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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MusicSea Power @ The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 25 Oct
Although their set isn't perfect tonight, Sea Power are an act you could still see making interesting, vital and complex music another two decades down the road Read more »| 27 Oct 2021 -
MusicJoesef @ La Belle Angele, Edinburgh, 24 Oct
Glasgow rising star Joesef is an immediately charming presence tonight as he plays a sold out La Belle Angele, proving why he's tipped to go right to the top Read more »| 27 Oct 2021 -
TheatreThe Enemy @ King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Kieran Hurley's reworking of Ibsen's An Enemy Of The People is timely and pertinent, forcing the audience to face a moral predicament Read more »| 27 Oct 2021 -
MusicFontaines D.C. @ O2 Academy Edinburgh, 22 Oct
The subtle, literary heft of Fontaines D.C.'s music is all but annihilated onstage, making for some gloriously chaotic catharsis Read more »| 27 Oct 2021 -
MusicThe War On Drugs – I Don't Live Here Anymore
Has Adam Granduciel finally painted his masterpiece? The War On Drugs' fifth studio album is another triumph, and the band's greatest and grandest statement yet Read more »| 25 Oct 2021 -
MusicLotic – Water
Lotic returns with a fluid and confident new album, Water Read more »| 25 Oct 2021
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BooksInklusion: the kickass guide to literary accessibility
Ever Dundas and Julie Farrell introduce Inklusion, a project aiming to innovate access in the literature sector, and make a kickass guide to making events accessible for disabled people Read more »| 25 Oct 2021 -
MusicMogwai win the 2021 SAY Award
It's sixth time lucky for Glasgow post-rock outfit Mogwai, who win The Say Award for their glorious tenth studio album, As the Love Continues Read more »| 23 Oct 2021 -
FilmMemoria
The great Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul is back with a collaboration with Tilda Swinton, who plays a woman trying to get to the bottom of a loud sound that only she can hear Read more »| 22 Oct 2021 -
Filmear for eye
Lashana Lynch stars in ear for eye, a damning account of racial injustice and the third feature from debbie tucker green Read more »| 22 Oct 2021 -
FilmThe Great Virtual Comeback: Scottish Film & the Pandemic
We meet some of the Scottish filmmakers and programmers whose working lives have been profoundly reshaped by the pandemic Read more »| 21 Oct 2021 -
ComedyLet It Be Funny: Comedy and The Beatles
As Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson releases an all-new version of The Beatles' worst film, we take a look at the comedy that made the band so memorable Read more »| 21 Oct 2021 -
ArtDiscover Scottish Craft Talent
As Craft Week Scotland returns with a programme celebrating a wealth of craft talent across the nation, we select a few exciting makers to keep an eye on Read more »| 21 Oct 2021 -
MusicParquet Courts – Sympathy for Life
After Wide Awake's shift to dance-rock oriented grooves, Sympathy for Life shows Brooklyn post-punks Parquet Courts doubling down Read more »| 20 Oct 2021 -
MusicSelf Esteem's Rebecca Lucy Taylor on Prioritise Pleasure
We chat to Rebecca Lucy Taylor about Prioritise Pleasure, her second album as Self Esteem, and discuss the importance of being listened to as a woman in music Read more »| 20 Oct 2021