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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MusicSparks – Hippopotamus
Twenty-odd albums in, the wit and ambition that got Sparks to this point remains intact on new album Hippopotamus Read more »| 04 Sep 2017 -
ComedyCrystal Baws: September 2017 Horoscopes
Mystic Mark returns with his cosmic predictions for September Read more »| 04 Sep 2017 -
MusicZola Jesus – Okovi
Zola Jesus meditates on both the living and the dead on her most musically crushing record yet Read more »| 04 Sep 2017 -
Music
Zola Jesus on new album Okovi
Acclaimed electronic experimentalist Zola Jesus describes the acutely personal process behind her sixth album, Okovi Read more »| 01 Sep 2017 -
Books
Bloody Scotland returns to Stirling
Dark and deadly happenings are predicted in Stirling on 8-10 Sep when our greatest crime writers gather for Bloody Scotland. But we find there is far more on offer than those big name authors to have put Scotland on the crime writing map Read more »| 01 Sep 2017 -
MusicAlvvays – Antisocialites
While the self-titled debut from Canadian indie poppers Alvvays was a true summer delight back in 2014, Molly Rankin and co have definitely pushed things for... Read more »| 01 Sep 2017
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Music
Mac DeMarco @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 30 Aug
When Mac DeMarco and co stop dicking around long enough to play a tune it's pure magic; it's time to grow up Read more »| 31 Aug 2017 -
MusicThe xx @ SWG3 Galvanizers Yard, Glasgow, 30 Aug
From atmospheric contemplation to full-on raving, The xx live up to their rock star billing at SWG3's Galvanizers Yard in Glasgow Read more »| 31 Aug 2017 -
Film
Discover Patti Cake$: the feel-good indie about a plus-size rapper
Former indie rocker-turned-director Geremy Jasper offers an uplifting underdog story about a plus-sized rapper from New Jersey who dares to dream big Read more »| 31 Aug 2017 -
Film
Five unmissable Scalarama screenings
Annual movie celebration Scalarama (aka Scaladonia north of the border) returns this September to “fill the land with cinemas.” Here are five Scottish screenings that caught our eye Read more »| 30 Aug 2017 -
Music
Charlotte Church @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 26 Aug
Charlotte Church's Late Night Pop Dungeon is a cathartic cabaret of sequins, smash hits, and sweaty pits Read more »| 30 Aug 2017 -
Film
Benedict Andrews on Rooney Mara's powerful drama Una
Theatre vet Benedict Andrews makes his film debut with Una, an adaptation of David Harrower's play Blackbird. We talk to the director about stars Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn, Bergman, and the difficulties in making a film about child abuse trauma Read more »| 30 Aug 2017 -
Music
ULTRAS: Under the Influence
Gav Prentice of ULTRAS talks us through some of the influences that can be found on his debut self-titled album Read more »| 30 Aug 2017 -
Music
Soft Fangs – Fractures
John Lutkevich – aka Soft Fangs – proudly displays his alt-folk influences on Fractures, a familiar collection of autumnal sounds Read more »| 30 Aug 2017 -
Music
Dälek – Endangered Philosophies
Dälek's follow-up to 2016's Asphalt for Eden seems lacking in ideas Read more »| 30 Aug 2017