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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TheatreCora Bissett on her Gagarin Way revival
Following her success at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, we chat to Cora Bisset about her Dundee Rep revival of Gregory Burke’s sensational debut play, Gagarin Way Read more »| 10 Oct 2018 -
MusicMatthew Dear – Bunny
Bunny is as varied, strange and untethered as you might expect with moments of singular genius that can only come from a committed tinkerer like Matthew Dear Read more »| 10 Oct 2018 -
Music
CHAI – PINK
Harnessing the aesthetics of kawaii culture and giving them a twist, CHAI's debut album PINK is a pure sugar rush that also packs more than a fleeting punch Read more »| 10 Oct 2018 -
Art
Graphic Design Festival Scotland: The Skinny Showcase
Celebrating its fifth birthday, we look at the programme for this year's Graphic Design Festival Scotland, featuring not one but two poster competitions Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Music
Stranger Things Halloween album released
Titled Halloween Sounds from the Upside Down, this 14-track collection from composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein should make for the perfect soundtrack to your Halloween Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Music
Gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 9-15 Oct
All-female Bruce Springsteen cover band The She Street Band, psychedelic husband-wife duo The Lovely Eggs, Japanese noise-rockers Bo Ningen, electronic duo Maribou State, French chanteuse Halo Maud and more take to our shores this week Read more »| 09 Oct 2018
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MusicJim Gellatly on the SAMAs
Ahead of the 2018 Scottish Alternative Music Awards on 25 October, radio presenter and DJ Jim Gellatly – who will host the ceremony – explains why the SAMAs are so important to him Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Music
Jeff Lynne's ELO @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 3 Oct
The latest incarnation of ELO really does have the feel of an orchestral ensemble as they return to the Hydro in Glasgow Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Music
Okkervil River @ Stereo, Glasgow, 6 Oct
Will Sheff and Okkervil River put in an exuberant performance in Glasgow, with a mix of new and classic material Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Music
Scottish Alternative Music Awards reveal nominees
The SAMAs return for a ninth edition later this month and announce a worthy set of nominees for 2018 Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Music
Jaakko Eino Kalevi – Out of Touch
On his latest album Out of Touch, Jaakko Eino Kalevi suggests that logging off and taking time away is essential in our modern world Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Music
John Grant – Love is Magic
Love is Magic is full of tender proclamations and acerbic bile, mania and zen, bouncing between emotional states with barely contained zest – it's an absolute joy to be along for the ride Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Film
Rachel Maclean on Make Me Up
Like razor-wire wrapped in candy floss, Rachel Maclean returns with Make Me Up, which imagines St. Peter's Seminary as a candy-coloured phantasia filled with women forced to compete against one another. She tells us more about this strange world Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Film
Mandy
Nicolas Cage delivers his most unhinged performance yet in Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy, and the results are highly pleasurable but drenched in artifice Read more »| 08 Oct 2018 -
Clubs
Richie Hawtin on his new CLOSE tour
Canadian DJ and producer Richie Hawtin brings his exciting, experimental CLOSE tour to Glasgow this month – we find out what's in store Read more »| 08 Oct 2018