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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MusicProphets of Boom: The Sonics gear up for Wickerman
With the seminal garage outfit sounding as fiery now as in their 60s heyday, The Sonics' Gerry Roslie explains why it's just as sweet second time around Read more »| 17 Jul 2015 -
FilmJohnnie To: The Godfather of Hong Kong Gangster Cinema
While visiting Edinburgh International Film Festival, Hong Kong action master Johnnie To discusses the aesthetics of violence and the changing nature of the Hong Kong film industry Read more »| 17 Jul 2015 -
ArtLiverpool Summer Arts Market: The Skinny's highlights
Heading to Liverpool's Summer Arts Market at St. George's Hall this weekend? Come and find The Skinny stall, where some of the illustrators who make our magazine look fantastic will be selling their wares Read more »| 16 Jul 2015 -
MusicCHVRCHES announce new album ‘Every Open Eye’ and share lead single
Glasgow synth-pop trio CHVRCHES will release their second album Every Open Eye this September, offering a glimpse today with lead single Leave A Trace (liste... Read more »| 16 Jul 2015 -
MusicMusic Video Premiere: Outblinker – 'Blue'
Inventive Glasgow post-rock quintet Outblinker present this tripped out and politically emblematic video clip for 'Blue', taken from their recent debut doubl... Read more »| 15 Jul 2015 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: Glamour, Rumour & Public Transport
We get the jump on the Edinburgh Art Festival and present the usual motley range of events across Scotland, including art walks, a new art soap screening and a band of amateur photographers. Read more »| 14 Jul 2015
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Music
A Week in Records: Tame Impala, C Duncan, Failure...
From Aussie psychedelicists Tame Impala to the resurgent Failure, our Music team present a weekly digest of five recommendations hitting the streets this Friday. Read more »| 14 Jul 2015 -
Art
Phoenix Nights: GSA Phoenix Bursary students show their work
A special group exhibition of new work by the artists who benefited from the Phoenix Bursary programme is to be staged in the Reid Building at The Glasgow School of Art from 24 July-2 August 2015 Read more »| 14 Jul 2015 -
Music
Gunship – Gunship
A collage in grit and neon, machine grease, nostalgia, synth arpeggios and unintelligibly harmonised moans; a weird marriage of 8-bit and HD; good fun. Gunsh... Read more »| 14 Jul 2015 -
Clubs
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: Hidden Orchestra's Joe Acheson
Edinburgh native Joe Acheson discusses new album, Reorchestrations, ahead of his appearance with Hidden Orchestra for Cross The Tracks at Summerhall Read more »| 13 Jul 2015 -
Music
Northwest Music News: I Hate My Records, Liverpool Music Week + more
Our latest missive from the Northwest with new music from Werk, Duds and more... Read more »| 13 Jul 2015 -
Books
Silma Hill by Iain Maloney
Following the well received First Time Solo, Iain Maloney’s second novel Silma Hill centres on a remote Scottish village during the 18th century. When ... Read more »| 13 Jul 2015 -
Music
Vetiver – Complete Strangers
Ostensibly the trade name of San Francisco's Andy Cabic, the sixth Vetiver album is a mish-mash of sleepy grooves, tender ballads and conveyor folk rock. Tha... Read more »| 13 Jul 2015 -
Film
The Wonders
Vivid and grainy 16mm photography evokes the notion of a family out of step in Alice Rohrwacher's sophomore feature, The Wonders. A beguiling and impressioni... Read more »| 13 Jul 2015 -
Film
Lost in Music: Mia Hansen-Løve on French Touch movie Eden
Mia Hansen-Løve discusses her brilliant new film Eden, an intimate epic telling the history of the French Touch music scene through one DJ's bloodshot eyes Read more »| 13 Jul 2015