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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Tv RadioYou: Season 2
The second season of You is another slice of slick, trashy entertainment which occasionally gets a bit too close to reflecting the sort of attitudes it's aiming to mock Read more »| 24 Jan 2020 -
MusicNOVA – 30 MINS (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for 30 MINS, the first single to be taken from NOVA's debut album, RE-UP Read more »| 24 Jan 2020 -
MusicMaranta – Thinking With the Heart (Track Premiere)
Listen to Thinking With the Heart, the brand new single from Edinburgh duo Maranta, taken from Paradise Palms' latest compilation, Bonnie Tropical 4 Read more »| 23 Jan 2020 -
MusicKLEOPATRA – UKIYO (Track Premiere)
Listen to UKIYO, the brand new single from Glasgow-based 'performance android' KLEOPATRA Read more »| 23 Jan 2020 -
MusicWolf Parade – Thin Mind
Overall, Wolf Parade have carefully crafted another winning record. Maybe not one to win over new fans, but Thin Mind is a solid addition to a sparkling oeuvre Read more »| 22 Jan 2020 -
MusicPetrol Girls @ Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow, 19 Jan
Petrol Girls declare Nice N Sleazy's a safe space as they bring their well-executed brand of riot grrrl punk to its basement Read more »| 22 Jan 2020
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MusicTwin Atlantic – Power
Inspired by synaesthesia and their freedom from their record label, Twin Atlantic mix things up on their fifth full-length, Power Read more »| 22 Jan 2020 -
MusicBlack Lips – Sing In a World That’s Falling Apart
Black Lips indulge their country side on latest album, Sing In a World That's Falling Apart Read more »| 21 Jan 2020 -
MusicVukovi – Fall Better
Squirming out of genre confinements once more, Vukovi's second effort is another fun-filled journey through colourful chaos Read more »| 21 Jan 2020 -
FilmRobert Eggers and Willem Dafoe on The Lighthouse
The Witch director Robert Eggers returns with The Lighthouse, another meticulously detailed period horror. We sat down with Eggers and one-half of his cast (the legendary Willem Dafoe) to hear about the arduous shoot and Robert Pattinson peeing his pants Read more »| 21 Jan 2020 -
BooksMy Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
A powerhouse of a book, My Dark Vanessa explores abuse and manipulation Read more »| 21 Jan 2020 -
BooksHotel du Jack by Dan Brotzel
Innovative narratives are not enough to save this patchy collection of short stories Read more »| 21 Jan 2020 -
MusicAoife Nessa Frances – Land of No Junction
Aoife Nessa Frances’s debut album Land of No Junction is a trip through sweeping mists that obscure the road ahead and that call into question the paths of the past Read more »| 21 Jan 2020 -
BooksDark Satellites by Clemens Meyer
Clemens Meyer's latest collection of short stories explores those on the fringes of German society Read more »| 20 Jan 2020 -
ComedyOlga Koch, Jordan Brookes, and the art of Twitter comedy
As we enter the third (?!) decade with Twitter in it, has the form evolved to be more than shameless plugs for comedians? Read more »| 20 Jan 2020