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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FilmGFF19: Killing
Cult director Shin’ya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo: The Iron Man) returns with this disappointing samurai movie. Read more »| 01 Mar 2019 -
BooksScottish Poetry News: March 2019
March's poetry highlights include a clutch of new collections launching alongside the usual stellar array of live events Read more »| 01 Mar 2019 -
ArtExhibitions, Events and Opportunities: March 2019
With the beginning of spring come new exhibitions across Scotland, as well as events and opportunities to follow up on through March Read more »| 01 Mar 2019 -
MusicRecord Store Day 2019 list announced
IDLES, Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert, Robyn, Courtney Barnett, Honeyblood, Aretha Franklin and Iggy Pop are just some of the records you can buy this Record Store Day Read more »| 01 Mar 2019 -
BooksChimene Suleyman on The Good Immigrant USA
Co-editor of The Good Immigrant USA, Chimene Suleyman discusses this new anthology offering a platform to often marginalised voices Read more »| 01 Mar 2019 -
MusicFrankie and the Witch Fingers – ZAM
ZAM bring the doomsday clock to high noon and the world is set ablaze, courtesy of Frankie and the Witch Fingers Read more »| 28 Feb 2019
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ArtDependency @ 16 Nicholson Street
James St. Findlay's new exhibition at 16 Nicholson Street is an absurd yet poignant look at typical relationship roles Read more »| 28 Feb 2019 -
MusicWhile She Sleeps – So What?
Sheffield metal unit While She Sleeps step it up yet again to produce one of the finest rock releases of 2019 so far Read more »| 28 Feb 2019 -
MusicWide Days: Showcase bands for 2019
Chuchoter, Eyes of Others and Megan Airlie are among the bands set for this year's Wide Days showcases in Edinburgh Read more »| 28 Feb 2019 -
MusicRoyal Trux – White Stuff
Royal Trux return with White Stuff, reckoning with what it means to make a comeback record Read more »| 28 Feb 2019 -
MusicPond – Tasmania
An unpredictable and exciting record flowing with psychedelia and funk-driven basslines, Tasmania is a true reflection of what makes Pond so great Read more »| 28 Feb 2019 -
MusicDirty Pop: Self Esteem's Rebecca Taylor on Compliments Please
We speak to Slow Club's Rebecca Taylor about how her new solo pop project Self Esteem is propelling her into pop star queendom Read more »| 28 Feb 2019 -
BooksThe Five by Hallie Rubenhold
Hallie Rubenhold challenges the pitfalls of the true crime genre in her much-needed and devastatingly brilliant new book Read more »| 28 Feb 2019 -
FilmChiwetel Ejiofor on The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
The tale of how a Malawian schoolboy saved his village by building a wind turbine from bits of scrap is the basis of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Chiwetel Ejiofor tells us why he wanted to bring William Kamkwamba's inspirational story to the screen Read more »| 28 Feb 2019 -
MusicThe Japanese House – Good at Falling
Good at Falling, the debut album from The Japanese House is a lucid dream, tumultuous and tender, steeped in self-reflection, self-appreciation, and self-growth Read more »| 28 Feb 2019