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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MusicNakhane – You Will Not Die
Nakhane's You Will Not Die is filled with emotional honesty deftly balancing beauty and pain Read more »| 12 Mar 2018 -
MusicEditors – Violence
Editors aren’t known for being the most optimistic of bands and this trend very much continues on sixth album Violence Read more »| 12 Mar 2018 -
MusicEssaie Pas – New Path
Essaie Pas' fifth album is a pounding concept album loosely based on Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly and is well worth your time Read more »| 12 Mar 2018 -
Music
Yo La Tengo – There's a Riot Going On
Despite the incendiary title, this is more quiet evolution from Yo La Tengo, rather than full blown revolution Read more »| 12 Mar 2018 -
MusicWalt Disco on their new EP and flamboyant live shows
Public record label is this one: https://www.facebook.com/thisispublicrec/ Read more »| 12 Mar 2018 -
Film
Ruben Östlund on The Square, media & The Emoji Movie
The Square, Ruben Östlund's follow-up to Force Majeure, won the top prize at last year's Cannes Film Festival. We speak to the Swedish filmmaker about the Palme d'Or, human behaviour, viral media and... The Emoji Movie Read more »| 12 Mar 2018
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Music
Gizehfest @ Aatma, Manchester, 17 Feb
The inaugural Gizehfest pulls a large and attentive crowd to the Northern Quarter’s Aatma for an excellent night of noise and harmony Read more »| 12 Mar 2018 -
Music
Mickey – Overtime (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video from Slovakian-Austrian 'survival-pop' duo Mickey Read more »| 12 Mar 2018 -
Film
Everyman Cinemas to open first Scottish venue in Glasgow
The boutique cinema chain’s first Scottish site will be in Princes Square shopping centre Read more »| 12 Mar 2018 -
Film
There’s a petition for an Avengers: Infinity War Edinburgh premiere
Dave Bautista and Karen Gillan are down, after large parts of Marvel's latest were shot in the Scottish capital Read more »| 12 Mar 2018 -
Film
Brian Taylor on Mom and Dad, Nic Cage and Crank 3
Brian Taylor, the co-creator of the Crank films, goes solo with horror comedy Mom and Dad. We speak to him about finding humanity in the horror genre, stars Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair, and a potential third Crank movie Read more »| 09 Mar 2018 -
Film
A Night with Apichatpong Weerasethakul
A movie sleepover with the beguiling short films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul is one of the treats on offer at this year's Glasgow Short Film Festival. We ask the great Thai filmmaker what to expect Read more »| 09 Mar 2018 -
BooksBecoming Dangerous
Witchy femmes, queer conjurers, and magical rebels write about the interweaving of magic and ritual in their lives Read more »| 09 Mar 2018 -
Comedy
The Finnieston Fringe: Veneer Gallery at Glasgow Comedy Festival
Now resident in Glasgow, ARGCom Festival director Pax Lowey chats about turning the Veneer Gallery into a hub for Fringe acts Read more »| 09 Mar 2018 -
Theatre
Take Me Somewhere announces 2018 programme
Back for a second year, Take Me Somewhere brings another lively lineup of contemporary theatre and performance to venues across Glasgow Read more »| 09 Mar 2018