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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MusicBlack Mountain – IV
Those searching for echoes of Black Mountain's thunderous 2008 release In The Future won't find it in latest record IV. This is certainly not to say that the... Read more »| 24 Mar 2016 -
MusicYeasayer – Amen and Goodbye
If there’s a suspicion that Brooklyn’s Yeasayer try just a little too hard, it’s not a feeling that their fourth LP is going to disprove; A... Read more »| 24 Mar 2016 -
BooksJenni Fagan on The Sunlight Pilgrims
The Sunlight Pilgrims deals with those living on "the fringes of the fringes" – of geography, gender and society. Jenni Fagan, among Scotland's mo... Read more »| 24 Mar 2016 -
MusicModerat – III
'Why must I hide / In the forests of my mind?' asks Sascha Ring – aka Apparat – in the opening lines of Eating Hooks. It’s as cle... Read more »| 24 Mar 2016 -
Music
Frankie Cosmos – Next Thing
'I’m 20, washed up already,' sings Frankie Cosmos on the appositely-titled I’m 20, in what may just be the most misleading lyric of the year.&nbs... Read more »| 24 Mar 2016 -
Film
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman, starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill, has some interesting ideas and compositions, but it ends up a byzantine mess. Read more »| 24 Mar 2016
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Art
Threshold Festival 2016 & the Baltic Triangle
Ahead of the sixth Threshold Festival in Liverpool's Baltic Triangle, we talk to Baltic Creative’s Mark Lawler and former CUC director Ingi Thor Jonsson about changes in area's cultural ecology and what happens next Read more »| 24 Mar 2016 -
Music
Gnod – Mirror
Nothing if not prolific, Salford’s favourite Krautrock connoisseurs (let’s ignore The Fall’s I Am Damo Suzuki for the moment) follow-up las... Read more »| 23 Mar 2016 -
Music
Laura Gibson – Empire Builder
Album number four from the Oregon native is a deft furthering of her folk roots and collaborative leanings. With input from Alela Diane and seasoned journeym... Read more »| 23 Mar 2016 -
ComedyPreview: That's Fife Comedy Festival
There's a month-long line-up of comedy across the Kingdom of Fife over April, with headliners including Nina Conti, Ed Byrne and a special double bill for Father Ted fans. Read more »| 23 Mar 2016 -
Music
Tacocat – Lost Time
Seasons change, trends come and go, yet one thing is forever guaranteed: some joyless swine is itching to tell you that guitar pop is dead. Don’t plan ... Read more »| 23 Mar 2016 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: Science Festival, BAS8
A new company launches into the art scene this week, and there's a field trip from the Art School to magnificent ruin St Peter's Seminary, as well as zine fair, artists' talks and workshops. Read more »| 22 Mar 2016 -
Comedy
Richard Herring @ Citizens Theatre, 17 Mar
In his twelfth show, Richard Herring examines if we can ever hope to be happy. Read more »| 22 Mar 2016 -
Film
Something Different & A Bagful of Fleas
Two early works by the great Czech filmmaker Věra Chytilová come to DVD from Second Run Read more »| 22 Mar 2016 -
Music
GIT Award shortlist for 2016 revealed
Liverpool music prize The GIT Award has revealed a twelve-strong shortlist for this year's award. Read more »| 22 Mar 2016