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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FilmFive great British road movies
Ahead of the release of Scottish road movie Moon Dogs, we seek out five other examples of the few road movies made on the British Isles, from Christopher Petit's existential Radio On to the ridiculous cross country antics of Monty Python Read more »| 29 Aug 2017 -
MusicLCD Soundsystem – American Dream
LCD Soundsystem return as strong as ever, with their darkest sounding record to date Read more »| 28 Aug 2017 -
Music
Bridging the Divide: EMA interview
Who Will Survive In America? We speak to Erika M. Anderson and explore the dark heart of her third long player, Exile in the Outer Ring Read more »| 28 Aug 2017 -
MusicThe Magnetic Fields @ King's Theatre, Edinburgh, 25-26 Aug
Stephin Merritt brings the dramatic, theatrical 50 Song Memoir to exquisite life at the Edinburgh International Festival Read more »| 28 Aug 2017 -
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Alvvays @ Saint Luke's, Glasgow, 27 Aug
Molly Rankin and Alvvays bring their new album Antisocialites to Glasgow for their first Scottish show since 2015 Read more »| 28 Aug 2017 -
MusicThe Pains of Being Pure at Heart – The Echo of Pleasure
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart carved out their niche very early into their career and have managed to stay neatly within it for all of this decade so far.... Read more »| 28 Aug 2017
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Music
Roddy Woomble on The Deluder
Roddy Woomble returns with a fourth album under his solo guise, signalling a shift that puts him further from his perceived folk roots Read more »| 28 Aug 2017 -
FilmFleabag is coming back for a second series
Phoebe Waller-Bridge confirms she’s making a new series of her comedy Fleabag, but it won’t be with us until 2019 Read more »| 25 Aug 2017 -
Music
Eminem @ Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, 24 Aug
Marshall Mathers heads an all-star line-up for a huge outdoor show in Glasgow Read more »| 25 Aug 2017 -
Film
First glimpse of Black Mirror season four
Charlie Brooker’s twisted sci-fi series returns with six new episodes, and the episode titles and casts have been announced Read more »| 25 Aug 2017 -
Music
Julie Byrne @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 23 Aug
Just 24 hours after Blanck Mass nearly blew the roof from this same room, Julie Byrne soothes our hearts and minds Read more »| 25 Aug 2017 -
Music
Blanck Mass @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 22 Aug
This evening's Blanck Mass show feels like a masterclass... the volume is unbelievable and relentless; there's no option but to drown in it Read more »| 25 Aug 2017 -
Music
The Shins @ Academy, Manchester, 22 Aug
It’s nearly ten years since The Shins last played Manchester, and how things can change over the course of a decade. Read more »| 25 Aug 2017 -
Film
Logan Lucky
Steven Soderbergh returns from his self-imposed retirement with a hillbilly heist movie that has too many funny accents but not enough funny lines Read more »| 25 Aug 2017 -
Music
XFRMR @ Leith Volcano, Edinburgh, 22 Aug
Robbie Thomson's XFRMR is a multi-sensory spectacle, at once formidable and beautiful, terrifying and arresting. Read more »| 24 Aug 2017