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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ClubsNightvision announce Leith Docks Sound System
The Nightvision team's newest project will take place on Leith’s Waterfront at the Ocean Terminal Centre Read more »| 29 Jun 2018 -
FilmCalibre wins EIFF's Michael Powell Award
Edinburgh-based filmmaker Matt Palmer’s Highland set thriller takes Edinburgh International Film Festival’s top prize, with Best Documentary going to Kevin Macdonald's Whitney Read more »| 29 Jun 2018 -
Music
Supersonic 2018: The Review
Shirley Collins, Daniel Higgs, Terminal Cheesecake and Gnod are just some of the exceptionally talented artists who thrill at this year's Supersonic Festival in Birmingham Read more »| 28 Jun 2018 -
FilmUnicorn Store
The directorial debut from Brie Larson is an unabashedly girlie hymn to embracing your inner child Read more »| 28 Jun 2018 -
FilmWild Nights with Emily
Instead of the hermit spinster that she’s often imagined as, Madeleine Olnek uses Dickinson’s own vivid writing to paint her as an altogether gayer character, in both senses of the word Read more »| 28 Jun 2018 -
Film
The Great Buddha+
Two local scavengers who live on odd jobs and food scraps and a security guard watch the latter’s boss’s dashcam camera for entertainment. When some events start to unsettle, they are drawn into a world of shady business deals and midnight crimes. Read more »| 28 Jun 2018
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Music
Edwin Organ – Eurasian Cave Love (Track Premiere)
Listen to the new single, Eurasian Cave Love, from Glasgow's Edwin Organ and accompanying Bossy Love remix Read more »| 28 Jun 2018 -
Music
Tropics – Nocturnal Souls
The night comes alive with a soulful pulse on Tropics’ third record Nocturnal Souls Read more »| 27 Jun 2018 -
MusicGorillaz – The Now Now
Gorillaz's latest album The Now Now celebrates the interpenetration of alternate realities and our mundane. It’s a reminder that realities, real or otherwise, are shared Read more »| 27 Jun 2018 -
Music
Elvis Costello and the Imposters @ Playhouse, Edinburgh, 24 Jun
Fans of all ages unite at the Edinburgh Playhouse for a satisfying mix of old and new songs played masterfully by Elvis Costello and the Imposters Read more »| 27 Jun 2018 -
Music
Gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 27 Jun-3 Jul
Kelburn Garden Party and TRNSMT lead the charge for festivals this week, plus there's live shows from Rufus Wainwright and Kiefer Sutherland among others Read more »| 27 Jun 2018 -
Music
Iron & Wine @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 25 Jun
Despite the venue not being packed out, tonight's atmosphere is electric and Iron & Wine delivers an intoxicating headrush of a show Read more »| 27 Jun 2018 -
Film
Calibre
A hunting trip to the Scottish Highlands turns tragic in this muscular first film from Edinburgh-based writer-director Matt Palmer Read more »| 27 Jun 2018 -
Music
Field Division – Dark Matter Dreams
Field Division’s debut album Dark Matter Dreams has great ideas on show but ultimately feels more like a sketchbook than a finished canvas Read more »| 26 Jun 2018 -
Music
Nine Inch Nails – Bad Witch
If the first installment of this trilogy of EPs was the sound of Trent Reznor reeling at the state of the world and the second had him investigating how we got here, then the conclusions he presents with the third and final chapter make for grim listening Read more »| 26 Jun 2018