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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Music
The Massacre Cave – We Own the Sun (Video Premiere)
Watch the new music video from Eigg metallers The Massacre Cave, starring their fellow island resident Pictish Trail Read more »| 18 Feb 2020 -
Tv Radio
Locke & Key
Where Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez’s graphic novel had blood and guts, Netflix swap in teenybopper romances and faux scares Read more »| 18 Feb 2020 -
Music
The Menzingers @ QMU, Glasgow, 11 Feb
The Menzingers' northernmost show on their Hello Exile tour is a resounding success, with Glasgow’s hospitality is been more than repaid Read more »| 17 Feb 2020 -
Music
Fourth Daughter – Vision of You (Live Session Premiere)
Watch the live solo session for Vision of You, the latest single from Edinburgh's Fourth Daughter Read more »| 17 Feb 2020 -
Film
Simon Bird on directing Days of the Bagnold Summer
The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird introduces us to his debut feature film Days of the Bagnold Summer, a sweet comedy focused on the precarious relationship between a well-intentioned librarian mother and her metalhead teen son Read more »| 17 Feb 2020 -
Music
Spinning Coin – Hyacinth
Spinning Coin have melded their well-worn sound into something new and vaguely psychedelic on new album Hyacinth Read more »| 17 Feb 2020
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Theatre
Trojan Horse @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
LUNG's award-winning show, adapted from 200 hours of interviews, concentrates on the devastating consequences of a media storm Read more »| 17 Feb 2020 -
Music
Anna Meredith @ Òran Mór, Glasgow, 8 Feb
At its heart, Anna Meredith's music is about fun and exploration, and along with her band, tonight they stick to that ethos at every single turn Read more »| 17 Feb 2020 -
Tv Radio
Stranger Things fave back from the dead in new trailer
No, it’s not Barbs. Read more »| 14 Feb 2020 -
Theatre
Manipulate 2020: Lamp, Shadowbird and Island Home
We round up our coverage of this year's Manipulate festival with three ambitious shows that strive for thought-provoking visual spectacle, with varying degrees of effect Read more »| 14 Feb 2020 -
Music
Fresh Break: Gary Moore on Echo Machine's electrifying debut
Leaving The Mirror Trap firmly in the past and looking forward with a pensive eye on humanity's growing lack of human connection, Echo Machine frontman Gary Moore talks creating the chaotic synth-pop soundtrack for a detached generation Read more »| 14 Feb 2020 -
Theatre
Manipulate 2020: Sketches, Canto X and Up
Conceptual dance, object theatre and Dante's Inferno: our coverage of Manipulate continues Read more »| 14 Feb 2020 -
Music
Beach Bunny – Honeymoon
Chicago four-piece Beach Bunny deliver a solid effort on their debut studio album, Honeymoon Read more »| 14 Feb 2020 -
Film
To All the Boys: PS I Still Love You
The sequel to Netflix's popular teen rom-com To All the Boys I've Loved Before wears its heart on its sleeve and, in star Lana Condor, has an endlessly watchable protagonist. Perfect for Valentine's Day streaming Read more »| 13 Feb 2020 -
Tv Radio
Cheer
Netflix docuseries Cheer showcases the risks and rewards of competitive cheerleading through Navarro College’s pursuit of their 14th national title in Daytona Beach, Florida Read more »| 13 Feb 2020