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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MusicLOW – Double Negative
With Double Negative, LOW give you the tempest – the here, the now, the fear, the wonder – and they do it uncompromisingly Read more »| 13 Sep 2018 -
MusicFizzy Blood – Pink Magic EP
Pink Magic is the third EP from Leeds' Fizzy Blood and it comes across as something of a stopgap ahead of the arrival of their debut full length record Read more »| 13 Sep 2018 -
Music
Aphex Twin – Collapse EP
On Collapse, Aphex Twin's genre-bending techniques once again prove that electronic can be beautiful, playful and tantalising, if you can bear to sit outside your comfort zone Read more »| 13 Sep 2018 -
FilmTIFF 2018: High Life
Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche star in Claire Denis' sensuous sci-fi that has to be seen to be believed Read more »| 13 Sep 2018 -
Film
Lenny Abrahamson on The Little Stranger
Lenny Abrahamson, the director of Frank, Room and What Richard Did, discusses the challenges of bringing Sarah Waters’ class-conscious ghost story, The Little Stranger, to the big screen Read more »| 13 Sep 2018 -
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Arcane Roots – Landslide
It might only be four-tracks of reworked previously-released songs, but the Kingston trio showcase a fresh array of sounds across a dreamy EP Read more »| 13 Sep 2018
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Music
Billy Moon – Punk Songs
Billy Moon's Punk Songs is radical, riotous, entirely relatable and a real affirmation for anyone who has ever used music to get themselves through a tough time Read more »| 13 Sep 2018 -
Music
Le Guess Who? announces final acts for 2018
Neneh Cherry, Tirzah, Virginia Wing, Hot Snakes, Ryley Walker and Alabaster dePlume are among the artists completing the 2018 Le Guess Who? line-up in Utrecht this November Read more »| 12 Sep 2018 -
Film
Halloween
Michael Myers is back to haunt Laurie after 40 years, but in this sequel, Jamie Lee Curtis's character is no victim Read more »| 12 Sep 2018 -
Clubs
Guest Selector: Mixhell
Brazilian husband and wife duo Mixhell talk us through the songs that inspired their new three-track EP Strong & Wrong Read more »| 12 Sep 2018 -
MusicGigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 11-17 Sep
This week in music Freakender returns for its third year, The Big Sit In comes to Glasgow and Kathryn Joseph premieres From When I Wake in collaboration with Cryptic Read more »| 11 Sep 2018 -
Clubs
Nightvision line up Jeff Mills, Deadmau5 for new season
The Edinburgh club night announces details of its bumper line-up for the autumn and winter months Read more »| 11 Sep 2018 -
Music
A-Sun Amissa – Ceremony in the Stillness
A statement of intent that works noise, texture and atmosphere with care and precision, A-Sun Amissa's Ceremony in the Stillness is beautiful and brutalising Read more »| 11 Sep 2018 -
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Fatherson: Under the Influence
Ahead of its release, Fatherson talk us through the albums that have helped influence their third studio album, The Sum of All Our Parts Read more »| 11 Sep 2018 -
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Dilly Dally – Heaven
The Toronto band's second album, Heaven is a battle cry for hope in a world that's all too often darkened by the shadows of doubt, depression and loneliness Read more »| 11 Sep 2018