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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MusicAdrianne Lenker @ YES, Manchester, 17 Jan
Big Thief's frontwoman makes a compelling case for the position of her generation's most exciting songwriter in Manchester Read more »| 24 Jan 2019 -
MusicBetter Oblivion Community Center – Better Oblivion Community Center
Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst's surprise album as Better Oblivion Community Center showcases the complementary talents of two of America's most talented songwriters Read more »| 24 Jan 2019 -
MusicDream Nails – Take Up Space (Unplugged)
Unplugged, Dream Nails fly the flag for female rhetoric and unearth a steadfast sisterhood at the heart of their punk rock ferocity Read more »| 23 Jan 2019 -
FilmWatch trailer for Wild Rose, Glasgow's answer to A Star Is Born
Jessie Buckley stars as a Glasgow pub singer with dreams of Nashville in the knockout comedy-drama Wild Rose Read more »| 23 Jan 2019 -
MusicAndrew Wasylyk – Mariner's Hymn (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for Mariner's Hymn taken from Andrew Wasylyk's upcoming new album, The Paralian Read more »| 23 Jan 2019 -
FilmKaryn Kusama on Destroyer and casting Nicole Kidman as a grizzled cop
Karyn Kusama's latest film, Destroyer, is an epic LA noir centered on a grizzled cop played by Nicole Kidman. The talented director discusses her rollercoaster career and the pleasure of seeing her porcelain star release her inner rage Read more »| 22 Jan 2019
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MusicGigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 22-28 Jan
Massive Attack, Pictish Trail, Roddy Woomble, Makeness, Rachel Sermanni and Lost Under Heaven are just some of our highlights across the central belt this week Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
FilmOscar nominations betray #MeToo and #OscarsSoWhite
Two years on from Moonlight’s landmark Best Picture win, 2019’s Best Picture contenders like Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody are looking rather retrograde, while once again female filmmakers are ignored Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
MusicFlight of the Conchords to release new live album
New Zealand's fourth most popular folk parody duo return with a live album featuring seven brand new songs Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
MusicKnockengorroch: 2019 line-up announced
Benjamin Zephaniah, Talisk, Elephant Sessions and Solareye are among the names set to appear at this year's Knockengorroch Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
MusicSneaks – Highway Hypnosis
The third album from Eva Moolchan, aka Sneaks, whips by at breakneck speed with its slightly more urgent, label-defying moments ameliorating its sluggish centre Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
MusicSAMAs unveil full Paisley Takeover programme
C Duncan, Kathryn Joseph, CRYSTAL, Pleasure Heads and Megan Airlie are among the artists set to perform at the Paisley festival Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
TheatreLouise Welsh on Scottish Opera's Anthropocene
Ahead of the premiere of Anthropocene, author Louise Welsh discusses her fourth opera, collaborating with composer Stuart MacRae, and traditional opera’s “women problem” Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
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TOY – Happy in the Hollow
On their first self-produced effort, and first on new label Tough Love Records, TOY continue to put their own unique spin on psychedelia but play it a bit safe Read more »| 21 Jan 2019 -
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Blood Red Shoes on reuniting for new album Get Tragic
We speak to Steven Ansell and Laura-Mary Carter of Blood Red Shoes about friendship, confidence and reconciliation ahead of the release of their fifth studio album, Get Tragic Read more »| 21 Jan 2019