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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FilmThe Souvenir
Joanna Hogg mines her formative years as a film student in 80s London in the painfully intimate The Souvenir, which centres on a delicately vulnerable performance by Honor Swinton Byrne. You won't want it to end Read more »| 21 Aug 2019 -
MusicChris Foote and Jonny Watt on Fife's Outwith Festival
Idlewild, Honeyblood and William McCarthy (Augustines) are set to headline September's Outwith Festival, a heartfelt celebration of a community on the rise. Chris Foote and Jonny Watt discuss proclaiming the merits of Fife to the world, and vice versa Read more »| 21 Aug 2019 -
MusicJay Som – Anak Ko
On a record littered with collaborations from friends, Jay Som AKA Melina Duterte shines yet again Read more »| 21 Aug 2019 -
MusicThe Cure @ Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, 16 Aug
With a lot of their set afforded to Disintegration, The Cure put on an excellent show in Glasgow, 27 years since last playing north of the border Read more »| 20 Aug 2019 -
Tv RadioMindhunter: Season 2
If last season of Mindhunter was about establishing the theory about how serial killers think, then this season is about putting those ideas into practice Read more »| 20 Aug 2019 -
MusicRachel Sermanni – So It Turns
The Scottish artist returns with her first album in four years, offering a direct reflection on the politics of modern times Read more »| 19 Aug 2019
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MusicLewis Capaldi @ Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, 13 Aug
In the shadow of Edinburgh Castle, Lewis Capaldi continues riding the wave of superstardom, and if tonight's anything to go by he'll be up there a long time Read more »| 16 Aug 2019 -
MusicScottish Album of the Year Award: The 2019 shortlist
A host of artists, including Kathryn Joseph, C Duncan and Karine Polwart, return to the shortlist for another crack at winning the Scottish Album of the Year Award Read more »| 15 Aug 2019 -
MusicThe Beths' Elizabeth Stokes interviewed
Fresh off a breakout year, and ahead of capping it all off by playing Indian Summer in Glasgow, The Beths’ Elizabeth Stokes talks about long distance, writing on the road and what future her really thinks Read more »| 15 Aug 2019 -
MusicDomiciles – This Is Not a Zen Garden
The Dunfermline-based quintet's debut outing sees them cement their heavily 90s influenced sound in solid fashion Read more »| 15 Aug 2019 -
MusicSeeking Light: Sharon Van Etten interview
We speak to Sharon Van Etten about her latest album Remind Me Tomorrow, the importance of writing about attainable happiness and her aspirations to one day become a counsellor Read more »| 14 Aug 2019 -
MusicOh Sees – Face Stabber
The ever-metamorphosing Californian group release their 22nd LP, ramping up the prog-rock over a seriously ambitious runtime Read more »| 14 Aug 2019 -
MusicRide – This Is Not a Safe Place
Shoegaze pioneers Ride return with their second LP in as many years with an eye on breaking shoegaze into the pop landscape Read more »| 14 Aug 2019 -
MusicShura – forevher
Shura's second album is a more mature comeback for the Londoner, forming an interesting conversation with the glitz and glamour of her debut, Nothing's Real Read more »| 13 Aug 2019 -
MusicThe Hold Steady – Thrashing Thru the Passion
The Hold Steady's seventh album collects five new songs recorded this year alongside five digitally-released singles the band put out sporadically between 2017 and 2019 Read more »| 13 Aug 2019