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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ArtScottish art news for August 2015: Ambiguity, ESP, and the EAF
August is all but dominated by the Edinburgh Art Festival, but there are still noteworthy openings and events in Glasgow and Dundee Read more »| 01 Aug 2015 -
ArtRoman Signer @ Dundee Contemporary Arts
Roman Signer’s particular vocabulary of objects is immediately recognisable: his ubiquitous red canoe, black rubber wellingtons and red tent all evoke ... Read more »| 01 Aug 2015 -
Comedy
Crystal Baws: August 2015 Horosopes
ARIESAfter years of the council ignoring your letters and online petitions, you decide to take matters into your own hands in August when you sneak out under... Read more »| 01 Aug 2015 -
ArtSketches from an Infinite Archive: France-Lise McGurn
France-Lise McGurn's practice ranges across club nights, sound, and sculpture. Here she talks about her drawing style, influences and her collecting habits Read more »| 01 Aug 2015 -
Art
kennardphillipps: Protest as Practice
kennardphillipps describe their beginnings rooted in political protest, the hours of work that goes into getting that incisive moment of montage, and their latest programme of public workshops as part of Edinburgh Art Festival Read more »| 01 Aug 2015 -
Art
Edwin Burdis @ Jupiter Artland
Entering the long narrow room of Burdis’ The Thickening is to be confronted immediately with a series of vividly coloured, large paintings. Subject mat... Read more »| 01 Aug 2015
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Clubs
DJ Dave Haslam on his new book Life After Dark
DJ Dave Haslam muses on clubbing culture past and present ahead of the release of his latest book, Life After Dark: A History of British Nightclubs & Music Venues Read more »| 31 Jul 2015 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase: Victoria Ruane
The Skinny Showcase: Victoria Ruane Victoria Ruane is a photographer from Wigan, who graduated this year with a BA (Hons) Photography from Manchester School... Read more »| 31 Jul 2015 -
Books
Us Conductors by Sean Michaels
We must declare a conflict of interests here. Author Sean Michaels was, once upon a time, a writer for The Skinny, so a sense of solidarity has us willing a ... Read more »| 31 Jul 2015 -
MusicNorthwest Music News – 31 Jul: More from Liverpool Music Week
Liverpool Music Week adds more names, Outfit's Andrew Hunt announces new music and there's some heavy Digital Crate Digging for your ears... Read more »| 31 Jul 2015 -
Books
Limmy's Daft Wee Interview
The Skinny braves the dark mind of Glasgow comedy hero Limmy to learn a little more about his new book: the appropriately titled Daft Wee Stories Read more »| 31 Jul 2015 -
Film
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
The Mission: Impossible series now feels a fair distance away from Brian De Palma’s dark, brooding 1996 effort. Five films and nearly two decades in, E... Read more »| 30 Jul 2015 -
Books
Author Yuri Herrera on 'the American problem that Mexico is suffering'
The literary voice of Mexican author Yuri Herrera transcends his native land and tongue, crosses the U.S. border – so significant in his writing – and forces the wider world to listen. We chat ahead of his date with Edinburgh International Book Festival Read more »| 30 Jul 2015 -
Music
Gig & Music Festival Highlights – August 2015
See Oneohtrix Point Never score Manga, Sufjan Stevens makes his long-awaited return to Edinburgh, and a bounty of awesome hits Electric Fields Read more »| 30 Jul 2015 -
Music
Destroyer – Poison Season
How do you follow a masterpiece? You go ahead and make another one. That’s been Dan Bejar’s tactic anyway, with his latest Destroyer release refl... Read more »| 30 Jul 2015