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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MusicSkullcrusher – And Your Song Is Like a Circle
Floaty folk fuses together with airy electronics on Skullcrusher’s ethereal second album, And Your Song Is Like a Circle Read more »| 17 Oct 2025 -
ArtThe Skinny Showcase revival: Rae-Yen Song 宋瑞渊
Ahead of an epic solo exhibition at Glasgow's Tramway, we look back at the evolving creative practice of Rae-Yen Song, who has kept us at the edge of our seat since 2018 Read more »| 16 Oct 2025 -
MusicSpotlight On... Liv Dawn
Ahead of releasing her latest EP, Hopeful Wandering, we catch up with Scottish singer-songwriter Liv Dawn Read more »| 16 Oct 2025 -
FilmFrench Film Festival UK: The 2025 Programme
The French Film Festival UK returns with anticipated new films including Nouvelle Vague (Richard Linklater), The Stranger (François Ozon) and Sirat (Oliver Laxe) among its 62-film lineup Read more »| 16 Oct 2025 -
MusicThe SAY Award: 2025 shortlist announced
The ten albums shortlisted for this year's Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award have been revealed, plus KT Tunstall’s debut album Eye to the Telescope has been awarded this year's Modern Scottish Classic Award Read more »| 16 Oct 2025 -
MusicRianne Downey – The Consequence of Love
On her debut album, Rianne Downey wears her heart on her sleeve across ten tracks that have an unmistakably Scottish flavour Read more »| 16 Oct 2025
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MusicStart for Eleven: Hen Hoose x Clare Grogan
Ahead of performances from Altered Images and Hen Hoose as part of Pop Mutations' Tiny Changes fundraiser this month, the Hen Hoose collective put Clare Grogan's memory and knowledge of Scottish music to the test Read more »| 16 Oct 2025 -
MusicSudan Archives – THE BPM
The third album from Brittney Parks, aka Sudan Archives, is a dizzying, frenetic collision of sound and vision Read more »| 14 Oct 2025 -
MusicSoulwax – All Systems Are Lying
While there's not much depth to the lyrics on the Dewaele brothers' latest album, when it sounds this good, who cares? Read more »| 14 Oct 2025 -
MusicThey Are Gutting a Body of Water – LOTTO
The Philadelphia shoegazers reign in their wonkier tendencies to slightly neutering effect on LOTTO Read more »| 14 Oct 2025 -
FilmIndigo Korres on ten years of SQIFF
Scottish Queer International Film Festival turns ten – the festival's director, Indigo Korres, reflects on SQIFF's contribution to Scotland's queer scene over the past decade, looks to its future and helps pick out some highlights from this year's event Read more »| 14 Oct 2025 -
MusicKaty Perry @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 7 Oct
Katy Perry's Lifetimes Tour makes for an enjoyable show that is both earnest and absurd, dazzling and hilariously over the top Read more »| 13 Oct 2025 -
MusicRose Gray @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 9 Oct
Rose Gray ignites the King Tut's crowd with a euphoric night of pure feel-good dance-pop energy Read more »| 13 Oct 2025 -
MusicSpotlight On... DM Arthur
Ahead of releasing his new single Top of the Hill, we catch up with Glasgow singer-songwriter DM Arthur Read more »| 09 Oct 2025 -
MusicThe Skinny Mixtape: 20 Years of Scottish Music
Celebrate 20 years of The Skinny with a journey through the artists, albums and moments that have shaped Scotland’s last two decades Read more »| 09 Oct 2025