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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MusicGigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 22-28 Jan
Massive Attack, Pictish Trail, Roddy Woomble, Makeness, Rachel Sermanni and Lost Under Heaven are just some of our highlights across the central belt this week Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
FilmOscar nominations betray #MeToo and #OscarsSoWhite
Two years on from Moonlight’s landmark Best Picture win, 2019’s Best Picture contenders like Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody are looking rather retrograde, while once again female filmmakers are ignored Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
MusicFlight of the Conchords to release new live album
New Zealand's fourth most popular folk parody duo return with a live album featuring seven brand new songs Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
MusicKnockengorroch: 2019 line-up announced
Benjamin Zephaniah, Talisk, Elephant Sessions and Solareye are among the names set to appear at this year's Knockengorroch Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
MusicSneaks – Highway Hypnosis
The third album from Eva Moolchan, aka Sneaks, whips by at breakneck speed with its slightly more urgent, label-defying moments ameliorating its sluggish centre Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
MusicSAMAs unveil full Paisley Takeover programme
C Duncan, Kathryn Joseph, CRYSTAL, Pleasure Heads and Megan Airlie are among the artists set to perform at the Paisley festival Read more »| 22 Jan 2019
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TheatreLouise Welsh on Scottish Opera's Anthropocene
Ahead of the premiere of Anthropocene, author Louise Welsh discusses her fourth opera, collaborating with composer Stuart MacRae, and traditional opera’s “women problem” Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
Music
TOY – Happy in the Hollow
On their first self-produced effort, and first on new label Tough Love Records, TOY continue to put their own unique spin on psychedelia but play it a bit safe Read more »| 21 Jan 2019 -
MusicBlood Red Shoes on reuniting for new album Get Tragic
We speak to Steven Ansell and Laura-Mary Carter of Blood Red Shoes about friendship, confidence and reconciliation ahead of the release of their fifth studio album, Get Tragic Read more »| 21 Jan 2019 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase: Kieran Muir
We look at the work of Glasgow artist Kieran Muir in this month's Showcase Read more »| 21 Jan 2019 -
Theatre
What the Fuck is Les Misérables? A Guide
Returning to Scotland after nearly a decade, the latest tour of the runaway smash musical that is Les Misérables has already sold out. But what is it that makes the show so popular? Read more »| 21 Jan 2019 -
FilmGlass
Samuel L. Jackson makes for a mesmerising supervillain, and there's a pleasing physicality to Glass's superhero showdowns, but Shyamalan just can't help himself when it comes to convoluted dialogue and eye-rolling twists Read more »| 18 Jan 2019 -
MusicArchitects @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 17 Jan
Brighton-based metalcorers Architects bring their frantic eighth album Holy Hell on the road, in a stunning show packed to the rafters with rage, energy and emotion Read more »| 18 Jan 2019 -
Comedy
ICYMI: Amelia Bayler on The Young Ones
In this new series, we ask comedians to get a hold of some cult comedy they've never seen before. First up, rising star of the Scottish circuit Amelia Bayler drops some truths on the alternative comedy catalyst Read more »| 18 Jan 2019 -
Film
Diamonds of the Night
Jan Němec’s thrilling, dreamlike film following two boys on the run from the Nazis comes to Blu-ray Read more »| 18 Jan 2019