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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MusicHelena Hauff – Discreet Desires
An established DJ, Helena Hauff has earned a reputation for pummeling dancefloors with her jagged, hardware-oriented techno, so it’s little surprise th... Read more »| 04 Sep 2015 -
Music
Introverted Dancefloor – Introverted Dancefloor
Not nearly as introspective as the eponymous album title would have you believe, Bevan Smith’s latest project as Introverted Dancefloor is restrained, ... Read more »| 04 Sep 2015 -
Music
Darwin Deez – Double Down
Brooklyn indie-pop oddball Darwin Deez cites influences for his sophomore release as diverse as The Beatles, Nietzsche, Ridley Scott and the Indian spiritual... Read more »| 04 Sep 2015 -
ArtCueB: An Artist-Run Space in London
Franco La Russa explains how London's CueB gallery has much in common with Glasgow's DIY art scene. Read more »| 03 Sep 2015 -
Music
Sufjan Stevens @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 30 August
From Illinois and Michigan to the Edinburgh Festival, Sufjan Stevens delivers a truly unforgettable performance. Read more »| 03 Sep 2015 -
ArtFugue States @ CCA
Fugue States is a two-person show by Lauren Gault and Alison Gibbs, featuring sculpture and film. Read more »| 03 Sep 2015
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MusicThe Waterboys @ Ross Bandstand, Edinburgh 28 August
By the time the Waterboys take the stage a thick crowd huddles for warmth, stretching almost back to the railings of Princes Street Read more »| 03 Sep 2015 -
FilmRobert Sheehan: Returning to the Supernatural
The Misfits star discusses The Messenger, where he plays an unwashed weirdo who can speak to the dead. Read more »| 03 Sep 2015 -
Music
Ratking @ Manchester Deaf Institute, 26 August
As the jazzy and soporific opening strains of Snow Beach announce Ratking’s arrival, it’s clear that in a live context, the NYC trio's unique son... Read more »| 03 Sep 2015 -
Art
Open for Business @ Street Level Photoworks
Nine international photographers take an idiosyncratic look at UK industry in Open for Business. Read more »| 03 Sep 2015 -
Clubs
Scottish Clubbing Highlights – September 2015
Dekmantel at The Art School, Marcellus Pittman at The Berkeley Suite, Theo Kottis at Cabaret Voltaire. Read more »| 03 Sep 2015 -
Clubs
Northwest Clubbing Highlights – September 2015
Forget summer – it barely showed up anyway. Autumn's a season you can rely on, and here it comes, right on time. Ladies and gentlemen: September! Read more »| 03 Sep 2015 -
Music
Antonio Forcione and Adriano Adewale at Assembly George Square, 23 August
Plenty in the George Square Assembly One crowd tonight have seen guitarist (and 2001 ‘Best Spirit of the Fringe Award’ winner) Antonio Forcione a... Read more »| 03 Sep 2015 -
Music
Ubre Blanca – The Sadist EP
Sinister, portentous, unsettling… From the artwork's red skull to each isolated synth motif, the John Carpenter/Claudio Simonetti trappings of the Gla... Read more »| 03 Sep 2015 -
Music
Julia Holter – Have You In My Wilderness
It’s a pertinent circumstance that Julia Holter’s plush new album arrives just in time for the passing of summer and the slow-crawl in to the dar... Read more »| 03 Sep 2015