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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Music
The Good Place: Gwenno on Utopia
On her fabulously ambitious fourth solo record, Welsh experimentalist Gwenno revisits her past, and reinvents her present Read more »| 08 Jul 2025 -
Film
The Other Way Around
The Spanish 'anti-rom-com' The Other Way Around has a sharp idea at its core, but its repetitive nature makes it a chore to get through Read more »| 08 Jul 2025 -
Music
Wet Leg – moisturizer
There’s no sniff of second album syndrome here. moisturizer oozes confidence and Wet Leg continue to play to their strengths in style Read more »| 07 Jul 2025 -
Music
Barry Can't Swim – Loner
On his latest record, Barry Can’t Swim cements himself as a boundary-pushing voice in electronic music, one fluent in mood, movement, and meaningful reflection Read more »| 07 Jul 2025 -
Music
Gwenno – Utopia
Gwenno roams the cities of her youth on her vivid fourth album, Utopia Read more »| 07 Jul 2025 -
Music
Spotlight on... Hannah Laing
Ahead of releasing new EP Into the Bounce and headlining her own dance festival, Doof the Park, we speak to the hard-grafting Hannah Laing to discuss her planned trilogy of EPs, her love of techno and her previous life as a dental nurse Read more »| 03 Jul 2025
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Music
Japanese Breakfast @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 30 Jun
Fresh from their sparkling Glastonbury debut, Japanese Breakfast bring an infectious, dazzling energy to their Glasgow gig that has an entranced crowd hanging on their every note Read more »| 03 Jul 2025 -
Film
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Are you a fan of Mamoru Hosoda's hit anime films like Belle and Mirai? Then check out The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, his first great feature, as it returns to cinemas on a welcome rerelease Read more »| 02 Jul 2025 -
Comedy
Scottish Comedy Highlights: July 2025
As you might expect, July’s a mad scramble for comics working their stuff up for the Fringe. Lucky for you, we’ve got show recs out the wazoo, and then the festival will seep through Edinburgh once more Read more »| 02 Jul 2025 -
Music
Symphonic Youth: National Youth Orchestra of Scotland's Galvanic Dances
The National Youth Orchestra of Scotland are preparing to debut Galvanic Dances, a piece which asks big questions about life and death, and whether or not frogs can do the can-can Read more »| 02 Jul 2025 -
Music
Lucy Dacus @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 30 Jun
Indie darling Lucy Dacus gives us a sweet, sparkling show as her Forever is a Feeling tour arrives at the Usher Hall Read more »| 01 Jul 2025 -
Art
Reclaiming the Gallery: Alia Syed, migration, and the CCA
Alia Syed's solo exhibition, The Ring in the Fish, explores what role imagination plays in migration. The curator reflects on nurturing Alia's creative vision within an institutional framework that is, at present, stifling community expression Read more »| 01 Jul 2025 -
Film
Remembering cult TV series Moviedrome with Alex Cox
Long before Netflix and torrent files, there was Moviedrome, the TV series from the 80s and 90s that introduced a generation of cinephiles to weird and wonderful cult films. We get nostalgic for this simpler time with Moviedrome's presenter, Alex Cox Read more »| 01 Jul 2025 -
Music
Scottish New Music Round-up: July 2025
In July's new Scottish music column, we look forward to releases from Hannah Laing, Carsick Charlie, Annie Booth, Lomond Campbell x Dot Allison and more Read more »| 01 Jul 2025 -
Theatre
Scottish Theatre Highlights: July 2025
As Scotland's capital braces for the festival season, there are still plenty of places to see theatre this month Read more »| 01 Jul 2025