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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FilmGlasgow Youth Film Festival – Young Programmers' Picks
Glasgow Youth Film Festival, the innovative event programmed by Glasgow teens aged 15 to 19, returns with another programme blending new and older films that speak to younger audiences. Some of this year’s programmers talk us through their highlights Read more »| 12 Sep 2022 -
MusicDeath Cab For Cutie – Asphalt Meadows
The Washington quintet’s tenth album is a reflective collation of calmness and chaos in an ever-changing world Read more »| 12 Sep 2022 -
MusicThe Beths – Expert In a Dying Field
Celebrated New Zealand crew return with a solid collection of bittersweet power-pop gems for anyone with half a heart Read more »| 12 Sep 2022 -
FilmOwen Kline on Funny Pages
Wanna feel old? Owen Kline, who played the onanistic younger brother in The Squid and the Whale, is making movies now. His debut feature, Funny Pages, is a bleakly hilarious dive into the world of underground comic books. Kline tells us more Read more »| 12 Sep 2022 -
MusicRina Sawayama – Hold the Girl
Rina Sawayama's second album Hold the Girl feels like a love letter to Sawayama's younger self, like a promise that joy is coming Read more »| 12 Sep 2022 -
MusicConnect Festival 2022: The Report
Although not perfect, Connect has a future as one of the UK's most unique and engaging festivals Read more »| 09 Sep 2022
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MusicOyakhire – Feet On the Ground, track-by-track
Following the release of his latest album at the end of July, Edinburgh rapper Oyakhire talks us through Feet On the Ground track-by-track Read more »| 09 Sep 2022 -
MusicSpotlight On... Slim Wrist
We shine a spotlight on Edinburgh alt-electro-pop act Slim Wrist and bring you a first listen to their stunning debut album, Closer for Comforting Read more »| 08 Sep 2022 -
TheatreJames Beagon on Student Theatre
Getting involved in student theatre can be the first step to a career in performing arts. We meet Strange Town Theatre's James Beagon to find out how participation influenced his trajectory Read more »| 08 Sep 2022 -
BooksDean Atta on There Is (Still) Love Here
Dean Atta discusses his new poetry collection, There is (Still) Love Here, written in Glasgow during lockdown Read more »| 08 Sep 2022 -
MusicFreakender and Pop Mutations on their 2022 festivals
With both the Freakender and Pop Mutations festivals looming large on the Glasgow cultural horizon, we catch up with one of the organisers of both to find out more Read more »| 07 Sep 2022 -
MusicPITCH Scotland 2022: The Report
PITCH Scotland have achieved an impressive amount in a short space of time and it’s clear they’re only just getting started Read more »| 07 Sep 2022 -
ArtLocal Heroes: Donna Wilson introduces the Knit Shop
Local Heroes talk to Donna Wilson as her long-anticipated micro-factory Knit Shop opens its doors in Dundee this month Read more »| 06 Sep 2022 -
MusicSampa the Great – As Above, So Below
Sampa the Great returns with As Above, So Below, and it is a force, with Sampa's ability to play hard and soft the driving core of the album Read more »| 06 Sep 2022 -
MusicHigh Vis – Blending
Reflecting the increasingly uncertain times currently faced in the UK, Blending is a record that is simultaneously angry and euphoric Read more »| 06 Sep 2022