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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FilmMUBI FEST coming to Glasgow in 2025
Distributor, streaming service and production company MUBI have announced that their global touring festival MUBI FEST will come to Glasgow in November 2025 Read more »| 26 Mar 2025 -
Musicaya – hexed!
Blending elements of mathcore and drone with gritty techno, aya’s sophomore album is a full-throttle exploration of addiction and self-destructive cycles Read more »| 25 Mar 2025 -
MusicDeafheaven – Lonely People With Power
Deafheaven are characterised as the hipsters of black metal, but Lonely People With Power is their heaviest album yet Read more »| 25 Mar 2025 -
FilmGlasgow Short Film Festival 2025: The Award Winners
Lisa Clarkson’s Paternal Advice won this year’s Scottish Competition while Iranian filmmaker Maryam Tafakory won the Bill Douglas Award for best international short film Read more »| 25 Mar 2025 -
MusicSPELLLING – Portrait of My Heart
On her ardent fourth album, SPELLLING's Chrystia Cabral channels and exudes a wild assortment of sonic influences, resulting in her most honest and entrancing record to date Read more »| 24 Mar 2025 -
MusicSacred Paws – Jump Into Life
Filled with effervescent joy, despite its lyrics of heartbreak and healing, Sacred Paws' latest album Jump Into Life is pure catharsis Read more »| 24 Mar 2025
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MusicPerfume Genius – Glory
On Glory, his seventh studio album as Perfume Genius, Mike Hadreas pulls off another career-best Read more »| 24 Mar 2025 -
FilmLa Cocina
Talented Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios is back with an intense drama concerned with the dream of immigration and the exploitative nature of capitalism, set within the pressure-cooker environment of a New York restaurant Read more »| 24 Mar 2025 -
TheatreDeath of a Salesman @ Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow
An innovative adaptation of Arthur Miller's classic play invokes cultural anxieties about the nuclear family and the American Dream Read more »| 21 Mar 2025 -
FilmJulian Glander on Boys Go to Jupiter
Julian Glander's debut feature, vaporwave animation Boys Go to Jupiter, is a delightful hangout movie with a sci-fi twist. We spoke to Glander about the film ahead of its UK premiere at Glasgow Film Festival earlier this month Read more »| 20 Mar 2025 -
MusicSpotlight On... Idiogram
Ahead of releasing their debut album this weekend, we catch up with East Lothian post-prog outfit Idiogram Read more »| 20 Mar 2025 -
TheatreWild Rose @ Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
The Lyceum's new adaptation of country music drama Wild Rose is a raw, beautiful and uplifting piece of musical theatre Read more »| 19 Mar 2025 -
MusicGreentea Peng – Tell Dem It’s Sunny
South East London's Greentea Peng bleeds vulnerability across her second studio album Read more »| 19 Mar 2025 -
MusicClairo @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 16 Mar
An atmosphere of joy and excitement permeates a chilly Sunday evening, as Clairo and her band deliver a captivating performance in Glasgow Read more »| 18 Mar 2025 -
MusicSeabass Vinyl: Inside Scotland's only vinyl pressing plant
We head down to Seabass Vinyl, Scotland's only vinyl pressing plant, to get a behind-the-scenes look at how it's meant to be done – just in time for Record Store Day Read more »| 18 Mar 2025