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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TheatreWIG III @ CCA, Glasgow
Multi-disciplinary group ICEBERG's third Weekend Of Improvisation in Glasgow is a varied and dynamic evening of performance Read more »| 24 Jan 2020 -
Tv RadioYou: Season 2
The second season of You is another slice of slick, trashy entertainment which occasionally gets a bit too close to reflecting the sort of attitudes it's aiming to mock Read more »| 24 Jan 2020 -
MusicNOVA – 30 MINS (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for 30 MINS, the first single to be taken from NOVA's debut album, RE-UP Read more »| 24 Jan 2020 -
MusicMaranta – Thinking With the Heart (Track Premiere)
Listen to Thinking With the Heart, the brand new single from Edinburgh duo Maranta, taken from Paradise Palms' latest compilation, Bonnie Tropical 4 Read more »| 23 Jan 2020 -
MusicKLEOPATRA – UKIYO (Track Premiere)
Listen to UKIYO, the brand new single from Glasgow-based 'performance android' KLEOPATRA Read more »| 23 Jan 2020 -
MusicWolf Parade – Thin Mind
Overall, Wolf Parade have carefully crafted another winning record. Maybe not one to win over new fans, but Thin Mind is a solid addition to a sparkling oeuvre Read more »| 22 Jan 2020
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MusicPetrol Girls @ Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow, 19 Jan
Petrol Girls declare Nice N Sleazy's a safe space as they bring their well-executed brand of riot grrrl punk to its basement Read more »| 22 Jan 2020 -
MusicTwin Atlantic – Power
Inspired by synaesthesia and their freedom from their record label, Twin Atlantic mix things up on their fifth full-length, Power Read more »| 22 Jan 2020 -
MusicBlack Lips – Sing In a World That’s Falling Apart
Black Lips indulge their country side on latest album, Sing In a World That's Falling Apart Read more »| 21 Jan 2020 -
MusicVukovi – Fall Better
Squirming out of genre confinements once more, Vukovi's second effort is another fun-filled journey through colourful chaos Read more »| 21 Jan 2020 -
FilmRobert Eggers and Willem Dafoe on The Lighthouse
The Witch director Robert Eggers returns with The Lighthouse, another meticulously detailed period horror. We sat down with Eggers and one-half of his cast (the legendary Willem Dafoe) to hear about the arduous shoot and Robert Pattinson peeing his pants Read more »| 21 Jan 2020 -
BooksMy Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
A powerhouse of a book, My Dark Vanessa explores abuse and manipulation Read more »| 21 Jan 2020 -
BooksHotel du Jack by Dan Brotzel
Innovative narratives are not enough to save this patchy collection of short stories Read more »| 21 Jan 2020 -
MusicAoife Nessa Frances – Land of No Junction
Aoife Nessa Frances’s debut album Land of No Junction is a trip through sweeping mists that obscure the road ahead and that call into question the paths of the past Read more »| 21 Jan 2020 -
BooksDark Satellites by Clemens Meyer
Clemens Meyer's latest collection of short stories explores those on the fringes of German society Read more »| 20 Jan 2020