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Country from Nashville. Read more »| Updated about 1 year ago -
MusicSam Fender @ Royal Highland Showgrounds, Edinburgh, 22 Aug
In a sea of Newcastle United shirts and people getting rained on by beer cup towers, we wait impatiently for Sam Fender’s return to Scottish soil. Open... Read more »| Updated 2 months ago -
MusicAdvance Base @ The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 28 Feb
Neil Pennycook and his new synthesiser provide a lovely opening to the night, lamenting the death of fictional, historical dogs and musing over a small-town ... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
MusicInterpol @ O2 Academy, Edinbugh, 31 May
Water From Your Eyes, a duo of divisive indie darlings, are a slightly odd fit for an Interpol support slot. They only have live guitar and vocals, with back... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
MusicIron & Wine @ The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 25 Oct
With a handheld harp, an accompanying guitarist unafraid of shredding it up and an immediately regretted Braveheart reference, Lizzie No is injecting a fresh... Read more »| Updated about 1 year ago -
MusicNubya Garcia @ Òran Mór, Glasgow, 3 Mar
Tonight's show gets off on the most serene footing possible courtesy of Marysia Osu's ethereal harp-playing. But as she starts to loop her playing and layer ... Read more »| Updated 8 months ago -
Festivals[insert slogan here] @ Zoo Charteris
Has a John Lewis advert ever made you cry? Was it the one with the old man on the moon? It's OK, you can tell us. He was so lonely, and maybe… we all ... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
MusicEcho Machine @ Conroy's Basement, Dundee, 20 Jul
Echo Machine make their debut performance before a home crowd in Conroy’s Basement, Dundee. With support from industrial pop-punk duo, Queequeg’s... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
TheatreMeet the team behind 'Gaelic western' Stornoway, Quebec
In Quebec in 1888, a snowstorm traps five people in a remote saloon. One of them, Donald Morrison, is a man on the run. To some, he is a wanted outlaw. To th... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
FilmThe Skinny's Final Oscar Predictions
The Oscars are upon us, and we could be looking at the most exciting ceremony in years. Sunday’s event might prove even more nail-biting than last year... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: July 2023
With most international acts off playing festivals, local is the name of the game this month. Of course, this means many big names will land on Glasgow Green... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
MusicTRNSMT's 2020 line-up: Stale, pale and male
‘Man says there aren’t enough female musicians’ is hardly a fresh piece of content to contend with, but when said man is claiming such outr... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
FestivalsHidden Door announces 2025 programme
Last September, Hidden Door announced that they had found a huge site for their 2025 edition: The Paper Factory, a 15.5-acre site occupied by the former Saic... Read more »| Updated 7 months ago -
FilmThe Skinny's Films of 2020: Our Writers' Top 10s
Find Out The Skinny's Top Ten Films of 2020 Eilidh Akilade 1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma) 2. Rocks (Sarah Gavron) 3. Shirley (Josephi... Read more »| Updated almost 5 years ago -
MusicSpotlight On... Midnight Ambulance
A rapidly ticking clock introduces Alice, before Amelia Stokes' dream-like vocals eerily loop. A maelstrom of sounds gradually enter, getting louder; smashin... Read more »| Updated over 1 year ago -
MusicRecord Store Day 2024: What's On in Scotland's Record Shops
Record Store Day is once again around the corner, with official and unofficial events set to take place in and around record shops across the country this Sa... Read more »| Updated over 1 year ago -
FestivalsGlasgow Short Film Festival reveal films in 2022 competitions
Fans of films of diminutive runtimes should rejoice, because Glasgow Short Film Festival is back, in-person, from 23 to 27 March with another programme showc... Read more »| Updated over 3 years ago -
MusicTRNSMT 2019 @ Glasgow Green, Glasgow, 13 Jul
With T in the Park officially put out to pasture and even the iconic Tennent's absent from Glasgow Green, TRNSMT still seems to be finding its feet, yet to b... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
Things To DoWhat's On Scotland 6-13 Feb: The Loading Bay & more
If you're a keen skater, an electronic music fan or just love a party, come along to the launch of Glasgow's brand new skatepark The Loading Bay on Saturday ... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
TravelPerthshire: The Gateway to Adventure
I've emerged from our recent collective dormancy feeling some urgency around getting into the outdoors – and I can’t be the only one. With life t... Read more »| Updated over 3 years ago -
Things To DoWhat's On Scotland 7-14 Jun: PROCESSIONS
Taking place simultaneously across four UK capitals on Sunday, PROCESSIONS will see 100 UK organisations create 100 unique banners to celebrate 100 years sin... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
MusicScottish New Music Round-up: October 2025
As we've come to accept over the years, it's impossible to know about everything in time for a monthly print magazine. Releases we didn't find out about in t... Read more »| Updated about 1 month ago -
TheatreThe Skinny on... Grant Stott
What’s your favourite place to visit?Tenerife. For the last few years we've bookended the panto with a quick week in Tenerife for a bit of winter sun. ... Read more »| Updated almost 4 years ago -
ComedyBig Laughs: The Skinny's Comedy Picks of 2024
The final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm saw Larry David on trial after committing an uncharacteristically heroic – albeit illegal – act. Yet, it... Read more »| Updated 11 months ago -
FilmThe Skinny's Films of 2021: Our Writers' Top 10s
In our 2021 film of the Year poll, the Skinny’s Film Team collectively voted Céline Sciamma’s beguiling fairytale Petite Maman top of... Read more »| Updated almost 4 years ago -
MusicSpotlight on... New Scottish Music in 2023
Last year was undeniably a great year for Scottish music. After taking the top spot in our 2021 Scottish Albums of the Year list, Hamish Hawk went on to to b... Read more »| Updated almost 3 years ago -
FilmBafta 2018 snubs: from Get Out to Greta Gerwig
We all agree that award season is hokum. That doesn’t stop it being infuriating when our favourite films and performances go unrecognised each year. No... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
MusicThe Skinny's Top Ten Albums of 2021
We polled our music writers at The Skinny to find out what albums they were obsessed with in 2021, ending up with over 200 to pore over. Fortunately, there w... Read more »| Updated almost 4 years ago -
FilmThe Skinny's Films of the 2010s
30. Blue Valentine (2010) Dir. Derek Cianfrance Back in 2010, Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams finally shook off any lingering connections with their tee... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
MusicJeffrey Lewis and Peter Stampfel / Lach, Mono, 1 June
Jeffrey Lewis has always been astute in his choice of collaborators, and his work with 60s psych-folk survivor Peter Stampfel continues to be endearingly bon... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago