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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MusicJoanna Gruesome – Peanut Butter
Cardiff’s finest mess returns with another twenty-one minutes of explosive noisepop. Not much to show for two years’ work, you might think, but i... Read more »| 29 Apr 2015 -
MusicDu Blonde – Welcome Back To Milk
Beth Jeans Houghton's transformation from screwy troubadour to her new alter-ago is surely standard issue music career car crash, right? Think again: Du Blon... Read more »| 29 Apr 2015 -
Music
Under the Influence: Thurston Moore
From the Blitzkrieg Bop of 70s New York to hardcore fury in the Hollywood hills, Sonic Youth's founder humbly presents “the five fucking greatest records in the world!” Read more »| 29 Apr 2015 -
Art
CCA Highlights May / June 2015
You there! Urbanite looking for artistic events to attend! Yes, you! From CCA’s third programme of the year, we’ve picked the highlights we think... Read more »| 29 Apr 2015 -
Books
Northwest Book Highlights – May 2015
Liverpool celebrates its port-city heritage with a cultural festival dedicated to the transatlantic, while dead poets return to battle it out in Salford Read more »| 29 Apr 2015 -
Music
Blanck Mass – Dumb Flesh
If 2012’s White Math EP wrong-footed those tuned into Benjamin John Power's evolving brand of cerebral electronica, they might want to check their... Read more »| 29 Apr 2015
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FilmMistaken Identity: Christian Petzold on Phoenix
The collaboration between German director Christian Petzold and Nina Hoss, his go-to leading lady, has proved one of the most artistically fruitful in contemporary cinema. The Petzold discusses their latest film, Phoenix Read more »| 29 Apr 2015 -
Music
The Life We Know: Django Django's Dave Maclean interviewed
Space-age second album Born Under Saturn sees Edinburgh-formed four-piece Django Django on riotous, mystical form. Dave Maclean talks planets, poltergeists and percussion Read more »| 29 Apr 2015 -
ArtFashion, Film and Free Society: Scottish Art News for May 2015
Two years on from his stunning show at The Modern Institute, this month Nicolas Party presents Boys and Pastel in Inverleith House, his first major solo... Read more »| 28 Apr 2015 -
Art
"It's All About Beauty": Interview with Maripol
Legendary photographer, designer and stylist Maripol is the subject of an exhibition in Dundee Contemporary Arts, part of this year's Ignite Dundee. Here she speaks about her 35-year career Read more »| 28 Apr 2015 -
Comedy
Fringe Dog: Comedy Spotlight
With hundreds of comedy shows already on sale, our Edinburgh Fringe 2015 coverage begins in conversation with celebrated critic and happy Norfolk Terrier Fringe Dog Read more »| 28 Apr 2015 -
MusicScottish Gig Highlights – May 2015
Start this summer with a flashback to the space-race in Glasgow, as Public Service Broadcasting bring their special blend of aural collage to the O2 ABC... Read more »| 28 Apr 2015 -
Art
Inspiration, Classical Art, and Getting Paid: This Week in Scottish Art
In this week's art news, there's a curator's job going in Edinburgh, Open House consumes Glasgow whole this long weekend, and there's a grilling of Glasgow politicians on the thorny issue of getting artists paid. Read more »| 28 Apr 2015 -
Music
Tyondai Braxton – HIVE1
It’s no secret that former Battles member Tyondai Braxton is one of the most talented musicians around today, but as displayed on the bl... Read more »| 28 Apr 2015 -
Film
Satyricon
Set in Rome during Nero's reign, Satyricon's loose story follows a young man (Potter) as he fights to retain the affection of his lover. We watch as he ... Read more »| 27 Apr 2015