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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MusicSleaford Mods – Sleaford Mods EP
With their new eponymous EP, Sleaford Mods still have plenty of important things to say, regardless of how they might sugarcoat the message Read more »| 11 Sep 2018 -
Music
Fred Thomas – Aftering
While Aftering doesn’t have the consistency of Fred Thomas' previous album Changer, it is urgent and incisive when it wants to be and serves as further proof of his talents Read more »| 11 Sep 2018 -
MusicTerry – I'm Terry
With I'm Terry, Melbourne four-piece Terry display the sheer prowess of their pop sensibilities and punk aesthetic Read more »| 11 Sep 2018 -
Art
Design for Life: The V&A Dundee
After years in the making, the ambitious V&A Dundee will open its doors this month, changing the Dundee cityscape for good. Philip Long fills us in ahead of the grand opening Read more »| 11 Sep 2018 -
Music
We Were Promised Jetpacks on The More I Sleep the Less I Dream
We speak to We Were Promised Jetpacks frontman Adam Thompson about their most ambitious record yet, The More I Sleep the Less I Dream Read more »| 11 Sep 2018 -
ArtEmil Nolde @ Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Historical 20th Century painter Emil Nolde receives a retrospective at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. His achievements are tempered by his disturbing fascistic tendencies, which the Modern don't quite manage to frame responsibly Read more »| 11 Sep 2018
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FilmLucky
Featuring the final performance from Harry Dean Stanton, John Carroll Lynch's quietly poignant western proves the perfect swan song for this enigmatic actor Read more »| 10 Sep 2018 -
Music
Iceage @ The Great Eastern, Glasgow, 6 Sep
Celebrating their latest album Beyondless, Copenhagen's Iceage play a thrilling set fuelled by The Great Eastern's hallucinatory energy Read more »| 10 Sep 2018 -
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Arctic Monkeys @ Manchester Arena, 7 Sep
The Sheffield outfit embrace the challenge of bringing Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino to arenas with a polished curtain-raiser in Manchester Read more »| 10 Sep 2018 -
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The Rider
Casting non-actors, Chloé Zhao creates a lyrical and authentic film about life as a rodeo cowboy Read more »| 10 Sep 2018 -
Music
Say It Out Loud: The Beta Band's The Three E.P.'s turns 20
In September 1998, The Beta Band released The Three E.P.'s. Twenty years on, the compilation is finally being issued on vinyl sounding as fresh and inventive as ever Read more »| 10 Sep 2018 -
Film
A Star Is Born
Lady Gaga is truly immense in Bradley Cooper's adaptation of this classic story of love and fame, which glows with a poignant beauty Read more »| 10 Sep 2018 -
Film
The Wild Boys
Bertrand Mandico’s uninhibited, erotically-charged gender-bending romp The Wild Boys is a pleasingly surreal ride, but its sexual politics leave something to be desired Read more »| 10 Sep 2018 -
Art
Local Heroes: Scottish Craft and Design
The term 'craft' is loaded with political, artistic and social signifiers – we discuss it with some of Scotland's designers and makers Read more »| 10 Sep 2018 -
Music
The The @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 4 Sep
While The The don't deliver the most dynamic performance tonight, there's clearly plenty of political bite in these old dogs yet Read more »| 07 Sep 2018