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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MusicIntroducing: The Vegan Leather
We spoke to The Vegan Leather to find out a bit more about the Paisley art-pop quartet and to ask if any of them are actually vegan Read more »| 01 Feb 2017 -
Music
Two Door Cinema Club @ O2 Apollo, Manchester, 27 Jan
Manchester’s O2 Apollo is heaving. Sundara Karma’s mix of jangly indie anthems and 70s bell bottoms ignites the young crowd, and the reception of... Read more »| 01 Feb 2017 -
FilmRihanna takes on iconic role in Bates Motel series
Rihanna takes on Janet Leigh’s role of Marion Crane – the woman who was on the run in Hitchcock's Psycho – in TV spin-off Bates Motel ... Read more »| 01 Feb 2017 -
Film
Maren Ade on female filmmakers & Toni Erdmann
International comedy smash Toni Erdmann is a shaggy-dog story about a father and daughter that's both biting and tender. Director Maren Ade explains how she ... Read more »| 01 Feb 2017 -
FilmThe Emigrants / The New Land
Jan Troell's epic two-part drama The Emigrants and The New Land comes to Blu-ray What did it take to leave Europe for a new life in America in the 19th cent... Read more »| 31 Jan 2017 -
Clubs
Nightvision announce Terminal V line-up
Nightvision have revealed details of their Terminal V event in Edinburgh this Easter Sunday. Drumcode label founder Adam Beyer and Detroit techno legen... Read more »| 31 Jan 2017
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MusicMaking Bedroom Music: LUCIA interview
We chat to rising star LUCIA on a winter's day in Glasgow to find out what inspires her music and what we can expect from her in 2017 Read more »| 31 Jan 2017 -
Music
Bella and the Bear @ Broadcast, 27 Jan
"That was a really bad performance, I’m so sorry," says Lauren Gilmour, one half of Bella and the Bear. "That’s why we don’t take requests!... Read more »| 31 Jan 2017 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art (31 Jan - 6 Feb)
Throughout the week, there are talks, new shows from Thank You Very Much and The Modern Institute, and a few last chances for some exhibitions that are closing soon... Read more »| 31 Jan 2017 -
Music
Art of the Memory Palace – A Tilt Remains: Track Premiere
Listen to A Tilt Remains by Art of the Memory Palace from their Voiture Blanche dans le Noir soundtrack Andrew Mitchell and Raz Ullah make up Dundee-based p... Read more »| 31 Jan 2017 -
Music
Neil Pennycook on the return of Meursault
We catch up with Neil Pennycook to discuss the return of the much-vaunted Edinburgh outfit Meursault, back with a new album Read more »| 31 Jan 2017 -
Music
Scottish Gig Highlights: 31 Jan – 6 Feb
This week's best live music in Edinburgh and Glasgow, as Celtic Connections comes to an end and a member of Arcade Fire arrives in Edinburgh Read more »| 31 Jan 2017 -
Film
20th Century Women
Annette Bening shines in Mike Mills’ affection movie based on his own childhood Read more »| 31 Jan 2017 -
Film
What to Watch this Week: 30 Jan - 6 Feb
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including Toni Erdmann and the (supposedly) final film in the Resident Evil series. Read more »| 30 Jan 2017 -
Theatre
Scottish Opera: The Trial
Scottish Opera’s production of The Trial promises to be memorable at the very least. This adaptation of Franz Kafka’s modernist classic boasts a ... Read more »| 30 Jan 2017