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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BooksTo Live & Die in LA: Ryan Gattis on new novel Safe
Ryan Gattis's Safe pulls readers once more into the violent slipstream of his LA riots novel All Involved; the author talks safecracking, turf and the interpersonal skills of the LA underworld Read more »| 07 Jul 2017 -
TheatreIs Crowdfunding The Only Way to Fund a Fringe Show?
With just over a month to go until the Edinburgh Festival Fringe kicks off, The Skinny asks why more and more acts are turning to crowdfunding to finance their shows, and what could be done to make the festival more cost-friendly to artists Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
MusicWaxahatchee – Out in the Storm
Album number four from Katie Crutchfield, continuing the upward curve she’s been on since the first Waxahatchee release in 2010. Breezier in tone than ... Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
Clubs
Scottish Clubbing Highlights: 6-12 July
Edinburgh favourites Sneaky Pete's celebrate their ninth birthday this weekend and Late Nite Tuff Guy turns up the disco heat in Glasgow in our top clubbing picks Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
Film
The Fisher King
Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges are on top form in this moving drama from Terry Gilliam Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
Music
Spoon @ The Art School, Glasgow, 28 Jun
Tonight's opener, Adam Buxton, is not a typical support act for a rock band (as he states several times), but he does hit the right note with a crowd that ar... Read more »| 06 Jul 2017
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MusicJeff Lynne's ELO @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 28 Jun
As far as 1970s rock groups go, Jeff Lynne must be one of the era's most unassuming frontmen. Founder of the Electric Light Orchestra and the man behind the ... Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
Music
Mura Masa – Mura Masa
Not all pop is manufactured, or made by men in suits with dollar signs in their eyes – sometimes an artist knows what makes a track wriggle into your b... Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
Clubs
JD Twitch & JG Wilkes on 20 Years of Optimo
We speak to the duo behind Glasgow's Optimo (Espacio) ahead of Optimo 20 this August, celebrating two decades of the legendary club night Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
FilmIn praise of Sofia Coppola's intoxicating cinema
As Sofia Coppola's new film The Beguiled comes to the UK and GFT gears up to honour her in its CineMasters series, we look back at the dreamy filmmaking of this smart, compassionate director Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
Music
Weigh Anchor: Mura Masa interviewed
Prodigal beatmaker and Anchor Point Records maestro Mura Masa talks to The Skinny about coming from the underground to make a pop album Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
Comedy
Eddie Izzard on Edinburgh, the Fringe and his memoir
A chat with Eddie Izzard as he races into the Edinburgh International Conference Centre with his new memoir Believe Me Read more »| 05 Jul 2017 -
Music
The Skinny's Albums of 2017 so far
As we pass the midpoint of 2017, our music team select their favourite albums of the year to date, from the efforts of returning indie icons to dark and powerful collections from the brightest voices in modern rap Read more »| 05 Jul 2017 -
Music
Lorde – Melodrama
Melodrama is a lesson in freefalling. It's taken four years for Ella Yelich-O'Connor to write a follow-up to Pure Heroine, but every single second sounds bre... Read more »| 05 Jul 2017 -
Film
The Stone Killer
Shades of Inherent Vice in this 1973 Michael Winner crime thriller starring Charles Bronson Read more »| 05 Jul 2017