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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MusicRadkey – Dark Black Makeup
When Radkey emerged from their bedrooms circa 2010, the three teenage brothers from Missouri were hailed by many as punk rock prodigies. But are they the nex... Read more »| 06 Aug 2015 -
FilmFantastic Four
Before the multicultural X-Men and the superhero supergroup Avengers there were the Fantastic Four, the brainiacs of the Marvel universe. Their leader R... Read more »| 05 Aug 2015 -
Film
Marshland
The detective film set in the recent past – critically reflecting on the socioeconomic problems of its setting, with serial murder as a symptom of... Read more »| 05 Aug 2015 -
MusicAt Home, At Work, At Play: Franz Ferdinand and Sparks discuss their union
Glasgow art-rockers Franz Ferdinand and Los Angeles veterans Sparks may be cut from similar cloth creatively, but few expected them to band together as FFS. We speak with Alex Kapranos and Russell Mael about making transatlantic collaborations work Read more »| 05 Aug 2015 -
MusicKagoule – Urth
There's so much craft and character in evidence on this invigorating debut from the Nottingham trio. Picking the bones out of the early 90s US alt scene is e... Read more »| 05 Aug 2015 -
Music
Running With Knives: Introducing Outblinker
Glasgow’s new psych heroes on the intricacies of sound, music business malaise, and working with Ben Power on their forthcoming album Read more »| 05 Aug 2015
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Clubs
People Power: The Black Dog on Neither/Neither
Martin and Richard Dust discuss the themes and working process behind The Black Dog's latest album, Neither/Neither Read more »| 05 Aug 2015 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: Lust & Fairytales
The Edinburgh Art Festival continues this week, and Summerhall unveils its new suite of exhibitions, while Glasgow and Dundee keep pace with new exhibitions and events from the Glasgow Print Studio, the Common Guild and Generator. Read more »| 04 Aug 2015 -
Music
The Black Dog – Neither/Neither
Sheffield's The Black Dog are as politically "fucking furious" as ever, the track titles on their 12th album doubling as a hit list. Their latest targets are... Read more »| 04 Aug 2015 -
Music
Advance Base – Nephew In The Wild
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone's Owen Ashworth returns to his Advance Base moniker for a second album, following 2012’s A Shut-In’s Praye... Read more »| 04 Aug 2015 -
Clubs
Scottish Clubbing Highlights – August 2015
This month we look forward to clubbing at the Fringe, with a few shouts for Glasgow and Dundee too Read more »| 04 Aug 2015 -
Art
Own Art: Edinburgh Art Festival
We preview what's on at the galleries hosting the Own Art scheme in the Scottish capital Read more »| 04 Aug 2015 -
Books
Requiem for a Soldier by Oleg Pavlov
A grotesque, caricatural portrait of the last days of the Soviet Empire is offered by Pavlov in his latest work to be translated into English. Alyosha, ... Read more »| 04 Aug 2015 -
Books
Zero Zero Zero by Roberto Saviano
Roberto Saviano dedicates this book to his armed Carabinieri bodyguards and the 51,000 hours they’ve spent together since previous work Gomorrah sent h... Read more »| 03 Aug 2015 -
Books
The Whispering Swarm by Michael Moorcock
Set in London in the 1950s, Michael Moorcock's The Whispering Swarm blends autobiography and fantasy – aiming, he says, for a sort of book he... Read more »| 03 Aug 2015