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 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 -
MusicDeafheaven @ 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 -
ArtThis 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 -
Books
Universal 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 -
Music
Splashh @ Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 24 Apr
It’s almost summer, and nothing says summer like sun-drenched, effects-pedalled indie pop. At The Hug and Pint tonight we’re already gearing up w... Read more »| 25 Apr 2017
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MusicThurston Moore – Rock n Roll Consciousness
Hard on the heels of his Watch the Sky collaboration with poet Radieux Radio comes Thurston Moore's latest Read more »| 25 Apr 2017 -
Music
Mark Mulcahy – The Possum in the Driveway
First, some context: Mark Mulcahy is formerly of recently reformed REM-contemporaries Miracle Legion and also Polaris, and responsible for four solo albums o... Read more »| 25 Apr 2017 -
Music
L. Pierre – 1948–
Aidan Moffat bows out of his L. Pierre project, but not before leaving an indelible, eerie commentary on our changing consumer patterns and how they could ki... Read more »| 25 Apr 2017 -
Music
Colin Stetson – All This I Do for Glory
A few years ago a video did the rounds online – a single camera wandered through a house following a deep, thudding, percussive sound, one that was har... Read more »| 25 Apr 2017 -
MusicMark Lanegan – Gargoyle
At first you might think Lanegan’s tenth solo album, Gargoyle, picks up where 2014’s Phantom Radio left off. You can hear the dark influence... Read more »| 25 Apr 2017 -
Music
Mountain Bike – Mean With You (Video Premiere)
Watch the fun-filled new video from Brussels garage rockers Mountain Bike Read more »| 25 Apr 2017 -
Music
DJ Format & Abdominal – Still Hungry
DJ Format and Abdominal are back – not that they’ve really been away, they’ve just been busy with their own things – and, as the titl... Read more »| 24 Apr 2017 -
Music
Babe on new album Kiss & Tell
We meet up with Gerard Black at Glasgow's Art School, to talk about the evolution of Babe and to find out more about latest LP, Kiss & Tell Read more »| 24 Apr 2017 -
Music
Scottish Gigs of the Week: 25 Apr – 1 May
From Glasgow to the Sahara via South Korea, the USA and Canada, this week's central belt gig round-up is an international affair of epic proportions Read more »| 24 Apr 2017