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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MusicAni DiFranco @ Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 29 Jun
Folk singer and feminist icon, Ani DiFranco has been described by many as a badass. With a musical career spanning over 30 years she has released more than 2... Read more »| 07 Jul 2017 -
MusicRachel Alice Johnson – I Won't Remember You (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video from Edinburgh-based musician Rachel Alice Johnson Read more »| 07 Jul 2017 -
Books
How Saints Die by Carmen Marcus
Ellie is ten years old. She learns five new words a week and knows that stories can keep you from drowning. She doesn’t know where they have taken her ... Read more »| 07 Jul 2017 -
MusicSheer Mag – Need to Feel Your Love
Sheer Mag’s relatively rapid rise to prominence has been one of punk music’s most refreshing and organic in some time. Despite possessing a relat... Read more »| 07 Jul 2017 -
MusicThe Sugarhill Gang @ Stramash, Edinburgh, 28 Jun
Just a few decades prior to the rise of stars such as Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar, young DJs and MCs in the South Bronx of New York City were laying the gr... Read more »| 07 Jul 2017 -
Music
The Veils: Guest Selector
As they prepare for their European tour, which takes in Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow this September, The Veils' frontman Finn Andrews shares some of his favourite tracks Read more »| 07 Jul 2017
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Film
Ian Rankin to curate Filmhouse film season
The crime novel author is the first in Filmhouse’s new House Guests series, which sees guest programmers come in to curate a personal film series for the indie cinema Read more »| 07 Jul 2017 -
Books
To Live & Die in LA: Ryan Gattis on new novel Safe
Ryan Gattis's Safe pulls readers once more into the violent slipstream of his LA riots novel All Involved; the author talks safecracking, turf and the interpersonal skills of the LA underworld Read more »| 07 Jul 2017 -
Theatre
Is Crowdfunding The Only Way to Fund a Fringe Show?
With just over a month to go until the Edinburgh Festival Fringe kicks off, The Skinny asks why more and more acts are turning to crowdfunding to finance their shows, and what could be done to make the festival more cost-friendly to artists Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
Music
Waxahatchee – Out in the Storm
Album number four from Katie Crutchfield, continuing the upward curve she’s been on since the first Waxahatchee release in 2010. Breezier in tone than ... Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
Clubs
Scottish Clubbing Highlights: 6-12 July
Edinburgh favourites Sneaky Pete's celebrate their ninth birthday this weekend and Late Nite Tuff Guy turns up the disco heat in Glasgow in our top clubbing picks Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
Film
The Fisher King
Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges are on top form in this moving drama from Terry Gilliam Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
Music
Spoon @ The Art School, Glasgow, 28 Jun
Tonight's opener, Adam Buxton, is not a typical support act for a rock band (as he states several times), but he does hit the right note with a crowd that ar... Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
Music
Jeff Lynne's ELO @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 28 Jun
As far as 1970s rock groups go, Jeff Lynne must be one of the era's most unassuming frontmen. Founder of the Electric Light Orchestra and the man behind the ... Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
Music
Mura Masa – Mura Masa
Not all pop is manufactured, or made by men in suits with dollar signs in their eyes – sometimes an artist knows what makes a track wriggle into your b... Read more »| 06 Jul 2017