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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MusicYoung Fathers – Heavy Heavy
Young Fathers return with an engrossing new album featuring everything from orchestral pomp to 2-step beats, snarling claustrophobia to R'n'B slow-jams Read more »| 30 Jan 2023 -
BooksBrutes by Dizz Tate
Dizz Tate's debut novel builds on a history of American coming-of-age fiction, from The Virgin Suicides to We Were Liars, to examine the ferocious claustrophobia of adolescence Read more »| 30 Jan 2023 -
MusicHamish Hawk – Angel Numbers
Hamish Hawk returns with Angel Numbers, an album of remarkable scope and vivid, romantic lyricism Read more »| 30 Jan 2023 -
MusicFeeling Inspired: Young Fathers' likes and inspirations
Young Fathers tell us about just a few of the people, places, exhibitions, music, books, films and more that inspire them Read more »| 30 Jan 2023 -
MusicLetter to a boy band from their former manager
Young Fathers' former manager and co-producer Tim London recounts his time with the band from 2010-2015, the highs and lows, the love and light Read more »| 30 Jan 2023 -
MusicThe Skinny On... Callum Easter
As a long-time friend and collaborator of Young Fathers, not to mention an incredible talent in his own right, Callum Easter takes on this month's Q&A Read more »| 30 Jan 2023
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MusicCaught Up In a Moment: Young Fathers on Heavy Heavy
On a drizzly Edinburgh afternoon, we meet Young Fathers in their rehearsal space to find out about their latest album Heavy Heavy and what makes them tick as a band Read more »| 30 Jan 2023 -
ComedyScottish Comedy Highlights: February 2023
February looks fit to burst with the huge number of comedy gigs across Scotland; here are the shows to look out for... Read more »| 27 Jan 2023 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: February 2023
A new folk musical in Stirling, more new work from A Play, A Pie and a Pint, and the return of MANIPULATE – here are February's theatre highlights Read more »| 27 Jan 2023 -
TheatreDawn Taylor introduces MANIPULATE 2023
For its first in-person festival since 2020, Puppet Animation Scotland's MANIPULATE festival promises a bill full of genre innovation and challenging stories Read more »| 27 Jan 2023 -
MusicBass Drum of Death – Say I Won't
John Barrett swaps the big city for home comforts on Bass Drum of Death's new album, and makes his biggest swing for the mainstream yet Read more »| 26 Jan 2023 -
BooksMiss Major Speaks: The Life and Legacy of a Black Trans Revolutionary
A radical memoir that cuts across the personal and the political to explore Miss Major's groundbreaking work in community organising and HIV/AIDS care Read more »| 25 Jan 2023 -
FilmGlasgow Film Festival reveals its lineup for 2023
Glasgow’s annual celebration of cinema will be back for its 19th edition with 123 features including the new film from We Are Lady Parts creator Nida Manzoor and debuts features from exciting Glasgow talents like Adura Onashile and James Price Read more »| 25 Jan 2023 -
MusicViagra Boys @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 21 Jan
It’s shrimps to the front as Swedish punk rock explosion Viagra Boys arrive in their short shorts on the famous Barras stage Read more »| 24 Jan 2023 -
MusicFucked Up – One Day
Written and recorded in one day, Fucked Up's latest album is staggering, and arguably the purest and fullest expression of the band in its current form Read more »| 24 Jan 2023