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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MusicBryan Ferry @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 17 Apr
Bryan Ferry is focused on the task at hand tonight; gliding through the best of his Roxy Music and solo back catalogue he shows us exactly how to put on a show Read more »| 23 Apr 2018 -
Music
Lucy Dacus @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 20 Apr
Lucy Dacus brings the ambitious songs from her 2018 sophomore album Historian to a sold out crowd on her first trip to Glasgow Read more »| 23 Apr 2018 -
MusicYo La Tengo on There's a Riot Going On
For more than three decades, Yo La Tengo have defied expectations and stayed true to themselves. Bassist James McNew talks us through There’s a Riot Going On, their most ambitious LP yet Read more »| 23 Apr 2018 -
Film
Get Out & A Quiet Place: Horror stories for our times
Two hit horror movies separated by just over a year stand out as the most telling portraits of Trump’s America Read more »| 20 Apr 2018 -
ComedyLimmy remixes the Golden Girls theme tune
Glasgow comedian Limmy has returned to the mixing desk to create an electronic version of the classic 80s sitcom’s cheery theme tune Read more »| 20 Apr 2018 -
MusicMomentum Music Fund opens to Scottish musicians
Scottish bands and musicians will have access to grants of up to £15,000 under the scheme from PRS Foundation and Creative Scotland Read more »| 20 Apr 2018
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Film
Watch Avengers do battle in Edinburgh’s Waverley Station
Chris Evans’ Captain America and Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow kick arse against some Infinity War bad guys in the first proper glimpse of a scene shot in Edinburgh from the third Avengers movie Read more »| 20 Apr 2018 -
Music
Half Waif on new album Lavender
Personal apocalypses run through Nandi Rose Plunkett’s new album, but Half Waif also offers a collective sense of comfort to hold in the darkest of times Read more »| 19 Apr 2018 -
Art
Shonky @ Dundee Contemporary Arts
Artist John Walter seeks to organise his own work around a group show of contemporary and established artists, and positions their work as united under the "aesthetics of awkwardness" Read more »| 19 Apr 2018 -
Music
The Ninth Wave on Never Crave Attention, Track-by-Track
The Ninth Wave's Haydn Park talks us through the Glasgow four-piece's new EP, Never Crave Attention Read more »| 19 Apr 2018 -
Music
Man Without Country – Remember the Bad Things (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Remember the Bad Things by Man Without Country Read more »| 19 Apr 2018 -
FilmMatchbox Cineclub unveil Weird Weekend film fest
The Glasgow cinema crew announce details of a weekend of avant-garde, gross-out and delightfully weird cinema at CCA this June Read more »| 18 Apr 2018 -
Music
Record Store Day 2018: The Skinny's Top Picks
Ahead of Record Store Day 2018, our music team let us know the official RSD releases they're most excited to grab this Saturday 21 April; everything from Jeff Buckley and Madonna to Pictish Trail and Sigrid Read more »| 18 Apr 2018 -
Tv Radio
Making Gay History and the best LGBT podcasts
We look at the decade-spanning Making Gay History podcast from Eric Marcus Read more »| 18 Apr 2018 -
Music
Terminal V @ Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh, 1 Apr
Peggy Gou, Helena Hauff, Bicep and Rødhåd head up an all-action line-up as Nightvision's all-dayer returns to the Royal Highland Centre Read more »| 18 Apr 2018