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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MusicStand Atlantic @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 1 Apr
King Tut's plays host to Australia's pop-punk up-and-comers Stand Atlantic on a night highlighted by infectious hooks and singalongs Read more »| 07 Apr 2019 -
BooksOnly Americans Burn in Hell by Jarett Kobek
Jarett Kobek's new novel reads like Kurt Vonnegut meets Stewart Lee meets a Twitter-thread wormhole Read more »| 07 Apr 2019 -
ArtScottish Art Events and Opportunities: April 2019
Petra Bauer and SCOT-PEP's work comes to a head at Collective this month, plus details of exhibitions at Rhubaba and Embassy, and a collection of opportunities to look out for Read more »| 06 Apr 2019 -
Theatre(Can This Be) Home? @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
As Brexit rumbles on and on and on, Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir and Tom Oakes' (Can This Be) Home? is an impressive and honest account of what the referendum has done to them Read more »| 06 Apr 2019 -
MusicFRKWYS Vol. 15: serenitatem
The most influential modern proponents of the Japanese avant-garde ambient music of the 80s, Visible Cloaks, team up with the scene's forebears, Yoshio Ojima and Satsuki Shibano, for a collaborative work contrasting the natural with the synthetic Read more »| 06 Apr 2019 -
MusicJulia Jacklin @ Stereo, Glasgow, 2 Apr
Julia Jacklin brings a cool confidence to a sold-out Stereo, and through self-awareness and vulnerability makes most in the room cry at some point during the evening Read more »| 05 Apr 2019
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MusicHot Chip @ SWG3, Glasgow, 1 Apr
Although a bit stodgy and murky at points, 15 years on and with a new album on the way, Hot Chip still have the ability to shock Read more »| 05 Apr 2019 -
MusicThe Bellybuttons – Mannequins, Gr. (Video Premiere)
Watch the Artsy Vice music video for Mannequins, Gr. from Glasgow's The Bellybuttons Read more »| 05 Apr 2019 -
ArtDundee Contemporary Arts: The first 20 years
Turning 20 is a major milestone birthday, but what does it mean in gallery years? Dundee Contemporary Arts are finding out this month as the multi-functional arts centre moves into its third decade Read more »| 05 Apr 2019 -
MusicClean Cut Kid @ The Mash House, Edinburgh, 30 Mar
Clean Cut Kid make the speakers shake and bring raw emotion in spades to The Mash House Read more »| 05 Apr 2019 -
FilmBeats: Watch the trailer for the Scottish rave movie
Rave to the grave with the first trailer for Brian Welsh's euphoric coming-of-age film Beats, based on Kieran Hurley's celebrated Fringe show of the same name Read more »| 05 Apr 2019 -
MusicPiroshka @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 31 Mar
The new band from former members of Lush and Elastica, Piroshka play it safe tonight at Leeds' Brudenell Social Club Read more »| 05 Apr 2019 -
MusicCirca Waves – What's It Like Over There?
Transcending indie into something much larger than themselves, the new album from Circa Waves marks a stylistic change in direction that reaps plentiful rewards Read more »| 05 Apr 2019 -
MusicFalse Bliss – Ritual Terrains
While the band should be credited for their sense of invention and imagination, unfortunately, the end result does not carry the cohesiveness they wish to convey Read more »| 05 Apr 2019 -
MusicPUP – Morbid Stuff
If second album The Dream Is Over put PUP on the map, their new record Morbid Stuff might just see them conquer it Read more »| 05 Apr 2019