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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MusicLate Nite Tuff Guy @ Berkeley Suite, Glasgow, 8 Jul
The We Should Hang Out More boys (WSHOM) have surpassed themselves in bagging the revered Late Nite Tuff Guy (LNTG) to play The Berkeley Suite on a Saturday ... Read more »| 17 Jul 2017 -
MusicIbibio Sound Machine @ Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, 14 Jul
There’s a party happening under Edinburgh Castle, at the Paradiso, a pop-up carnival stage nestled into Princes Street Gardens. The tent will be the li... Read more »| 17 Jul 2017 -
Music
Callum Easter @ The Old Hairdresser's, Glasgow, 8 Jul
It’s a surprisingly humid Saturday night, and down the road Glasgow Green’s hosting 45,000 Kasabian fans. The gig space above The Old Hairdresser... Read more »| 14 Jul 2017 -
MusicFuture Drops: Mvson on their sold-out Manchester parties
As their parties continue to sell out at record speed, we talk to Mvson about how they became the kings of Manchester nightlife Read more »| 14 Jul 2017 -
Clubs
Scottish Clubbing Highlights: 12-18 July
A Grenfell Tower fundraiser at Glasgow's Stereo makes a worthy clubbing outing this week, plus nights from Amotik, DJ Tree and Dense & Pika are also on the cards Read more »| 14 Jul 2017 -
Books
Women in Wartime Literature
A English translation of Svetlana Alexievich’s The Unwomanly Face of War got us thinking about representations of women in wartime Read more »| 14 Jul 2017
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Music
Twin Peaks: Music and the Corruption of Innocence
At the halfway point of the latest series of Twin Peaks, we take a closer look at the pivotal role of music in the cult TV show Spoiler alert: This feature ... Read more »| 14 Jul 2017 -
Film
Learn to speak High Valyrian from Game of Thrones
Learn the lingo of the Mother of Dragons with language app Duolingo Read more »| 13 Jul 2017 -
ArtThe Skinny North: The final editorial
The Skinny North has published its final issue – we look back on a whirlwind four years Read more »| 13 Jul 2017 -
Film
One-Eyed Jacks
Brooding western about a young man (Marlon Brando) who seeks revenge from the accomplice (Karl Malden) who betrays him during a bank robbery Read more »| 13 Jul 2017 -
Music
Callum Easter – Delete Forever
Delete Forever, the second mini-album from Edinburgh's Callum Easter, makes good on the singer-songwriter/producer's already distinctive sound. Late last yea... Read more »| 13 Jul 2017 -
Music
Growing Up: Dan Croll on his new album
Dan Croll tells us how he picked himself up and dusted himself off after a very difficult year to release his new album Emerging Adulthood Read more »| 13 Jul 2017 -
Music
Pop Rocks: Elle Exxe interviewed
We speak to Edinburgh's rising pop talent Elle Exxe ahead of a busy summer Read more »| 13 Jul 2017 -
Art
CCA Highlights: July/August 2017
Summer has come! Enjoy 11pm plays of light, midges on the Isle of Skye and open-topped convertibles screeching towards euphoric sunsets as you blast through ... Read more »| 12 Jul 2017 -
Theatre
How VR could be the future of theatre
Virtual reality is being hailed as the future of Hollywood, but might VR's more natural home be the stage? Read more »| 12 Jul 2017