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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MusicSt. Vincent @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 28 Jun
St. Vincent's latest iteration has it all: blazing solos, camp theatrics and zero-gravity backing singers Read more »| 30 Jun 2022 -
MusicGwenno – Tresor
Gwenno's excellent third album Tresor is a thrilling psych-pop journey well worth the four-year wait Read more »| 30 Jun 2022 -
MusicBiffy Clyro @ The Big Top, Edinburgh, 25 Jun
It’s great to have Biffy Clyro back doing what they do best tonight at Edinburgh's newest temporary gig spot Read more »| 30 Jun 2022 -
FilmA Bad Feeling About This: Solving Star Wars' problems
Recent Star Wars instalments have struggled to deliver the series' mythic tropes without retreading old ground. How does the new series Obi-Wan Kenobi fare? Read more »| 30 Jun 2022 -
MusicPaolo Nutini – Last Night in the Bittersweet
Last Night in the Bittersweet is Paolo Nutini's most musically expansive album to date, but it's his tender side that shines through the most Read more »| 29 Jun 2022 -
ArtDuncan of Jordanstone, Dundee Degree Show 2022: The review
This year's DJCAD graduates present a colourful and immersive degree show in Dundee Read more »| 29 Jun 2022
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FilmNitram
Snowtown and True History of the Kelly Gang director Justin Kurzel explores another dark moment of Australian history in Nitram Read more »| 29 Jun 2022 -
ArtGlasgow School of Art Degree Show 2022: The review
Glasgow School of Art's 2022 graduates pull together an optimistic and energetic show full of bold, experimental energy Read more »| 28 Jun 2022 -
ClubsA Brief History of Janet Beat
For years, electronic music pioneer Janet Beat went unnoticed, but Glasgow’s Tectonics festival and gender equality charity SWIM are drawing attention to her work Read more »| 27 Jun 2022 -
BooksDo It Yourself: Grassroots Art & Glasgow Zine Library
We chat with LD, the director of Glasgow Zine Library, about the radical potential of zine-making, and why Glasgow is the perfect city to do it Read more »| 27 Jun 2022 -
MusicNOS Alive 2022: Preview
Ahead of the Portuguese festival's 14th edition, we take a closer look at the 2022 lineup, from The Strokes to Phoebe Bridgers via St. Vincent and M.I.A. Read more »| 24 Jun 2022 -
MusicPrimavera and the post-pandemic return of music festivals
Now that the dust has settled on the 2022 return of Barcelona's Primavera Sound festival, we take a look at the post-pandemic return of the major music festival Read more »| 24 Jun 2022 -
MusicSpotlight On... Numbers x Youth Music
With the six-month Numbers x Youth Music initiative coming to an end, we chat with two of its participants to shine a spotlight on the programme as well as their forthcoming compilation release Read more »| 23 Jun 2022 -
MusicPeaches @ SWG3, Glasgow, 13 Jun
Twenty-two years on from the release of The Teaches of Peaches, Peaches continues to smash confines and limitations to deliver a one-of-a-kind show Read more »| 20 Jun 2022 -
MusicZola Jesus – ARKHON
The world may have caught up with the darkness of Zola Jesus, but there's a lot more beyond the gothy surface here Read more »| 20 Jun 2022