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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MusicGZA @ SWG3, Glasgow, 11 Apr
GZA performs Liquid Swords, but as one of the more introspective members of Wu-Tang Clan, his apparent indifference to performing gives the whole show a disappointingly flat atmosphere Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
MusicDrugdealer – Raw Honey
Drugdealer's Raw Honey is a collection of authentic songs about self-discovery and understanding, is a force to be reckoned with and a real triumph Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
MusicThe Skinny on EH-FM: Show Five (Listen Again)
Listen back to our fifth show on EH-FM, with top music from the likes of Faith Eliott, Aldous Harding, Steve Lacy, Pigs x7, an Easter weekend clubbing special and Song, by Toad news Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
ArtEdinburgh's Stills gallery at risk over council's rent increases
The future of Edinburgh gallery Stills – one of the UK's most vital photographic galleries – is in doubt after an exorbitant rent rise Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
MusicPip Blom on festivals, family and her debut album
We talk to Dutch rising star Pip Blom about the importance of festivals to her namesake band, and her imminent debut album Boat Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
MusicFOONYAP – Yes/No (Premiere)
Listen to the new single from FOONYAP, Yes/No, taken from the final release by Edinburgh label Song, by Toad Read more »| 15 Apr 2019
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ClubsLabel Profile: Hilltown Disco
DIY electronic imprint Hilltown Disco is helping rejuvenate Dundee's music scene and proving there's life outside of Scotland's two main cities. Two of the label's curators, Ben Traill and Matt Laidler, tell us more Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
ArtPrunella Clough @ 42 Carlton Place, Glasgow
Prunella Clough (1919-1999) created an expansive body of work as an abstract painter. 42 Carlton Place displays the enviable breadths of her practice and interests Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
TheatreIntroducing Dundee Rep Stripped
We chat to Jordan Blackwood and Carla Marina Almeida, the people behind Dundee Rep's new theatre festival for emerging and established artists, Rep Stripped Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
FilmThe Lion King, Detective Pikachu, and the art of nostalgia
New footage from Disney's remake of The Lion King and Pokemon reboot Detective Pikachu offer two different angles on cinematic nostalgia Read more »| 12 Apr 2019 -
MusicFaith Eliott on their new album and DIY label
We speak to Faith Eliott about the release of their album Impossible Bodies and launching their own label, OK Pal Records Read more »| 12 Apr 2019 -
MusicGlen Hansard – This Wild Willing
On This Wild Willing, Glen Hansard finds a different road out of the country his music usually inhabits; the further he gets from his roots, the closer he is to home Read more »| 12 Apr 2019 -
MusicLowly – Hifalutin
Lowly improve on their debut with Hifalutin, a more consistent and varied record that never loses sight of the band's capacity for sheer beauty Read more »| 12 Apr 2019 -
MusicDamien Jurado – In the Shape of a Storm
In the Shape of the Storm features some of the sweetest songs Damien Jurado has ever recorded Read more »| 12 Apr 2019 -
FilmGFT plan free screenings to celebrate 80th anniversary
Glasgow Film Theatre celebrates "80 Years of Cinema" with a weekend of free screenings that include Mulholland Drive in 4K, Olivia Wilde's debut Booksmart and family fave The Wizard of Oz in 4K Read more »| 12 Apr 2019