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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BooksIrvine Welsh on Dead Men's Trousers
We meet Irvine Welsh to discuss the existential crisis of the workforce, the destruction of youth culture and the battleground of health policy as he releases his latest, Dead Man's Trousers Read more »| 27 Mar 2018 -
MusicScottish Music Highlights: 27 Mar - 2 Apr
The Easter weekend is here, bringing with it a host of all-dayers and brilliant live music Read more »| 27 Mar 2018 -
Music
Summer Music Highlights with Skiddle
Spring is finally here so it’s time to start making plans on how to spend those warmer days and lighter evenings. We take a look at some gigs, clubs and festivals happening across Scotland that should get you in the mood for summer, presented by Skiddle Read more »| 27 Mar 2018 -
MusicGlasgow bands team up on Glasgow Nights charity LP
Compilation album Glasgow Nights brings some of Glasgow’s best bands together in aid of charity Money Advice Scotland Read more »| 26 Mar 2018 -
Music
Dream Wife @ Stereo, Glasgow, 23 Mar
The London-based trio bring their debut album to a feverish crowd crammed into Stereo for a red-hot night of music that is impressive to say the least Read more »| 26 Mar 2018 -
Film
A peek behind the scenes of Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs
This new mini-documentary gives an insight into the huge effort that went into Wes Anderson’s wonderful new stop-motion animation Read more »| 26 Mar 2018
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Music
Broken Records – What We Might Know
All confetti guns blazing, What We Might Know is the sound of a band playing the music they love Read more »| 26 Mar 2018 -
MusicFlight of the Conchords announce rescheduled UK tour dates
It's Business Time: New Zealand duo Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie take their comedy music act on the road next year Read more »| 26 Mar 2018 -
Music
Bill Murray is coming to serenade Edinburgh
The much-loved actor will be joined by German cellist Jan Vogler for their project in which Murray sings and reads American classics accompanied by a classical trio of musicians Read more »| 26 Mar 2018 -
Clubs
Guest Selector: Dixon Avenue Basement Jams
Dixon Avenue Basement Jams are part of Nightvision's huge Terminal V Easter Sunday lineup this year; label bosses Dan Lurinsky & Kenny Grieve pick ten tracks which have influenced the DABJ sound Read more »| 23 Mar 2018 -
Film
Deadpool 2's new trailer introduces his X-Force team
In the playful new Deadpool 2 trailer we see our sarcastic anti-hero messing with Professor X’s wheelchair and forming his own team of mutants, X-Force Read more »| 22 Mar 2018 -
Film
It Follows' director is back with Under the Silver Lake
Andrew Garfield stars in this curious-looking noir from David Robert Mitchell, who made the visually stunning horror It Follows Read more »| 22 Mar 2018 -
Music
Open Mike Eagle @ Stereo, Glasgow, 19 Mar
Open Mike Eagle presents a well-balanced set of chill and heavy hip-hop that has the crowd hanging on his every word Read more »| 22 Mar 2018 -
Film
Wes Anderson CineMasters season at GFT
To mark the release of Wes Anderson's inspired new stop-motion adventure Isle of Dogs, Glasgow Film are crowning Wes Anderson next month's CineMaster Read more »| 22 Mar 2018 -
Music
Birdhead – Sunsleeper (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for Edinburgh duo Birdhead's latest single, Sunsleeper Read more »| 22 Mar 2018