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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ClubsGlasgow Clubbing Highlights: 28 Sept - 4 Oct
This week in Glasgow, Plaid visit the city for the only Scottish date of their current world tour, the first ever Don't Drop Cafe event launches, and Pressure returns to SWG3 with another top notch techno-feast Read more »| 28 Sep 2016 -
FilmDaniel Radcliffe on Swiss Army Man & Imperium
With two releases in as many weeks, former Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe discusses what he is looking for in his future Read more »| 28 Sep 2016 -
Music
Colleen Green & Cassie Ramone @ The Castle, Manchester, 26 Sep
The north-east U.S. double act are on fine individual form in the Northern Quarter Read more »| 28 Sep 2016 -
FilmFedora
Billy Wilder's late-period curio Fedora comes to Blu-ray via Masters of Cinema Read more »| 28 Sep 2016 -
Music
Rory O’B - Quit Rapping EP
Although you wouldn’t know it reading some of the trend pieces flying around at the moment, hip hop has been a well-established scene in Scotland ... Read more »| 28 Sep 2016 -
MusicNatalie McCool @ Electric Circus, 21 Sep
This year's dropped more indicators than usual that the world we occupy is a crooked, unjust place. Still – if there's any decency left in 2016, then N... Read more »| 28 Sep 2016
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Theatre
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Has there ever been a play so celebrated in contemporary Scottish theatre as John McGrath’s The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black, Black Oil? The play, a... Read more »| 28 Sep 2016 -
Books
Ten Days by Gillian Slovo
To read Gillian Slovo’s latest novel Ten Days after the summer of 2016 is a strange thing. The novel, just now released in paperback, was originally pu... Read more »| 28 Sep 2016 -
Music
Douglas Dare - Aforger
Bridport's premier electro-troubadour turns in a trudge of a second album Read more »| 28 Sep 2016 -
Music
Black Marble - It's Immaterial
Chris Stewart's latest collaborative effort is intriguingly atmospheric Read more »| 28 Sep 2016 -
MusicDanny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
After a year of blockbuster records and blustering surprise drops, the history books will look favourably on Danny Brown. Atrocity Exhibition is the Detroit ... Read more »| 27 Sep 2016 -
Music
Catching Up With Arab Strap's Aidan Moffat
A lot has happened since Arab Strap called it quits back in 2006. Now, as the alt-folk legends from Falkirk reunite for a highly anticipated tour, Aidan Moffat offers his take on the years they've been away Read more »| 27 Sep 2016 -
Art
First LightPool Festival to illuminate Blackpool
Artists including Bob and Roberta Smith and Steve Messam will participate in a brand new art festival celebrating Blackpool's unique relationship with light, and marking the final weekend of this year's Blackpool Illuminations. Read more »| 27 Sep 2016 -
Music
PWR BTTM – Ugly Cherries
Queercore goes glam-powerpop – and how! Having dropped across the Atlantic late last year, Ugly Cherries finally gets a UK release, and it’s... Read more »| 27 Sep 2016 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: 27 Sep - 3 Oct
Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF) is back with film screenings, workshops and talks all week at venues across Glasgow, plus previews at SWG3, the Briggait and Glasgow Sculpture Studios, and Martin Creed talks at Fruitmarket Gallery. Read more »| 27 Sep 2016