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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MusicAlbums of 2018 (#2): Parquet Courts – Wide Awake!
As Parquet Courts slip in and out of styles on Wide Awake!, what has resulted is an urgent work about letting yourself go amidst a storm of terribleness Read more »| 29 Nov 2018 -
Music
Fatherson top The Skinny Scottish Album of 2018 vote
The Kilmarnock trio topped our readers' poll to find your favourite Scottish album of the past twelve months Read more »| 29 Nov 2018 -
MusicKohla – S/he (Track Premiere)
Listen to S/he, the debut single from new Edinburgh artist Kohla Read more »| 29 Nov 2018 -
Music
Albums of 2018 (#3): Mitski – Be the Cowboy
Mitski channels sadness into euphoria in a way few others can, and the songs on Be the Cowboy will have you dancing through the pain Read more »| 28 Nov 2018 -
Theatre
Traverse Theatre announces Spring 2019 programme
Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre has announced its January-April 2019 season, with a selection of home-grown and visiting productions set to take the stage Read more »| 28 Nov 2018 -
Film
Disobedience
Chilean director Sebastián Lelio's follow-up to A Fantastic Woman is the story of same-sex love within the Orthodox Jewish community, but it's a drab affair lacking passion and colour Read more »| 28 Nov 2018
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Film
Roma
Alfonso Cuarón's Roma, the Mexican director's most most personal work, is more impressive as a feat of crowd control than as a piece of visual storytelling or as a character study Read more »| 28 Nov 2018 -
BooksAt Dusk by Hwang Sok-yong
Written by one of South Korea’s most beloved authors, there is an urgency to At Dusk despite the gentle care taken in its storytelling Read more »| 28 Nov 2018 -
MusicAlbums of 2018 (#4): IDLES – Joy as an Act of Resistance
The combination of intelligent structuring, punchy songwriting and unifying messaging make IDLES' sophomore album one of 2018's best Read more »| 28 Nov 2018 -
Music
Beans on Toast – A Bird in the Hand
More mature and introspective, A Bird in the Hand is a simple recipe of folk songs and wholesome lyrics to help stave off the cynicism of an increasingly alienating modern world Read more »| 28 Nov 2018 -
Music
Albums of 2018 (#5): Robyn – Honey
Robyn's eighth album, and her first in as many years, can capture a single heartbeat – one breathless second – and spin it into perfect, complex pop treasure Read more »| 28 Nov 2018 -
MusicAlbums of 2018 (#6): Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert – Here Lies the Body
Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert's debut collaborative album, Here Lies the Body is the tale of two protagonists whose stories snake through passion, deception, grief and maternal abandonment Read more »| 27 Nov 2018 -
Music
Albums of 2018 (#7): Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer
Janelle Monáe’s third album is protest music hidden beneath the guise of a party record but, more importantly, it's a celebration of Monáe herself – her sexuality, her femininity, her identity Read more »| 27 Nov 2018 -
Film
Anna and the Apocalypse
Anna and the Apocalypse is rough around the edges, but this endearing Scottish Christmas zombie musical has some toe-tapping tunes and characters you care about Read more »| 27 Nov 2018 -
Music
Beerjacket @ Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, 25 Nov
In celebration of his new album Silver Cords, Beerjacket plays an intimate show at Sneaky Pete's with a little help from some friends Read more »| 27 Nov 2018