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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MusicLuke Sital-Singh – Time is a Riddle
After the release of his debut album The Fire Inside, comparisons with Bon Iver have seemed to follow Luke Sital-Singh pretty much wherever he goes. The fact... Read more »| 19 May 2017 -
MusicSwans @ Òran Mór, Glasgow, 18 May
Swans are known for making very lengthy, very loud music. They also have a fierce live reputation as when this music is transferred to the live setting it ma... Read more »| 19 May 2017 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: 19-25 May
Edinburgh's sold out FLY Open Air event dominates the clubbing calendar, but there are plenty of other bangin' nights to be had this weekend Clubs in Glasgo... Read more »| 19 May 2017 -
FilmThe Dark Crystal is getting a Netflix prequel
A prequel to Jim Henson’s 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal is coming to the streaming platform The Dark Crystal haunted many an 80s kid’... Read more »| 19 May 2017 -
Music
Edinburgh venue Studio 24 to close
The Calton Road nightclub and live music venue has announced plans to close Read more »| 19 May 2017 -
Theatre
Jo Clifford on War in America
The Skinny chats to the leading playwright and performer about the long road to staging her 1996 play, War in America Jo Clifford has stepped back in time. ... Read more »| 19 May 2017
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Film
Wonderstruck
Todd Haynes follows up his exquisitely melancholic romance Carol with innocent young adult adventure yarn, Wonderstruck. Based on the book by Brian Selznick... Read more »| 18 May 2017 -
Film
Michaël Dudok de Wit on The Red Turtle
Michaël Dudok de Wit's extraordinary new film marks the first collaboration between Japan's Studio Ghibli and a Western filmmaker. The Dutch animator recalls working with the legendary anime house and the moment he realised his film should be wordless Read more »| 18 May 2017 -
MusicUnder the Influence: Jupiter & Okwess International
This year Africa Oyé festival celebrates its 25th anniversary, and invites a number of artists who've played in the past back on stage. Eagerly anticipated returning act Jupiter & Okwess International tell us about some of their inspirations Read more »| 18 May 2017 -
Theatre
Daphne Oram's Wonderful World of Sound @ Tron Theatre
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop is something that seems archaic in how forward-thinking it was. In days when the BBC itself has to justify its own right to exis... Read more »| 18 May 2017 -
Music
Danger Mouse, Run the Jewels & Big Boi share Baby Driver track
Chase Me comes from the soundtrack to the new film from Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright Groundbreaking producer Brian Burton, aka Dange... Read more »| 18 May 2017 -
Music
The Cribs @ Manchester Academy, 12 May
There’s a moment at the end of the recorded version of Be Safe, one of The Cribs’ most powerful and widely-adored songs, when Ryan Jarman describ... Read more »| 18 May 2017 -
Music
Ducktails @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 10 May
Why exactly are Typhonian Highlife and James Ferraro touring with Ducktails? Despite both being occasionally labelled under the hypnagogic pop umbrella, they... Read more »| 18 May 2017 -
Music
Get to Know: Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation
With Dot to Dot festival fast approaching, we check in with everybody's favourite art-pop sensation Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation Read more »| 18 May 2017 -
Film
Arrested Development to return for a fifth season
The full cast, from Jeffrey Tambor to Alia Shawkat, is confirmed for the fifth season, and comments from the show's creator, Mitchell Hurwitz, suggest the show might take aim at a family even more narcissistic than the Bluths: the Trumps! Read more »| 17 May 2017