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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FilmWar for the Planet of the Apes
Matt Reeves returns for the third instalment in the rebooted Planet of the Apes franchise, upping the dramatic stakes by delivering a riveting war drama with notes of a John Ford western Read more »| 11 Jul 2017 -
Film
Curb Your Enthusiasm will return this October
We’ve some pretty, pretty, pretty good news. Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm will be back in October Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
ArtNorthern Soul: The Skinny North bids farewell
The North's finest. The Skinny North says a final farewell by asking some of our favourite people, what makes the North so special? Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
Film
Withnail & I at 30: Richard E Grant on the classic
This year Withnail & I, the funniest British film of all time, turns 30. The cult film's star, Richard E Grant, recalls creating his iconic title character Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
ClubsSub Club XXX: Domenic Cappello @ The Planetarium, Glasgow, 3 Jun
With 30 years in the game, Sub Club has built an unrivalled reputation as being pioneers in electronic music. Their most recent foray, Sub Club at the Planet... Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
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Boris – Dear
For 25 years, it would be fair to say Boris have earned a name for themselves as one the pre-eminent noise/drone bands in the world, let alone their native J... Read more »| 10 Jul 2017
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Music
Siobhan Wilson on new album There Are No Saints
Elgin-born songwriter Siobhan Wilson talks to The Skinny about Paris, writing about mental health and coming full circle as an artist Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
Music
Scottish Gigs of the Week: 11-17 Jul
From West African funk to high-powered drone to classic hip-hop, this week's gig round-up is an eclectic selection Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
Music
Shabazz Palaces – Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines
Shabazz Palaces have fully fallen for space travel on these sister albums starring Quazarz, Ishmael Butler’s new persona, who invites us into his realm... Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
MusicShabazz Palaces – Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star
Shabazz Palaces are of the distant future, the forgotten past, or a wormhole connecting both. Songs are dense with effects, whisper-quiet raps masked by star... Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
MusicArt Feynman – Blast Off Through the Wicker
Californian musician Art Feynman is on a mission. He wants to try to find life in the lifeless, and discover what it actually means to be alive. That goes so... Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
Music
Siobhan Wilson – There Are No Saints
Elgin-born singer-songwriter Siobhan Wilson has been around a while under the guise Ella the Bird, but it’s under her own name she’s going to be ... Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
Music
Japanese Breakfast – Soft Sounds From Another Planet
The vivid melancholy of Michelle Zauner’s debut album Psychopomp was built on tragic circumstances: imbued by the memory of Zauner’s late mother,... Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
Music
Lucy Rose – Something’s Changing
Ah, the travails of being a female singer-songwriter in an age of superabundance. It may be John Lewis we have to thank but you can’t turn on the TV th... Read more »| 07 Jul 2017 -
Music
Ani DiFranco @ Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 29 Jun
Folk singer and feminist icon, Ani DiFranco has been described by many as a badass. With a musical career spanning over 30 years she has released more than 2... Read more »| 07 Jul 2017