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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MusicConfidence Man – Confident Music for Confident People
Confidence Man bring the party with their debut album Read more »| 09 Apr 2018 -
MusicConfidence Man's Janet Planet tells us how to get the party started
Janet Planet of Australian party group Confidence Man tells us about playing up to the rumours, getting drunk in hot tubs and learning how to do hip rolls Read more »| 09 Apr 2018 -
MusicGlasgow five-piece Home$lice discuss debut album Howdy
We catch up with three members of Glasgow five-piece Home$lice at the 13th Note ahead of their debut album release this month Read more »| 09 Apr 2018 -
FilmA Quiet Place
John Krasinski mines some gut-wrenching tension out of A Quiet Place's ingenious premise in which a family has to stay silent to stay alive Read more »| 06 Apr 2018 -
Film
2001: A Space Odyssey's predictions, 50 years on
Stanley Kubrick’s hallucinatory sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey was released 50 years ago, but its themes of human evolution and our obsession with technology are as fresh as ever Read more »| 06 Apr 2018 -
Music
Big Thief @ La Belle Angele, Edinburgh, 2 Apr
Big Thief deliver an emotional night of music to a jam-packed, feverish crowd at La Belle Angele Read more »| 06 Apr 2018
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Film
The Penn isn’t Mightier: the dos and don'ts for actor-authors
Sean Penn isn’t the first actor to swap the limelight for prose and he won't be the last. We check out six other movie star scribes and see what lessons Penn might learn from them Read more »| 06 Apr 2018 -
Books
Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Akemi Dawn Bowman's novel is ungainly at times, but its central character is so complete and glorious she'll stay with you long after you turn the final page Read more »| 06 Apr 2018 -
MusicNeu! Reekie! present Neu! Stoney with Kathryn Joseph
The pan-cultural provocateurs launch a new venture in Stonehaven, with Kathryn Joseph and Best Girl Athlete heading up their first show Read more »| 06 Apr 2018 -
Film
Watch the trailer for Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
It's finally here! Take a first look at The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Terry Gilliam’s long awaited film based on Cervantes' classic novel Don Quixote Read more »| 05 Apr 2018 -
Music
Aino Elina – Saippuaa (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Saippuaa by Edinburgh-based Finnish electro pop act Aino Elina Read more »| 05 Apr 2018 -
Music
Scottish Music Highlights: 4-9 Apr
This week's gig guide features homegrown talent, a pair of charity fundraisers, and the return of Counterflows festival Read more »| 04 Apr 2018 -
Clubs
Guest Selector: DALI
Enigmatic artist DALI drops her new EP this month via Edinburgh-based label Hobbes Music. Here, the talented techno producer selects the albums (and a couple of standalone tracks) that have influenced her sound in the studio Read more »| 04 Apr 2018 -
Music
EELS – The Deconstruction
More staggering works of heartbreaking genius from E and his team. It's all in a day's work, you know... Read more »| 04 Apr 2018 -
Music
EELS frontman Mark 'E' Everett on their hopeful new record
Burnout and heartbreak forced Eels into hiatus and threatened the band’s future. Four years on, they’re back and buoyant, with inimitable frontman E reinvigorated Read more »| 04 Apr 2018