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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MusicMŮO Live @ The French Institute, Edinburgh
Lomond Campbell combines nuclear physics with his own compositions for a unique and fully immersive, experimental, science-forward hour of music Read more »| 08 Aug 2025 -
MusicThe Black Keys – No Rain, No Flowers
The Black Keys deliver infectious optimism across their thirteenth studio album, No Rain, No Flowers Read more »| 08 Aug 2025 -
MusicAmaarae – Black Star
Amaarae’s third album has moments of truly sublime pop magic, but only once you get past its early bloodlessness Read more »| 08 Aug 2025 -
![Air @ Fringe by the Sea, North Berwick, 2 Aug [for use with review only]](https://images.theskinny.co.uk/assets/production/000/151/113/151113_widescreen.1.jpg "Air @ Fringe by the Sea, North Berwick, 2 Aug [for use with review only]")
MusicAir @ Fringe by the Sea, North Berwick, 2 Aug
Playing Moon Safari in full at North Berwick's Fringe by the Sea, 27 years after it was first released, French electronic outfit Air prove there is still no one doing it quite like them Read more »| 07 Aug 2025 -
MusicSpotlight On... Martha May & The Mondays
Following the release of their latest EP, Zeroes & Villians, and ahead of a launch party at Nice N Sleazy, we catch up with Martha May & The Mondays Read more »| 07 Aug 2025 -
FilmQueer Me Out: new queer cinema at Edinburgh Film Festival
Four out of the ten films competing in this year's Sean Connery Prize for Filmmaking Excellence at EIFF concern LGBTQ+ themes. We speak to these films' directors to explore what their work reveals about queer indie cinema in 2025 Read more »| 06 Aug 2025
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ArtWyrd Encounters: Jonathan Baldock @ Jupiter Artland
At Jupiter Artland, Megan Rudden – an Edinburgh Art Festival X The Skinny Emerging Writer – stumbles upon a gathering of hybrid animals staged by Jonathan Baldock Read more »| 06 Aug 2025 -
ArtOpen Studio with Olivia Priya Foster
Every Saturday during Edinburgh Art Festival, Olivia Priya Foster will open up their studio to the public. We caught up with the artist about slow making, queer rurality and their works-in-progress Read more »| 05 Aug 2025 -
MusicEthel Cain – Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You
On her latest album, Ethel Cain has once again translated incredibly personal experiences into deeply universal feelings Read more »| 04 Aug 2025 -
MusicLearning Greek with Humour’s Andreas Christodoulidis
Ahead of the Glasgow band releasing their debut album, Learning Greek, we catch up with Humour frontman Andreas Christodoulidis Read more »| 04 Aug 2025 -
MusicGordi – Like Plasticine
On her third album, Australian singer-songwriter Gordi attempts to make sense of what she faced as a frontline doctor during the pandemic Read more »| 04 Aug 2025 -
MusicBilly Nomates on Glastonbury and Metalhorse
Bristol-based Billy Nomates faced a wave of toxic online behaviour following her 2023 Glastonbury set. But the moment also unleashed the project into cosmic new realms, as bandleader Tor Maries explains Read more »| 04 Aug 2025 -
ArtFierce Tenderness: Linder Sterling @ Mount Stuart
As Linder Sterling’s A kind of glamour about me is set to open Edinburgh Art Festival, Emerging Writer Peilin Shi reviews the performance’s otherworldly premiere at Mount Stuart Read more »| 04 Aug 2025 -
FilmKVIFF 2025: Nathan Ambrosioni on Out of Love
We meet the talented young French filmmaker Nathan Ambrosioni, who sold his game consoles at 14 to buy his first camera. Now 25, he's just won the Crystal Globe for Best Director at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Read more »| 01 Aug 2025 -
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Scottish New Music Round-up: August 2025
Welcome to the August edition of our new Scottish music column, with releases to look forward to from Humour, Tarn, James Yorkston and Martha May & The Mondays Read more »| 01 Aug 2025