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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MusicBlack Lips @ Mono, Glasgow, 18 Nov
Flying toilet paper, a smoking amplifier and a dislocated limb make for a full-on show at Mono tonight with Black Lips, Sweaty Palms and Shredd all truly going for it Read more »| 22 Nov 2017 -
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Fancy seeing Noel Fielding play Alice Cooper or Jack Whitehall as Marc Bolan?
Sky Arts’ comedy show Urban Myths returns for a second season with more outlandish stories about celebrities, including Marc Bolan's initial meeting with David Bowie Read more »| 22 Nov 2017 -
MusicHelicon – Drinking of You (Track Premiere)
Listen to the new single, Drinking of You, from Glasgow's Helicon Read more »| 22 Nov 2017 -
FilmPixar's John Lasseter steps down after sexual misconduct allegations
The Pixar co-founder and current head of Disney Animation will take a six-month leave of absence following years of inappropriate behaviour towards his female colleagues Read more »| 22 Nov 2017 -
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Run the Jewels @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 16 Nov
Tonight's show at the Academy features an almost naked Danny Brown and a powerful, nothing short of commanding set from Run the Jewels Read more »| 21 Nov 2017 -
Music
Young Fathers share new video for Lord
The Edinburgh trio release the video for the first track from their new album Read more »| 21 Nov 2017
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Music
The Fall @ QMU, Glasgow, 4 Nov
Tonight's performance shows that it’s time for fans of The Fall to collectively acknowledge that the band is a shadow of its former self Read more »| 21 Nov 2017 -
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Aldous Harding @ The Art School, Glasgow, 17 Nov
Aldous Harding's otherworldly voice is the star of the show as the New Zealander returns to Glasgow Read more »| 21 Nov 2017 -
MusicProtomartyr @ CCA, Glasgow, 17 Nov
Earnest, heart-wrenching and completely lacking pretension, Protomartyr offer an inimitable challenge to a world that deserves it Read more »| 21 Nov 2017 -
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John Maus – Screen Memories
Screen Memories is a triumph of low-key retro-futurism, an album that is proudly out of step with the current state of pop music and all the better for it Read more »| 21 Nov 2017 -
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Pissed Jeans @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 12 Nov
Pissed Jeans teach a lesson in the power of fun, with impressive and bizarre support from Lone Taxidermist Read more »| 21 Nov 2017 -
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Eyes of Others – 30+ Losers (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for 30+ Losers by Eyes of Others Read more »| 21 Nov 2017 -
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Karine Polwart – A Pocket of Wind Resistance
Karine Polwart's companion to her Wind Resistance piece is a brilliant record that deserves to be heard from start to end Read more »| 20 Nov 2017 -
Music
Scottish Music Highlights: 21-27 Nov
Django Django head up a packed evening in Edinburgh, while Algiers, And So I Watch You From Afar and The Burning Hell head to Glasgow Read more »| 20 Nov 2017 -
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Björk – Utopia
Utopia is a hopeful and wondrous ninth record from the legendary Icelandic artist Read more »| 20 Nov 2017