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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ArtTania Kovats: Evaporation @ MOSI, Manchester
“My job is to complicate things, to make things beautiful. The facts only mean things if they're also given imaginative space.” At a panel event... Read more »| 16 Nov 2015 -
MusicBest Coast @ The Kazimier, Liverpool, 30 Oct
Coming of age can be a difficult task when you’ve created the perfect teenage soundtrack but that’s the tricky conundrum facing LA fuzz rockers B... Read more »| 16 Nov 2015 -
MusicNew Albums This Week (13 Nov) - Oneohtrix Point Never & more
Our weekly round-up of the best new albums released this week, including the new records from Warp's Oneohtrix Point Never, Lanterns on the Lake, Holy Sons, and The Drink. Read more »| 13 Nov 2015 -
FilmMagic Mike XXL
Magic Mike XXL, which swaps the original film's 'stripper Boogie Nights'' beats for a looser road movie set-up, may initially seem like a typical cash-i... Read more »| 13 Nov 2015 -
Music
Ex Hex @ Stereo, Glasgow, 6 Nov
On first listen, Ex Hex seem perfectly straightforward – a dash of Cheap Trick, a smidgen of The Nerves, a whole lotta Joan Jett. So winsome,... Read more »| 13 Nov 2015 -
Art
Creative Edinburgh award winners named
The winners of the 2015 Creative Edinburgh Awards have been announced at an awards ceremony this evening, with spoken word, film and music curators Neu! Reekie! and fashion designer Judy R Clark among the winners. Read more »| 12 Nov 2015
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Art
2015 John Byrne Award winner announced
The 2015 winner of the John Byrne Award, which aims to encourage artistic expression among teenagers in Edinburgh, has been announced at a ceremony this evening. Read more »| 12 Nov 2015 -
Art
Niamh O'Malley at the Bluecoat, Liverpool
A new exhibition at the Bluecoat presents recent work by multidisciplinary artist Niamh O'Malley. We pay a visit and consider the concepts at the heart of her practice Read more »| 12 Nov 2015 -
Film
Ant-Man
Ant-Man is like a super-powered heist movie Read more »| 12 Nov 2015 -
Comedy
An Austentatious Christmas
Christmas is coming early this year – Austentatious ride back into Edinburgh for a one-off show as part of the festive season in St Andrew's Square. Cariad Lloyd talks to The Skinny about bringing an Austen novel into the world of comedy Read more »| 12 Nov 2015 -
Clubs
Luke Vibert Interview: Who Else?
Ahead of his set for Something Wicked at The Art School – his first Scottish appearance in eight years – genre-hopping master and lover of playful samples, Luke Vibert ponders his approach to production and DJing Read more »| 11 Nov 2015 -
Comedy
Daniel Sloss: Comedy Spotlight
Often described as half-man-half-Xbox, Daniel Sloss now embarks on the final circuit of his Dark tour. Fred Fletch investigates whether the comedian is indeed half-machine. Read more »| 11 Nov 2015 -
MusicWashington Irving – Moscow Rules: Track premiere
Listen to Moscow Rules, the B-side to Washington Irving's new single We Are All Going To Die. Read more »| 11 Nov 2015 -
Clubs
Jelly Roll Soul on record labels and returning to Stirling
Having earned their stripes in the clubs of Stirling and Glasgow, Jelly Roll Soul now take the leap into releasing records, kicking things off with the disti... Read more »| 11 Nov 2015 -
Art
Christmas in Manchester: Enlighten Festival line-up
Enlighten Festival of Light and Sound Art promises to provide a haven away from the bustling Manchester Christmas Markets, with a celebration of light, sound and... Philip Pullman! Read more »| 10 Nov 2015