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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MusicIndigo De Souza – All of This Will End
Rising indie rocker Indigo De Souza takes no prisoners on her third album, but there's hope tangled up in all the rage Read more »| 25 Apr 2023 -
MusicNabihah Iqbal – DREAMER
At its high points, Nabihah Iqbal's new album DREAMER evokes otherworldly space, but a more pared-down edit could better highlight its strengths Read more »| 25 Apr 2023 -
MusicPost Coal Prom Queen – Music For First Contact
Post Coal Prom Queen have upgraded their sound since their cyberpunk rap opera, making Music For First Contact a nebulous album that posits questions as complex as its compositions Read more »| 25 Apr 2023 -
MusicJessie Ware – That! Feels Good!
The dancefloor Jessie Ware opened on her last album What’s Your Pleasure? shows no sign of closing on her new album. In fact, it’s got even sweatier Read more »| 24 Apr 2023 -
FilmPolite Society
The debut film from Nida Manzoor, Polite Society is an appealing blend of action romp and teen comedy centred on a martial arts-obsessed teen Read more »| 24 Apr 2023 -
FilmRodeo
Lola Quivoron borrows from the banlieue to create a high-octane but uneven first feature, which centres on a female dirt rider in an all-male gang Read more »| 24 Apr 2023
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MusicEverything But The Girl – Fuse
More than two decades on from their last record, Everything But The Girl have grown into themselves, forging a sound that is at once deliciously familiar and enhanced by the weight of experience Read more »| 21 Apr 2023 -
MusicParamore @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 17 April
Paramore return to Glasgow with a stadium-sized show packed with intimate moments Read more »| 19 Apr 2023 -
MusicThe Tallest Man on Earth @ QMU, Glasgow, 16 Apr
As they move towards a bigger live sound, nothing can rein in the power of Swedish folkies The Tallest Man on Earth Read more »| 18 Apr 2023 -
BooksAlice Slater on her true crime-inspired debut Death of a Bookseller
We chat with Alice Slater about her fierce, grimy debut Death of a Bookseller and the legacy of true crime in fiction and beyond Read more »| 17 Apr 2023 -
MusicBenefits – Nails
Benefits' debut album smashes you over the head with its rage, to the point that it quickly becomes exhausting Read more »| 17 Apr 2023 -
MusicEnter Shikari – A Kiss For The Whole World
Reborn and re-energised from the ashes of a music-less lockdown world, the St Albans quartet return with yet another remarkably astute, ambitious and self-aware album Read more »| 17 Apr 2023 -
FilmHow to Blow Up a Pipeline
Filled with heart-in-mouth action and brimming with righteous anger, Daniel Goldhaber’s nerve-shredding thriller is a compelling portrait of radical activism Read more »| 17 Apr 2023 -
FilmSick of Myself
Sick of Myself is a sharp black comedy from Norway concerned with the narcissism of youth and the pretentiousness of the contemporary art scene Read more »| 17 Apr 2023 -
MusicRecord Store Day 2023: What's on in Scotland
We pick out some of the releases hitting your local record shops on 22 April, and explore what some of our favourites have planned for Record Store Day Read more »| 13 Apr 2023