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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MusicPixies – Doggerel
Pixies build upon their core sound with poise and plenty of grit on new album Doggerel Read more »| 26 Sep 2022 -
MusicYeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down
New York art-rockers Yeah Yeah Yeahs return with hints of what makes them so formidable, but it feels like there's something missing Read more »| 26 Sep 2022 -
BooksSpaceships Over Glasgow by Stuart Braithwaite
A natural, and often painfully honest, autobiography, Stuart Braithwaite tells of his riotous journey with Mogwai, including all the emotional bumps in the road Read more »| 26 Sep 2022 -
MusicKaty J Pearson @ Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, 20 Sep
There's nothing showy about Katy J Pearson and her band tonight, and there doesn't need to be: just great songs played wonderfully Read more »| 23 Sep 2022 -
MusicSpotlight On... Blush Club
Following the release of their Ornamental Ponds EP, we shine a spotlight on Glasgow five-piece Blush Club as they talk us through their new record track-by-track Read more »| 23 Sep 2022 -
Musicclipping. @ SWG3, Glasgow, 21 Sep
In their first ever Glasgow show, clipping. show that rap, industrial and ghost stories are a perfect fit Read more »| 23 Sep 2022
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BooksMorbid Obsessions by Alison Rumfitt, Frankie Miren
Frankie Miren (The Service) and Alison Rumfitt (Tell Me I’m Worthless) cover the intersections of anti-trans sentiment and sex work stigmatisation in this exploratory, conversational book Read more »| 22 Sep 2022 -
MusicGodspeed You! Black Emperor @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 18 Sep
Godspeed You! Black Emperor return to the Barrowlands on incandescent form Read more »| 21 Sep 2022 -
FilmIn Front of Your Face
Hong Sang-soo keeps developing a simple, beautiful cinema whose greatness and deepness lies in the smallest details Read more »| 20 Sep 2022 -
FilmAfter Yang
After Yang, Kogonada's followup to Columbus, is a metaphysical sci-fi that feels its way through the complex heartbreak and revelation of memory with a beautifully human touch Read more »| 20 Sep 2022 -
MusicThe Comet Is Coming – Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam is bass-laden and synthesised, setting the stage for extraterrestrial adventures in jazz Read more »| 20 Sep 2022 -
FilmKogonada and Justin H. Min on After Yang
We caught up with director Kogonada and actor Justin H. Min while they were in Edinburgh to help close out the Edinburgh International Film Festival. We talk memory, emotional attachment to technology and bowl haircuts Read more »| 20 Sep 2022 -
MusicAlex G – God Save the Animals
God Save the Animals is Alex G's most sonically consistent record, managing to turn the darkness into light on the turn of a devastating key change Read more »| 20 Sep 2022 -
ArtDavid Livingstone Birthplace to host free storytelling weekend
In October, David Livingstone Birthplace museum in Blantyre will host a free weekend of storytelling by artists from the Scottish African diaspora Read more »| 16 Sep 2022 -
MusicThe SAY Award: 2022 Longlist announced
As the 2022 SAY Award gets ever closer, we take a look at this year's longlist featuring nine newcomers and 11 returning names, including one past winner Read more »| 15 Sep 2022