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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MusicLala Lala – The Lamb
The Lamb is a beautiful, compelling and life-affirming record about being young and confused and it's Lillie West' best work yet as Lala Lala Read more »| 25 Sep 2018 -
MusicJoe Strummer – Joe Strummer 001
The late, great hero's post-The Clash ephemera is collected and compiled on a frustrating but ultimately rewarding box set Read more »| 25 Sep 2018 -
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Amber Arcades – European Heartbreak
There’s not a single track on European Heartbreak that isn’t a beautifully composed, shining picture postcard of emotion Read more »| 25 Sep 2018 -
BooksMelmoth by Sarah Perry
Melmoth is a delicious, melancholic and complex kind of darkness which pervades throughout and makes for a gripping read Read more »| 25 Sep 2018 -
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Birdhead – Massive Aggressive
Birdhead’s second record Massive Aggressive does exactly what it says on the tin, but fear not, it offers some breathing space too Read more »| 25 Sep 2018 -
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Domiciles – Only You (Video Premiere)
Watch the music video for Only You from Last Night From Glasgow's latest inductees, Domiciles Read more »| 25 Sep 2018
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Music
Agar Agar – The Dog and the Future
French duo Agar Agar seem to be in a perpetual state of flux on debut album The Dog and the Future, and that’s no bad thing Read more »| 25 Sep 2018 -
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Jlin – Autobiography
Autobiography offers a fascinating glimpse into the complex mind of one of dance music’s most enigmatic figures Read more »| 25 Sep 2018 -
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L-space – Kipple Arcadia
Modelling a savvy retro sheen and a dazzling future-shock vision, Kipple Arcadia’s laid-back vibe is uncommonly vital Read more »| 24 Sep 2018 -
ArtGiant Game of Thrones tapestry heads to Glasgow
Winter is Coming... to Glasgow. Well it already has, as the city welcomes a huge Game of Thrones tapestry, which took over 5,000 hours to produce Read more »| 24 Sep 2018 -
Film
Watch the new trailer for Transformers spin-off Bumblebee
We take a look at the first full-length trailer for the Transformers spin-off Bumblebee, where an Iron Giant bee takes on a secret mission to Earth Read more »| 24 Sep 2018 -
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Grand Champ 1990 – Pressure Points EP
Given that Pressure Points is Scott Longmuir's first attempt at electro-pop, he's plenty of room to build on its foundations Read more »| 24 Sep 2018 -
Music
Alternative Peers Ball 2018 line-up revealed
Fatherson, The Xcerts, Bossy Love, The Spook School, Kobi Onyame and Babe have been announced for the second outing of Edinburgh's Alternative Peers Ball Read more »| 21 Sep 2018 -
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Optimistic Dystopia: L-space on Kipple Arcadia
We speak to Lily Higham and Gordon Johnstone of Edinburgh/Glasgow dream-pop band L-space about their debut album Kipple Arcadia Read more »| 21 Sep 2018 -
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BEAK> – >>>
Geoff Barrow's third helping of BEAK>, >>> is yet another excellent record and one which will surely delight for quite some time Read more »| 20 Sep 2018