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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Music
Bauhaus – The Bela Session
The Bela Session is a little piece of gothic rock history that should sit proudly in the record collection of any fan of The Cure, Joy Divison, Siouxsie and the Banshees et al Read more »| 20 Nov 2018 -
Art
CCA Highlights: November & December 2018
Glasgow's Centre for Contemporary Arts is back on its feet after a few months of closure, and it’s getting right back to business Read more »| 20 Nov 2018 -
Music
Beerjacket – Silver Cords
From time to time, shifts in tone can be a little disorientating but Silver Cords is an impressive endeavour from Beerjacket, a songwriter who thinks deeper than most about his art Read more »| 20 Nov 2018 -
Music
Slayer @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 12 Nov
Slayer leave us with their biggest Scottish show to date, and a performance that no one will forget anytime soon Read more »| 19 Nov 2018 -
Music
Embracing Outrage: Sunflower Bean on stepping into adulthood
Faced with the imminent wreckage of Trump's presidency, Sunflower Bean re-drew American youth in their own image with Twentytwo in Blue. Singer Julia Cumming explains how Read more »| 19 Nov 2018 -
Art
Collective Consciousness: Collective Gallery returns
After years of planning and development, Collective's ambitious refitting of the Observatory on Calton Hill will be revealed this month – we talk to some of those involved Read more »| 19 Nov 2018
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Music
Eddie Argos on Art Brut’s return to rock'n'roll
We catch up with cult hero Eddie Argos at home in Germany as he plans and schemes a way forward for the maximum rock‘n’roll of much-cherished pop-punk band Art Brut Read more »| 16 Nov 2018 -
Music
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill retrospective
With 2018 marking the 20th anniversary of Lauryn Hill's iconic album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, we look back at the album's development and its ongoing influence Read more »| 16 Nov 2018 -
Film
Suspiria welcomes the Season of the Witch
We’ve had Vampire infestations and zombie armies: with the release of Luca Guadagnino’s remake of Suspiria, are we about to get a coven of witches? Read more »| 16 Nov 2018 -
Music
Kurt Vile and the Violators @ SWG3, Glasgow, 13 Nov
Once you give yourself over to Kurt Vile's idiosyncrasies and trust he'll eventually get you to the destination, it's a hell of a journey Read more »| 16 Nov 2018 -
Film
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
This sequel to the Harry Potter prequel is a tad heavy-handed and its racial politics don’t always hold up, but it’s more tonally assured than its predecessor and exploits the Potter nostalgia fruitfully Read more »| 16 Nov 2018 -
Music
LUNIR – Wadidi (Track Premiere)
Listen to new single Wadidi from Cologne-based, Edinburgh duo LUNIR Read more »| 15 Nov 2018 -
Clubs
Techno Kingdom: Gary Beck on his new album
We speak to Glaswegian techno mainstay Gary Beck about new album Dál Riata, the long-awaited follow-up to his 2012 debut Bring a Friend Read more »| 15 Nov 2018 -
Music
Crooked Teeth – Honey EP
Despite their good intentions to be both colourful and out of the ordinary, Crooked Teeth's latest effort fails to tap into the trio's clear potential Read more »| 15 Nov 2018 -
Art
Creative Edinburgh Awards: 2018 Winners Revealed
Girls Rock School Edinburgh, Turing Fest and indie publisher Charco Press were among the winners at this year's Creative Edinburgh Awards Read more »| 14 Nov 2018