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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MusicNick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 27 Sep
Nick Cave is a performer operating at the peak of his powers, delivering odes on murder, love, loss and desperation Read more »| 29 Sep 2017 -
ClubsSub Club Soundsystem @ BAaD, Glasgow, 26-27 Aug
Sub Club's two day celebration of electronic music brings together a varied line-up in a unique setting Read more »| 29 Sep 2017 -
Music
Shifting Perspectives: Carla dal Forno interview
We speak to singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Carla dal Forno about Blackest Ever Black and her upcoming release on the label Read more »| 28 Sep 2017 -
Film
The Death of Stalin
Armando Iannucci’s The Death of Stalin is a surreal, intriguing and strangely affecting work that's simultaneously familiar yet totally different to anything he’s done before Read more »| 28 Sep 2017 -
Books
The Golden House by Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie turns his trademark style to the age of Twitter, Trump and identity politics in The Golden House Read more »| 28 Sep 2017 -
Music
Mount Kimbie on Love What Survives & playing live
We speak to Mount Kimbie's Kai Campos about the duo's third album, Love What Survives, Justin Bieber and touring Read more »| 28 Sep 2017
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MusicOmni @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 21 Sep
Atlanta three-piece Omni are taut, energetic and damn good fun at the Hug & Pint Read more »| 28 Sep 2017 -
Music
Ibeyi – Ash
An astonishing, beautiful second album from the French-Cuban sisters, Ibeyi Read more »| 27 Sep 2017 -
Film
First look at Alex Garland's Natalie Portman-starring sci-fi
In the first trailer for Annihilation – the much-anticipated new film from Ex Machina director Alex Garland – Natalie Portman is looking for answers to what happened to her husband Read more »| 27 Sep 2017 -
Tv Radio
Radiohead team with Hans Zimmer for Blue Planet II
The band have teamed up with the acclaimed composer on a song for the return of BBC’s acclaimed natural history series Read more »| 27 Sep 2017 -
Film
Watch the gorgeous Blade Runner 2049 anime prequel
Flying Lotus provides the score for Blade Runner: Black Out 2022, the anime by Cowboy Bebop director Shinichiro Watanabe, which fills the gap between the original and new film Blade Runner 2049 Read more »| 27 Sep 2017 -
Music
Katie Buchan on her new Best Girl Athlete album
We speak to Katie Buchan, aka Best Girl Athlete, about her eponymous second record Read more »| 27 Sep 2017 -
Music
DAREFest @ The Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, 23 Sep
The inaugural DAREFest is an empowering event that balances practical business tips with affirmative feminism Read more »| 26 Sep 2017 -
Music
The Jesus and Mary Chain @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 23 Sep
Burning through a solid mixture of their back catalogue, The Jesus and Mary Chain's performance tonight is methodical, calculated, and made to please Read more »| 26 Sep 2017 -
MusicSparks @ The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 20 Sep
Tonight Sparks' new material segues perfectly into the old providing a complete set and performance from a band, still, performing at the absolute best level Read more »| 26 Sep 2017