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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FilmBlack Panther
This is more like it, Marvel. H Rider Haggard meets Afrofuturism in this superior superhero adventure Read more »| 09 Feb 2018 -
Music
Adam Stafford – Strangers Care When You Burn (Track Premiere)
Listen to the beautiful new song Strangers Care When You Burn by Adam Stafford, taken from his upcoming new album Read more »| 09 Feb 2018 -
MusicGoGo Penguin: Under the Influence
As Manchester's GoGo Penguin release their fourth studio album A Humdrum Star, the trio talk us through some of the new record's biggest influences Read more »| 09 Feb 2018 -
TheatreHopeless
Spoken word artist Leyla Josephine's new performance piece takes you for a wee donner around itself and places you back from whence you came in better fettle than the journey promise Read more »| 09 Feb 2018 -
Music
Lewis Capaldi on his plans for the future
Currently supporting Milky Chance on their tour through the USA and Canada, Bathgate's Lewis Capaldi calls us from Atlanta for a chat about his long journey to success and plans for the future Read more »| 08 Feb 2018 -
MusicJaye Bartell @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 3 Feb
Tonight's performance is far from perfect but Jaye Bartell proves himself a witty, charming performer and, more importantly, no less of an enigma in person Read more »| 08 Feb 2018
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Music
LYLO @ Stereo, Glasgow, 26 Jan
Glasgow's LYLO do their new album Post Era more than justice tonight at a sold-out Stereo Read more »| 08 Feb 2018 -
Music
Khruangbin @ CCA, Glasgow, 4 Feb
Texas psych trio Khruangbin's globe-trotting sounds bring some much-needed warmth to Glasgow's CCA Read more »| 08 Feb 2018 -
Music
Kate Bush – The Kick Inside (Retrospective)
Unbelievably, it's been 40 years since Kate Bush released her debut album, The Kick Inside; with that in mind we take a closer look at the record which was home to the timeless classic, Wuthering Heights Read more »| 07 Feb 2018 -
Film
We need to call bullshit on bullying 'genius' auteurs
With Uma Thurman’s recent revelations about the bullying, alleged endangerment and general misbehaviour of Quentin Tarantino, is it time to ask if these auteurs are really all there? Read more »| 07 Feb 2018 -
Film
Deadpool 2's lo-fi trailer introduces Josh Brolin’s Cable
The foul-mouthed superhero continues to have the best marketing material, as a new trailer drops with Ryan Reynolds' character helping out the CGI department Read more »| 07 Feb 2018 -
Music
Hot Snakes @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 26 Jan
A packed-to-the-rafters basement venue full of excited fans makes for the best gig we've never seen Read more »| 07 Feb 2018 -
Music
Will Varley @ La Belle Angele, Edinburgh, 2 Feb
As venues are getting bigger for Will Varley's brand of rough-and-ready blues, tonight sees the singer-songwriter delighted to be in such appreciative company Read more »| 07 Feb 2018 -
Music
Joan As Police Woman – Damned Devotion
Joan Wasser feels reinvigorated on Damned Devotion and, as with her debut, this is one we’ll be coming back to Read more »| 07 Feb 2018 -
Music
Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa – Black Coffee
With inventive and explosive takes on old blues and folk tunes, jazz ballads, and some surprising contemporary work, Black Coffee showcases two incredible talents and scratches out a new groove in a very old record Read more »| 07 Feb 2018