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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MusicSince Yesterday: A Greatest Hits of Non-Hits
Blair Young and Carla J. Easton tell us about Since Yesterday, their documentary film and live gig celebration of Scottish women in music. History’s never sounded so good Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
MusicJames – Living in Extraordinary Times
James are back with a nineties feel on their 15th album Living in Extraordinary Times, but there's something different happening here Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
Film
Bryan Cranston on Isle of Dogs
In Wes Anderson's joyful stop motion animation Isle of Dogs, Bryan Cranston stars as a mangy mutt with anger issues. The Breaking Bad actor tells us why he was perfect for the role and why Anderson's film is much more than just a hip kids' film Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
Music
Helena Hauff – Qualm
With Qualm, Helena Hauff returns to Ninja Tune channeling the spirit of The Hague’s electro scene and the bleak essence of post-Brexit industrial Britain Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
Music
Amanda Shires – To the Sunset
With a hint of Nanci Griffith and Conor Oberst, Amanda Shires is on fine form sounding nothing short of Presidential on To the Sunset Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
MusicQueen Kwong @ Night & Day, Manchester, 31 Jul
Queen Kwong’s entrancing frontwoman Carré Callaway throws mind, body and soul into a voracious performance tonight at Night & Day Read more »| 02 Aug 2018
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Music
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 30 Jul
These rebels without a cause flit confidently between solo acoustic, country rock and noise pop tonight in a set that sadly lags in the middle Read more »| 02 Aug 2018 -
Music
Earthless @ Classic Grand, Glasgow, 30 Jul
Krautrock connoisseurs Earthless command a ceaseless psychedelic voyage through the cosmos Read more »| 02 Aug 2018 -
Art
Children's Exhibition @ Tramway
The Children's Exhibition at Tramway is an exciting proposition, but falters in its execution Read more »| 02 Aug 2018 -
TheatreThe Anatomy of the Fringe
With the Fringe and the NHS now 70 years young, how healthy is the festival? Would it get a clean bill of health? Or would it need to be put in special measures? Read more »| 02 Aug 2018 -
Film
Eye Haïdara on French comedy C'est la vie!
The writer-directors Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache return with delightful French comedy C'est la vie! At the film's UK premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival, we sat down with one of the ensemble's stars, Eye Haïdara Read more »| 02 Aug 2018 -
Books
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
The eerie atmosphere of this imaginative page-turner by Daisy Johnson seeps into the reader and grips with claws as sharp as the Bonak’s. Read more »| 02 Aug 2018 -
Clubs
Guest Selector: Robert Bergman
Rush Hour’s Robert Bergman serves up a selection of Jamaican flavours for this month’s Guest Selector, before bringing the searing heat of the Caribbean to the southside of Glasgow later this month Read more »| 02 Aug 2018 -
Books
Beyond Borders: Jodi Rudoren & Talat Yaqoob
The Beyond Borders festival brings a weekend of discussion and cultural exchange to Scotland this August – ahead of their event on 100 years of votes for women, we talk to Jodi Rudoren and Talat Yaqoob Read more »| 02 Aug 2018 -
Music
SAY Award 2018: Longlist revealed
Young Fathers, Siobhan Wilson, Franz Ferdinand, Mogwai, Blue Rose Code and Kobi Onyame are just some of the bands and artists whose records are in contention to be named Scottish Album of the Year 2018 Read more »| 01 Aug 2018