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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MusicJambinai @ O2 ABC 2, Glasgow, 25 Apr
Jambinai are already a well-established touring act in Europe, having formed at Korea's National University of Arts in 2009. Their style, though not the... Read more »| 27 Apr 2017 -
MusicPeaness – Are You Sure?
Given the mess that is the current turbulence of the social and political climate of the world – Brexit-based worriment, Trump torment and all – ... Read more »| 27 Apr 2017 -
Clubs
Scottish Clubbing Highlights: 26 Apr - 2 May
A bumper Bank Holiday round-up of the best club nights across Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow this weekend Club nights in Glasgow SDC x Cottam @ La Cheetah C... Read more »| 27 Apr 2017 -
Music
Indigo Velvet – Mona (Track Premiere)
Take a first listen to the new single from Leith 'tropical pop' quartet Indigo Velvet Read more »| 27 Apr 2017 -
Music
RAZA – Pandahero / Green Wave (Video Premiere)
Watch a pair of live videos from Glasgow electro-prog duo RAZA, ahead of the release of their new EP Read more »| 27 Apr 2017 -
Books
Compass by Mathias Enard
On a single sleepless night in Vienna, musicologist Franz Ritter revisits moments from a life spent studying and exploring the Middle East, winding through m... Read more »| 26 Apr 2017
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Books
The Things I Would Tell You edited by Sabrina Mahfouz
‘Woman like no one is ever going to read you. Woman like you have everything to say.’ In The Things I Would Tell You, edited by Sabrina Mahfouz,... Read more »| 26 Apr 2017 -
Music
Tinariwen @ Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 25 Apr
Freewheeling hippies, awkward students and middle-aged culture vultures; all and sundry have descended on the Queen's Hall for what promises to be a night of... Read more »| 26 Apr 2017 -
Music
Leftfield on Leftism's greatest influences
As Leftfield's seminal debut turns 22 this year, we speak to its creators Neil Barnes and Paul Daley to find out which albums influenced and helped shape Lef... Read more »| 26 Apr 2017 -
Art
Ewan Murray @ Telfer Gallery, Glasgow
Ewan Murray's Landscapes, People, Buildings is an insightful and sensitive collection of small paintings. Read more »| 26 Apr 2017 -
MusicThe Unthanks @ RNCM, Manchester, 19 Apr
So rarely do we remember the family members behind famous musicians. Even rarer is it that they are fantastic artists in their own right, as was the case wit... Read more »| 26 Apr 2017 -
Music
Deafheaven @ Saint Luke's, Glasgow, 23 Apr
As trite as it is to say, St Luke’s couldn’t be a more suitable venue for the ceremonious, practically spiritual force that is Deafheaven. There&... Read more »| 26 Apr 2017 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: 25 Apr – 1 May
This week brings music, performance and new exhibitions, as well as a very, very packed weekend with Glasgow Open House Festival, Glasgow Zine Festival and Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair. Read more »| 25 Apr 2017 -
BooksUniversal Harvester by John Darnielle
Jeremy works in a video rental store in the small Iowan town he’s lived in all his life when one day his routine is interrupted by the discovery of som... Read more »| 25 Apr 2017 -
Music
Aidan Moffat on the final L. Pierre album
Aidan Moffat bids farewell to L. Pierre with a carefully constructed final offering that picks apart our changing consumer habits and professes the death of vinyl Read more »| 25 Apr 2017