Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
-
MusicSpotlight On... Alice Faye
Following the release of her latest single Nowhere To Go, and ahead of her forthcoming EP, we shine a spotlight on singer-songwriter and musician Alice Faye Read more »| 22 Jun 2023 -
MusicTara Lily @ The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 16 Jun
Tara Lily casts a graceful spell but keeps us on our toes with a genre-blending Glasgow Jazz Festival set Read more »| 21 Jun 2023 -
FilmCannes 2023: Anatomy of a Fall
Justine Triet became only the third woman director to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes with Anatomy of a Fall, a courtroom drama that spins the genre on its head Read more »| 20 Jun 2023 -
Musicbdrmm on their new album for Rock Action
Ahead of releasing their latest album, I Don't Know, on Mogwai's Rock Action label, we catch up with Hull four-piece bdrmm Read more »| 20 Jun 2023 -
ArtEdinburgh Art Festival: Platform 2023 preview
Edinburgh Art Festival has announced the details of its annual Platform exhibition, celebrating the work of four Scotland-based emerging artists Read more »| 20 Jun 2023 -
MusicSwans – The Beggar
Swans continue to tone back the aggression on The Beggar, feeling like a band once again developing a new identity, one that’s still coalescing into its full shape Read more »| 19 Jun 2023
-
FilmThe Super 8 Years
French author Annie Ernaux – working with her son David Ernaux-Briot – has turned old home video footage into a delicate visual odyssey Read more »| 19 Jun 2023 -
ComedyInterpret This: Being a BSL interpreter in Comedy
Disabled access to the arts is severely lacking, particularly in comedy. We speak to Karen Forbes who has a passion for reaching deaf audiences through BSL interpreting Read more »| 16 Jun 2023 -
MusicHand Habits – Sugar the Bruise
Hand Habits are at their most experimental and loose on new EP Sugar the Bruise Read more »| 16 Jun 2023 -
MusicSpotlight On... Housekind
Ahead of releasing their debut EP, we shine a spotlight on Edinburgh-based musician Housekind Read more »| 15 Jun 2023 -
ArtDiverse Critics 2023: Flipping the script on arts journalism
Disability Arts Online's Assistant Editor Joe Turnbull introduces the Diverse Critics programme, aiming to rewrite the script of arts journalism for emerging writers Read more »| 15 Jun 2023 -
ArtPresent Tense: Art Night Dundee 2023
In the lead up to Art Night in Dundee, we speak to Maria Fusco, Margaret Salmon and Annea Lockwood about their commission: an opera-film titled History of the Present Read more »| 15 Jun 2023 -
ClubsPutting a Price on Fun: Clubs & the cost of living
Clubs, promoters, and artists have been struggling in light of the recent cost of living crisis. We chat to Palidrone and PLANT BASS’D to understand ways in which they’re trying to adapt to rising costs Read more »| 14 Jun 2023 -
MusicLe Tigre @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 6 Jun
Returning to touring after an almost 20-year hiatus, Le Tigre deliver a flawless set to an excitable and varied Barrowlands crowd Read more »| 14 Jun 2023 -
MusicCreep Show – Yawning Abyss
The second Creep Show album from John Grant and Wrangler features cinematic melodies, harmonizers, and beloved board games Read more »| 14 Jun 2023