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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MusicPop Thrills: A Love Letter to Scottish Pop
Ahead of the National Museum of Scotland's Rip It Up exhibition we speak to journalists, radio hosts and documentary makers about the moments in Scottish music that matter to them Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
Music
Getting To Know Baboon from Wuh Oh
Ahead of their upcoming headline show at The Blue Arrow as part of the Glasgow Jazz Festival, we meet the newest member of Wuh Oh – Baboon Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
Music
Here Lies Man – You Will Know Nothing
Here Lies Man’s novel collision of afrobeat and psych-rock lacks necessary nourishment on their sophomore outing You Will Know Nothing Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
MusicSupersonic 2018: Preview & Mix
Ahead of the 2018 edition of Birmingham's Supersonic festival, we take a closer look at the line-up with a handy mix to help fully whet your appetite Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
Music
Melody's Echo Chamber – Bon Voyage
French musician Melody Prochet's second album as Melody's Echo Chamber, Bon Voyage is wildly inconsistent Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
MusicChromeo – Head Over Heels
Head Over Heels is a multi-layered trail through funk's iterations loaded with squealing synth leads, big basslines, and more sass and energy than you can shake a stick at Read more »| 11 Jun 2018
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Music
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
Hope Downs is as good a reminder as any that life’s a blast. Head to the beach, you’ve found the soundtrack from Melbourne's Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
Music
Michael Rault – It’s a New Day Tonight
Michael Rault’s dream-weaving folk-rock fuses his friendly grasp of the genre’s past and present stylings seamlessly on It’s a New Day Tonight Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
Music
Camila Cabello @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 5 Jun
Tonight at the O2 Academy, Camila Cabello is an unapologetic example of what pop can be at its finest Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
Music
The Rolling Stones @ Murrayfield, Edinburgh, 9 Jun
Despite The Rolling Stones all being in their 70s, they can still put on one hell of a show and play a set of pure nostalgia tonight Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
MusicFiniflex is the Future
We chat to John Vick and Davie Miller of Finiflex, charting their progression from performing Peel Sessions in 1985 as Fini Tribe to their 2018 album Suilven as Finiflex Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
Music
Introducing the Rip It Up exhibition
As the curator of the National Museum of Scotland's exhibition on Scottish music, Stephen Allan introduces Rip It Up: The Story of Scottish Pop Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
Theatre
Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland: Rhinoceros wins big
Edinburgh International Festival's revival of Eugène Ionesco's anti-fascist play wins four awards at the 2018 Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland Read more »| 10 Jun 2018 -
Music
LCD Soundsystem @ Apollo, Manchester, 6 Jun
James Murphy's monolithic live outfit are new and improved for 2018 as they make a quickfire return to Manchester Read more »| 08 Jun 2018 -
MusicThe Pastels @ Museum of the Moon, Glasgow, 1 Jun
Andrew Wasylyk, Modern Studies and The Pastels make for a perfect night under the moon Read more »| 08 Jun 2018