Michael Kiwanuka - Small Changes album review: The Skinny
Nov 12, 2024 · Mercury Prize recipient Michael Kiwanuka, Sault’s resident maestro Inflo and the inimitable Danger Mouse reunite on Kiwanuka’s fourth album, Small Changes.The album angles to circumvent the temporal; a confident stride in classic songwriting and craftsmanship that gives way to yet another example of Kiwanuka and his collaborators upping their creative ante.
Spotlight On... Jacob Alon - The Skinny
Nov 14, 2024 · Born in Fife but based in Edinburgh, Alon released their debut single Fairy In a Bottle in September, going on to perform it on Later…With Jools Holland at the weekend. Delivering a performance you could describe with all of those aforementioned cliches, on Monday they released their second single, the equally captivating and heartstring-tugging Confession, further demonstrating Alon's ...
The Linda Lindas album review: No Obligation - The Skinny
Oct 8, 2024 · After an explosive performance of their single Racist, Sexist Boy at the LA Public Library went viral in 2021, teen post-punk sensations The Linda Lindas have continued to put out music made in-between school terms and over weekends. With their youngest member just out of middle school, the group already has an impressive oeuvre.
The Cure album review: Songs of a Lost World - The Skinny
Oct 29, 2024 · Songs of a Lost World is a true return to the desolate beauty of their 80s heyday. The opening pair of songs, Alone and And Nothing Is Forever, could've fit neatly onto Disintegration with their lengthy introductions (vocals rarely appear earlier than two minutes into any song), the cinematic sweep of the keys and guitar, Smith's languishing laments, the way beauty is eked out of the darkest ...
The Outrun review: Saoirse Ronan is transcendent - The Skinny
Sep 23, 2024 · The bleak details of Rona’s destructive relationship with drink in London – her inability to call it a night, a habit of hiding bottles around her flat, the blackouts from which she wakes covered in cuts and bruises – are perhaps overfamiliar from other cinematic tales of alcoholism, but the scenes on Orkney are fresher.
Spotlight On... New Scottish Music in 2024 - The Skinny
Jan 9, 2024 · And predictions-wise from last year, we did alright! Terra Kin won the award for BBC Introducing Act of the Year, No Windows won the 2023 Sound of Young Scotland award at The SAY Award, Casual Worker won Best Electronic Act at the SAMAs and Queen of Harps was nominated for a whole host of stuff.
Break the Binary: Wet Mess on drag spectacle TESTO
Aug 5, 2024 · Can you tell me about TESTO?How did it come about? TESTO came about from wanting to develop beyond five minute drag acts. I wanted to push myself to make something longer and be able to take the audience on more of a …
Johnny Barrington on Silent Roar - The Skinny
Jul 12, 2023 · There’s a distinctly bittersweet flavour to Silent Roar, the soulful and gently comic debut feature from Johnny Barrington, which is due to have its world premiere at Edinburgh Film Festival on 18 August.It makes perfect sense, then, when Barrington explains that the film was born from two diametrically opposed emotions: grief at the sudden death of his father, and a blissed-out day at the ...
Mount Eerie album review: Night Palace - The Skinny
Oct 29, 2024 · Night Palace is a dense journey through the synapses of Elverum’s brain, complete with lyrical callbacks and reflexive self-mythology. These are the most maximalist songs he has put to tape in years, stretching from sub-one …
What's On in Glasgow - The Skinny
Glasgow. Welcome to our carefully curated guide to what’s on in Glasgow, where you can find the best events, attractions and venues for live music, comedy, art, theatre, and food and drinks.