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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MusicUnder the Influence: XAM Duo
A guide to ambient music, culled from the record collections that informed XAM Duo's debut album Read more »| 02 Nov 2016 -
ComedyRob Mulholland: Comedy Spotlight
He won Manchester's famed Beat the Frog competition in 2015, but reckons he could beat a rhino, too Read more »| 02 Nov 2016 -
MusicEpic Sail: An interview with Baltic Fleet
DIY producer Paul Fleming, aka Baltic Fleet, scooped the 2013 GIT Award before disappearing from the public eye – here he tells us about success, Lanca... Read more »| 01 Nov 2016 -
Music
Glass Animals / PIXX @ The Art School, 26 October
Last seen in Glasgow earlier this year, and with a string of festival appearances in the meantime, the elfin PIXX’s growing confidence as a performer i... Read more »| 01 Nov 2016 -
MusicThe Posies @ Night & Day, Manchester, 27 Oct
Time is cruel. For some reason, people who make beautiful music do not get to stay young forever. This does not seem right. What’s more, bad thing... Read more »| 01 Nov 2016 -
Music
Nadja – The Stone is Not Hit by the Sun, Nor Carved With a Knife
Three tracks. 80 Minutes. By the time opener The Stone shudders to a halt, and there's still nearly an hour to go, this much is clear: unlocking this remarka... Read more »| 01 Nov 2016
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Music
Shogun interview: Unrivaled and Unapologetic
Paisley’s Shogun tells us why he’s Scotland’s best MC Read more »| 01 Nov 2016 -
MusicNAO @ The Art School, Glasgow, 27 Oct
“We've just got back from touring in the States, and they brought the heat. But Glasgow, you are bringing the HEAT.” Neo Joshua – aka NAO &... Read more »| 01 Nov 2016 -
Music
Agnes Obel – Citizen of Glass
Agnes Obel’s third album finds her a long way away from the sweet Tori Amos-style pop that adorned her first album, Philharmonics. Building on the mor... Read more »| 01 Nov 2016 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: 1-7 November
This week is fuller than full of openings and events through Glasgow and Edinburgh, with new shows in Edinburgh Printmakers, Dovecot Gallery and The National Galleries, plus Africa in Motion Film Festival. Read more »| 01 Nov 2016 -
Music
Bayonne – Primitives
If Primitives feels familiar, it might be because you’ve heard it already. Texan producer Roger Sellers released this LP on Punctum Records in 2014, bu... Read more »| 01 Nov 2016 -
Music
Amanda Palmer @ Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 27 Oct
It can only be a credit to the artist if there is, quite literally, no room to move in the crowd. Some even need to step out to breathe; if we’re not e... Read more »| 01 Nov 2016 -
Music
Daughter @ Academy, Manchester, 24 Oct
For a band known for their intimate sound, it’s exciting to see Daughter grow. Instead of retreating into the formula that made If You Leave a suc... Read more »| 01 Nov 2016 -
Film
Dog Eat Dog
The rules of storytelling and good taste go out the window in Paul Schrader's manic crime movie with Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe Read more »| 01 Nov 2016 -
Film
The Light Between Oceans
Those familiar with Derek Cianfrance’s heart-wrenching debut Blue Valentine (and, to a lesser extent, his underappreciated follow-up The Place Beyond t... Read more »| 01 Nov 2016