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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MusicKate NV – WOW
Kate NV's latest album blurs the line between intentional and incidental noise to celebrate the sonic richness of everyday life and the ability of sound to trigger memories Read more »| 27 Feb 2023 -
FilmBerlinale 2023: Infinity Pool
Brandon Cronenberg's uninspired psychedelic horror thriller is never as transgressive or shocking as it wants to be Read more »| 24 Feb 2023 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: March 2023
March is packed with left-field pop from Young Fathers, Self Esteem, Låpsley and the return of AMPLIFI – details of that and more in our Scottish gig guide Read more »| 24 Feb 2023 -
FilmGlasgow Film Festival 2023: Ten unmissable films
From environmental dramas to playful documentaries, here are ten unmissable films at this year's Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 22 Feb 2023 -
MusicGorillaz – Cracker Island
It may not reach the dizzying heights of previous records, but Cracker Island proves that the Gorillaz formula still slaps Read more »| 22 Feb 2023 -
Musicshame – Food for Worms
South London guitar quintet shame return to their valiant, charismatic best on new record Food for Worms Read more »| 22 Feb 2023
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MusicTAAHLIAH: The Ultimate Angels @ SWG3, Glasgow, 18 Feb
Heaven and Earth collide at the SWG3 Warehouse tonight for Glasgow icon TAAHLIAH’s highly-anticipated live hometown show Read more »| 21 Feb 2023 -
TheatreMacbeth (an undoing) @ Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
Zinnie Harris' new adaptation of Macbeth is a powerful and unnerving retelling of the Scottish play, shedding new light on old wounds Read more »| 21 Feb 2023 -
MusicMiss Grit – Follow the Cyborg
Miss Grit's debut album invokes surrealist sensibilities and melodic hooks marking them as one to watch Read more »| 21 Feb 2023 -
FilmVoices from the Margins: Lee Grant interview
Lee Grant has lived a life. Cannes award-winner at 22. Blacklisted during the Communist witch hunts. An icon of 70s New Hollywood. A pioneering documentarian in the 80s. We discuss her extraordinary career ahead of her Glasgow Film Festival retrospective Read more »| 21 Feb 2023 -
BooksOwlish by Dorothy Tse
Dorothy Tse's Owlish is a surreal fairytale that tackles the political reality of Hong Kong through a shifting dreamspace Read more »| 21 Feb 2023 -
BooksHome Country: Orsola Casagrande on Kurdistan + 100
Orsola Casagrande introduces Kurdistan + 100, an anthology of speculative fiction which seeks to embed the Kurdish identity in the historical record Read more »| 20 Feb 2023 -
MusicFree Love – INSIDE
Glasgow duo Free Love return with another collection of woozy synth soundscapes and acid techno Read more »| 20 Feb 2023 -
MusicAlgiers – Shook
Algiers blend everything they’ve ever been and more into their latest album, but lose something of their focus in the process Read more »| 20 Feb 2023 -
MusicCaroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
Caroline Polachek stretches the boundaries of the surreal as she explores her desire for desire itself on her compelling new record Read more »| 17 Feb 2023