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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MusicPink to Punk: CHAI on NEOkawaii and their new LP
Prepare to embrace NEOkawaii, Japanese punk band CHAI's twist on the cultural ideology of kawaii Read more »| 08 Mar 2019 -
ClubsJayda G on climate change, clubbing and her new album
Ahead of the release of her debut album Significant Changes this month, we speak to Jayda G about juggling a Masters degree with completing her debut album Read more »| 08 Mar 2019 -
ArtV&A Dundee to Celebrate Video Games
V&A Dundee's new exhibition will celebrate video games. Titled Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt, it'll feature a series of new commissions and special events showcasing video game design from Scotland and around the world Read more »| 07 Mar 2019 -
FilmMeet The Final Girls, the feminist film collective changing the horror scene
We speak to The Final Girls, the all-female feminist collective celebrating horror and creating a platform for female horror directors to get their films seen on the big screen Read more »| 07 Mar 2019 -
ArtDisplays of Solidarity: Transmission Gallery
For five weeks, Transmission Gallery will give over their large street-facing windows to local community groups for them to create displays of the work they do Read more »| 07 Mar 2019 -
FilmSoda_Jerk on TERROR NULLIUS
Australian renegade archivists Soda_Jerk bring TERROR NULLIUS, their coruscating critique of the Australian myth, to Glasgow Short Film Festival this month. Ahead of the screening, we ask the duo about sample culture and the controversy their film caused Read more »| 07 Mar 2019
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FilmTrue/False 2019: Amazing Grace
Sydney Pollack's long-buried Aretha Franklin concert movie Amazing Grace gets resurrected; it's a glorious film, but the singer may not be its true star Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
MusicTrials and Tribulations: Amanda Palmer on There Will Be No Intermission
Ahead of the release of her third solo record There Will Be No Intermission, we speak to Amanda Palmer about the pain, loss and tragedy of the last seven years Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
FilmGFF19: Arctic
Mads Mikkelsen is excellent in this survivalist thriller following a man stranded in the Arctic Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
MusicIs Mac DeMarco trolling Mitski?
The internet is not happy with the similarities between Mac DeMarco's new album and Mitski's critically-acclaimed 2018 album Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
MusicThe Spook School announce Farewell Tour
The Spook School announce they're splitting up and will embark on a farewell UK tour this autumn Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
FilmHereditary director returns with Swedish folk horror Midsommar
Ari Aster gave us the scariest film of 2018 with Hereditary. Could Midsommar, his new folk horror set at a Swedish festival, take the same title in 2019? Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
BooksThe Altruists by Andrew Ridker
Andrew Ridker does a great job of establishing that his central characters are bastards but seems unsure of what to do with them after that Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
BooksPermission by Saskia Vogel
Despite Saskia Vogel’s clear gift for honest and eloquent storytelling, Permission feels too short to have dealt fully with its core themes Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
BooksBerg by Ann Quin
Ann Quin's experimental debut novel has a runaway, off-kilter style all of its own Read more »| 06 Mar 2019