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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MusicCreeper – Sanguivore
A love letter to the 80s, the only real disappointment on Creeper's new album is their reluctance to fully embody its early operatic promise Read more »| 11 Oct 2023 -
MusicHolly Humberstone – Paint My Bedroom Black
2022 BRIT Award Rising Star-winner Holly Humberstone shares her emotional side on her debut album Paint My Bedroom Black Read more »| 11 Oct 2023 -
BooksFamily Meal by Bryan Washington
In Bryan Washington's Family Meal, a cast of friends, family and lovers come together to consider ideas of intimacy and interdependence Read more »| 11 Oct 2023 -
MusicL'Rain – I Killed Your Dog
In conversation with her previous work, I Killed Your Dog explores feelings of thoughtlessness, emotional damage, absent-minded stupidity and more Read more »| 11 Oct 2023 -
BooksMarjorie Lotfi on debut poetry collection The Wrong Person to Ask
We chat with American-born, Iranian-raised and Scotland-based author Marjorie Lotfi about her debut poetry collection The Wrong Person to Ask and what it means to belong to a place Read more »| 11 Oct 2023 -
MusicThe Drums – Jonny
Jonny Pierce’s sixth album as The Drums procrastinates reinvention, yet abounds with qualified tenderness Read more »| 10 Oct 2023
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MusicMaple Glider – I Get Into Trouble
Australian singer-songwriter Maple Glider cements herself as an important new voice with her second album I Get Into Trouble Read more »| 10 Oct 2023 -
MusicKing Krule @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 6 Oct
Archy Marshall brings a souped-up version of King Krule to the Barrowlands, with big energy, a pumped-up crowd, and on-stage camaraderie for days Read more »| 10 Oct 2023 -
ArtOccult Visions: Sekai Machache at Mount Stuart
Sekai Machache’s immersive installation at Mount Stuart draws our attention to who was, and who is, absent in the archive – a reverent call to reinstate and to invoke those who have been silenced Read more »| 10 Oct 2023 -
MusicHelena Deland – Goodnight Summerland
The Montreal-based songwriter’s enrapturing second album explores the complexities of grief and finds new joy in simplicity Read more »| 10 Oct 2023 -
MusicRage Becomes Her: CMAT on Crazymad, For Me
Propelled back into pop after a chance encounter with Charli XCX, Irish songwriter CMAT explains how she’s embracing her anger and inner Miranda gladly in latest album Crazymad, For Me Read more »| 10 Oct 2023 -
MusicDream Nails – Doom Loop
It might be a new era for queer punk collective Dream Nails, but thankfully on Doom Loop they’re still fighting the good fight Read more »| 09 Oct 2023 -
MusicCMAT – Crazymad, For Me
On the follow-up to last year's If My Wife New I'd Be Dead, CMAT finds an even sweeter spot – Crazymad, For Me is funnier, weirder, more colourful and more ambitious Read more »| 09 Oct 2023 -
FilmSmoke Sauna Sisterhood
In this tough but tender documentary, women find community as they cleanse a lifetime of shared pain Read more »| 09 Oct 2023 -
MusicLauren Mayberry @ SWG3, Glasgow, 5 Oct
Lauren Mayberry's debut solo show in the UK is a night of exploration, excitement, and 80s-inspired pop Read more »| 09 Oct 2023