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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ClubsGuest Selector: DJ Deep
French techno and house producer and Deeply Rooted label boss DJ Deep selects his ten favourite releases of 2017 to date Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
ArtAnneli Holmstrom: The Skinny Showcase
Anneli Holmstrom is a visual artist, currently based between Lisbon and Edinburgh. Her work features a cross-disciplinary approach that explores the pot... Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
MusicChastity Belt – I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone
Seattle post-punk rockers Chastisty Belt have become known for their blend of Riot Grrl-style politics and irreverent humour. However, their third album sees... Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
Music
Miya Folick @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 24 May
Los Angeles based alt rock singer-songwriter Miya Folick hasn’t had the easiest transatlantic trip. Tonight we’re told that, for unknown reasons,... Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
Film
Hardcore
George C. Scott descends into the dark underworld of pornography in search of his runaway daughter in this typically strange and engrossing odyssey from Paul Schrader Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
Music
James Lindsay – Strand
Glasgow bassist James Lindsay is well known in the folk world, playing with the likes of Treacherous Orchestra, Breabach, and Bella Hardy. However, on this, ... Read more »| 26 May 2017
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Music
!!! (Chk Chk Chk) – Shake the Shudder
Longstanding NYC disco-punks !!!’s latest effort feels somewhat out of place when caught rubbing shoulders against the peculiar bounce of modern diaspo... Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
MusicSWANES – Average Bear (Video Premiere)
Watch the animated video for Average Bear by Canadian futurists SWANES Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
Music
Marnie – Strange Words and Weird Wars
Helen Marnie's second album is a pointed reminder that, given time to develop their identity, artists on sabbatical just might fashion an enriched output: a ... Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
Film
David Lynch isn’t giving up on cinema
The Blue Velvet director backtracks on previous statement suggesting he had made his last film with Inland Empire Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
Music
Electric Dreamer: Marnie Interviewed
We speak with Ladytron singer Helen Marnie ahead of the release of her sophomore Marnie solo record, Strange Words and Weird Wars Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
Music
Alt-J – RELAXER
Alt-J have knuckled down. Stripped of intros, interludes and all that posturing, this album feels – as its low-res computer graphical cover and robotic... Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
Music
Ulrika Spacek – Modern English Decoration
Ulrika Spacek’s second album very much builds on the premise of their debut. What we have here is an art-rock band who wear the influence of Television... Read more »| 25 May 2017 -
Music
The Bob's Burgers Music Album
With the advent of post-television – TV freed from the constraints of networks and its once make-or-break schedules – audiences have never had mo... Read more »| 25 May 2017 -
Film
Taşkafa: Stories of the Street / Estate, a Reverie
Two tender portraits of community and solidarity from Andrea Luka Zimmerman come to DVD in another fine release from Second Run Read more »| 25 May 2017