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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MusicRoddy 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 -
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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 -
FilmFirst 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 -
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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
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MusicThe 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 -
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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 -
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Lana Del Rey @ The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 23 Aug
Lana Del Rey gives a slick and cool performance tonight that, though lacking in dynamism, bewitches her loyal subjects Read more »| 24 Aug 2017 -
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Andy Shauf @ La Belle Angèle, Edinburgh, 21 Aug
Andy Shauf's baroque pop is lapped up by an eager Edinburgh crowd Read more »| 24 Aug 2017 -
Film
Jean-Pierre Melville is GFT's latest CineMaster
This September the ice cool cinema of Jean-Pierre Melville will be lighting up Glasgow Film Theatre’s screen as part of its ongoing CineMasters series Read more »| 24 Aug 2017 -
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Tricot @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 21 Aug
Tricot put on such an entertaining and wholehearted show that to come away as anything other than a rabid convert you'd have to be both utterly cynical and allergic to fun Read more »| 23 Aug 2017 -
Music
Brand New – Science Fiction
Brand New are back with Science Fiction, heavily rumoured to be the band's last, and if that is true they can be proud of the legacy they've left Read more »| 23 Aug 2017 -
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Lift to Experience @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 17 Aug
Josh T. Pearson and co deliver a near-perfect performance at a very special Edinburgh show Read more »| 22 Aug 2017