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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Music
Bass Drum of Death – Say I Won't
John Barrett swaps the big city for home comforts on Bass Drum of Death's new album, and makes his biggest swing for the mainstream yet Read more »| 26 Jan 2023 -
Books
Miss Major Speaks: The Life and Legacy of a Black Trans Revolutionary
A radical memoir that cuts across the personal and the political to explore Miss Major's groundbreaking work in community organising and HIV/AIDS care Read more »| 25 Jan 2023 -
Film
Glasgow Film Festival reveals its lineup for 2023
Glasgow’s annual celebration of cinema will be back for its 19th edition with 123 features including the new film from We Are Lady Parts creator Nida Manzoor and debuts features from exciting Glasgow talents like Adura Onashile and James Price Read more »| 25 Jan 2023 -
Music
Viagra Boys @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 21 Jan
It’s shrimps to the front as Swedish punk rock explosion Viagra Boys arrive in their short shorts on the famous Barras stage Read more »| 24 Jan 2023 -
Music
Fucked Up – One Day
Written and recorded in one day, Fucked Up's latest album is staggering, and arguably the purest and fullest expression of the band in its current form Read more »| 24 Jan 2023 -
Film
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Citizenfour director Laura Poitras turns her focus on transgressive photographer Nan Goldin, delving into her life, art and the roots of her activism Read more »| 24 Jan 2023
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Music
Fucked Up on One Day
After years of Fucked Up's scope becoming ever more panoramic, guitarist Mike Haliechuk went back to basics to make a record in a day Read more »| 24 Jan 2023 -
Music
The 1975 @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 19 Jan
When all the nonsense is put to one side, The 1975 put on an unashamedly good time Read more »| 23 Jan 2023 -
Film
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed: Interview with Laura Poitras
Laura Poitras's extraordinary documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed explores the multifaceted life of artist Nan Goldin. She tells us how she wanted to make a film that wasn't a biopic and that would implicate her audience Read more »| 19 Jan 2023 -
Clubs
TAAHLIAH's The Ultimate Angels
Glasgow’s TAAHLIAH, BBC Introducing Dance Artist of the Year 2022, shows no signs of slowing down. We chat to her ahead of her first live show, The Ultimate Angels, at SWG3: an artistic homecoming for the rising star Read more »| 19 Jan 2023 -
Music
Låpsley – Cautionary Tales of Youth
A nourishing balm of self-acceptance, Låpsley's latest album is a full-throttled call to open up to vulnerability instead of shutting yourself off Read more »| 17 Jan 2023 -
Music
Kali Malone – Does Spring Hide Its Joy
Enlisting Stephen O’Malley and Lucy Railton, Kali Malone unveils a sprawling work that just about rewards what it demands Read more »| 17 Jan 2023 -
Music
Måneskin – Rush!
On Rush! Måneskin continuously prove that outcasts deserve a good time, and they are here to give it to us Read more »| 17 Jan 2023 -
Film
Holy Spider
Borders director Ali Abbasi's new thriller explores the spate of faith-driven murders of sex workers that took place in Iran in the early 00s. Its depiction of the violence is chilling, but it also relies on the sensationalism of the violence it critiques Read more »| 17 Jan 2023 -
Music
Ladytron – Time's Arrow
Although Ladytron's seventh album might have benefited from a lighter touch in places, it still manages to offer up a transcendent space to lose yourself Read more »| 16 Jan 2023