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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MusicHatis Noit – Aura
Hatis Noit's Aura offers a stunning vocal experiment, one that constructs immaculate, dreamt and abundant worlds Read more »| 20 Jun 2022 -
MusicSoccer Mommy – Sometimes, Forever
Expertly navigating an ocean of stylistic and lyrical juxtapositions, Soccer Mommy’s third album serves as a modern mercurial masterpiece Read more »| 20 Jun 2022 -
MusicAutomatic – Excess
Automatic place their own radical stamp on the 70s and 80s sounds they've been exploring for their second album Read more »| 20 Jun 2022 -
FilmMoon, 66 Questions
Like Yorgos Lanthimos and Athina Rachel Tsangari, Jacqueline Lentzou is a contemporary Greek filmmaker with a distinct sensibility. Her debut feature – Moon 66, Questions – confirms Lentzou's position as a visionary director worth getting excited about Read more »| 20 Jun 2022 -
MusicSoccer Mommy on latest album Sometimes, Forever
Soccer Mommy talks to us about her new album Sometimes, Forever, working with Oneohtrix Point Never, and Nintendo GameCube game Kirby Air Ride Read more »| 17 Jun 2022 -
MusicKelburn Garden Party: Pyramid stage lineup revealed
With the Kelburn Garden Party within touching distance, we take a closer look at the twenty artists lined up to play our curated stage at this year's festival Read more »| 16 Jun 2022
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MusicSpotlight On... Katherine Aly
Following the release of her debut album, Shadows Are Made of Light Too, we shine a spotlight on Greece-born, Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter Katherine Aly Read more »| 16 Jun 2022 -
TheatreLaurel and Hardy @ Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
This new production of Tom McGrath's Scottish classic Laurel and Hardy is a magical, theatrical and touching tribute to a legendary duo Read more »| 16 Jun 2022 -
FilmScotland on Screen: Mark Lyken on Notes From a Low Orbit
During a six-month residency with Alchemy Film & Arts, Mark Lyken developed Notes from a Low Orbit, a feature-length study of Hawick in the Scottish Borders, where Alchemy is based. Lyken reflects on making the film and its rapturous hometown premiere Read more »| 16 Jun 2022 -
ComedyBest in Class: Championing Working Class Comedy
With preparations for the Fringe well underway and spiralling costs a focal point for many, we talk to Best in Class about creating opportunity for working-class comedians Read more »| 15 Jun 2022 -
MusicRachel Sermanni – Every Swimming Pool Runs to the Sea
The short-form new release from Edinburgh’s Rachel Sermanni is a joyful encapsulation of everything that makes her music so special Read more »| 15 Jun 2022 -
MusicHarry Styles @ Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, 11 Jun
Harry Styles doesn't disappoint in the first stadium concert of his solo career Read more »| 15 Jun 2022 -
ArtThe Skinny on... Morven Mulgrew & Kate Owens
Artists Morven Mulgrew and Kate Owens, whose collaborative exhibition SKU is currently showing in Sierra Metro, share their favourite (and not favourite) things Read more »| 14 Jun 2022 -
FilmEverything Went Fine
Everything Went Fine sees the French director back in his more severe, social issues mode as he tells the story of a daughter who is wrestling with her father’s request that she euthanise him Read more »| 14 Jun 2022 -
MusicHercules & Love Affair – In Amber
Andy Butler's first album as Hercules & Love Affair in five years is riddled with discomfort, making for a harsh listen Read more »| 13 Jun 2022