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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MusicBleached – Don't You Think You've Had Enough?
As they embrace sobriety on their third record, the scatty nature of Bleached's first two records has sadly been replaced by a dull glossy pop-rock sound Read more »| 12 Jul 2019 -
MusicBleached on third album Don't You Think You've Had Enough?
Three years after reckoning with their self-destructive tendencies, Bleached emerge from a storm of their own making with a sunny, sharp third album Read more »| 11 Jul 2019 -
MusicAnna Meredith announces second album FIBS
Scottish composer and producer Anna Meredith has revealed her followup to the SAY Award-winning Varmints Read more »| 10 Jul 2019 -
MusicTiny Changes: A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit's The Midnight Organ Fight
Julien Baker, Biffy Clyro, Daughter, Ben Gibbard and many more friends of Frightened Rabbit all contribute to a vibrant, heartfelt and inventive celebration of The Midnight Organ Fight Read more »| 10 Jul 2019 -
MusicRolling Blackouts Coastal Fever on Melbourne, touring and Australian politics
Following the release of Hope Downs last year, we speak to Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever's Joe White about the Melbourne band's success, privilege and his perception of home Read more »| 10 Jul 2019 -
ArtV&A Dundee to celebrate five decades of club culture
As well as the first large-scale examination of the relationship between club culture and design, V&A Dundee will also celebrate iconic fashion designer Mary Quant next year Read more »| 10 Jul 2019
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ClubsTalk of the Town: elrow Town Edinburgh preview
Clubbing extravaganza elrow Town makes its Scottish debut at Edinburgh's Royal Highland Centre this month, bringing with it all its usual weird and wonderful themes. Creative producer Zoë Wellman explains how these themes come to fruition Read more »| 10 Jul 2019 -
MusicBelle & Sebastian @ The Leadmill, Sheffield, 2 Jul
For their first show this year, the Glaswegian pioneers of indie pop bring a set full of surprises to Sheffield and hint at a reunion with Isobel Campbell Read more »| 09 Jul 2019 -
MusicKarine Polwart, Julie Fowlis and Jackie Morris on The Lost Words
We speak to Karine Polwart, Julie Fowlis and Jackie Morris about The Lost Words: Spell Songs, and how art and music can form an act of rebellion against climate change Read more »| 09 Jul 2019 -
TheatreHenry V @ Bard In The Botanics, Glasgow
Jennifer Dick's playful Henry V is told with charm and skill at Bard In The Botanics in Glasgow Read more »| 09 Jul 2019 -
Tv RadioStranger Things 3
The third season of Netflix’s monster show Stranger Things delivers the exact same fun and frights as the first two seasons did – and that is not a bad thing Read more »| 09 Jul 2019 -
MusicBob Dylan @ Roskilde Festival, 3 July
Bob Dylan has never compromised and at Roskilde he proves he's not about to start now, delivering a set heavy on gnarly reinterpretations of his back catalogue Read more »| 09 Jul 2019 -
MusicThe B-52's eponymous debut celebrates 40 years
As The B-52's eponymous debut celebrates its 40th anniversary, we take a closer look at the band's legacy and their never more relevant message of inclusivity Read more »| 04 Jul 2019 -
FilmKVIFF 2019: The Lodge
The directors of Goodnight Mommy return with an enjoyably twisted psychological horror centred on an extraordinary performance by Riley Keough Read more »| 04 Jul 2019 -
ComedySusan Riddell on her Fringe debut
We catch up with Funny Women runner-up Susan Riddell in the lead up to her first full Edinburgh Fringe run Read more »| 04 Jul 2019