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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MusicAnd So I Watch You From Afar – The Endless Shimmering
Belfast post-rock quartet And So I Watch You From Afar add to their increasingly accomplished catalogue with new album The Endless Shimmering Read more »| 17 Oct 2017 -
Tv RadioFirst trailer for Steven Soderbergh Western series Godless
Soderbergh returns to the small screen with a moody-looking Western series for Netflix starring Jack O’Connell, Jeff Daniels and Michelle Dockery Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
Music
Dream Wife @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 13 Oct
Oozing with confidence, energy and ultimate sass, Dream Wife are a delight to watch, fast becoming one of the most exciting new bands around Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
Film
The Lovers
Azazel Jacobs’ The Lovers is a sweet and gentle film about people who just are – who don’t try to understand their life experiences and emotions but take them as they come, consequences and mistakes be damned Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
Music
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice
Lotta Sea Lice is a joyful, ambling product of two connected creative minds Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
MusicMichael Head & The Red Elastic Band – Adiós Señor Pussycat
Adiós Señor Pussycat is a beauty, the album fans have been waiting for Read more »| 16 Oct 2017
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Music
Makthaverskan – III
Although musically fairly one-note, III is a perfectly solid post-punk album and lead vocalist Maja Milner gives a particularly impressive performance throughout Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
FilmBrawl in Cell Block 99
Brawl in Cell Block 99 is certainly nothing we haven’t seen before, but there is something about its particular flavour of insanity that makes it oddly delightful Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
Music
Lindstrøm – It's Alright Between Us As It Is
Lindstrøm's It's Alright Between Us As It Is is mostly too safe, but it does the job Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
Music
Nerina Pallot – Stay Lucky
With Stay Lucky, Nerina Pallot remains one of our sharpest observers and one of our very finest freaks Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
Film
Black Panther trailer: Marvel's latest looks incredible
The latest trailer for Black Panther suggests Ryan Coogler’s much-anticipated comicbook movie will look visually ravishing Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
Books
Poisoned World: Samanta Schweblin on Fever Dream
The Argentinian author's Booker International shortlisted debut drips dead from its pages, a technical masterclass with a dark soul. Samanta Schweblin discusses Fever Dream, imagined anxieties and the real toxins poisoning us and our planet Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
Film
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
In Bruges director Martin McDonagh brings his acerbic brand of dark comedy to his latest project, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, a brash, unrepentant tale of a lone woman’s quest for justice Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
Film
Clint Mansell on channelling punk spirit on Loving Vincent
Clint Mansell on his work on oil-painted Van Gogh film Loving Vincent, and how his punk mindset helped him to find affinity with the post-impressionist painter Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
Music
Mt. Doubt – Mouthwash (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Mouthwash by Edinburgh's Mt. Doubt Read more »| 16 Oct 2017