Film
Final Portrait
Stanley Tucci pays loving tribute to the great Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti, but the results are repetitive and anti-climatical Read more »| 08 Aug 2017 -
Music
Photay – Onism
Evan Shornstein's latest record as Photay is a subtly maximal blend of styles and instrumentation Read more »| 08 Aug 2017 -
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Guided By Voices – How Do You Spell Heaven
Robert Pollard's latest release is a peppy selection of tracks that lacks the spark to push it to great heights Read more »| 08 Aug 2017 -
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Oneohtrix Point Never – Good Time OST
Daniel Lopatin draws from across his compositional palette in this soundtrack for the Robert Pattison-starring Good Time Read more »| 08 Aug 2017 -
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Iceage @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 5 Aug
The Danish punks disappoint at Summerhall, thanks to an overly-swaggering performance from their frontman Read more »| 08 Aug 2017 -
Clubs
Guest Selector: Mar-T
Ahead of Creamfields, we catch up with Mar-T to find out which records from 2017 you can expect to hear in his set Read more »| 08 Aug 2017 -
Film
Twin Peaks' sound design made into an album
Dean Hurley, the sound designer of Twin Peaks: The Return, has released an album of his distinctive and haunting sounds from David Lynch’s show Read more »| 08 Aug 2017 -
Music
Scottish Music Highlights: 8-14 Aug
Benjamin Clementine and Awesome Tapes From Africa join the Edinburgh festivals party, Glasgow hosts Lambchop and Arab Strap, and Carnival 56 festival launches in Dundee Read more »| 08 Aug 2017