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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MusicWalt Disco – Unlearning
Walt Disco's much-anticipated debut album, Unlearning, is gritty, melodramatic, and a little bit batshit Read more »| 28 Mar 2022 -
ClubsGo With The Flow: aya on her Counterflows shows
Ahead of two performances at this year's Counterflows festival, we meet London-based DJ aya to discuss what she has planned, and discover that forward planning isn't exactly her strong suit Read more »| 28 Mar 2022 -
FilmScotland on Screen: Bryan M. Ferguson
We catch up with Bryan M. Ferguson, one of the most distinct voices on the Scottish short film scene, to discuss his ridiculously prolific filmmaking practice and hear about his planned coming-of-age feature set in a funeral home Read more »| 25 Mar 2022 -
MusicSpotlight On... Lewis McLaughlin
Ahead of releasing his debut album, Feel the Ground You Walk Upon, we shine a spotlight on Lewis McLaughlin to find out more Read more »| 24 Mar 2022 -
BooksWoman, Eating by Claire Kohda
Woman, Eating is a long-overdue recalibration of the vampire genre, and a brilliant inquiry into the politics of desire and denial Read more »| 24 Mar 2022 -
BooksLimbic by Peter Scalpello
Peter Scalpello's Limbic is a vital debut poetry collection, fizzing with life and living Read more »| 24 Mar 2022
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MusicWidowspeak – The Jacket
Widowspeak’s sixth studio album finds them slick, soulful and effortlessly cool as ever Read more »| 23 Mar 2022 -
MusicCamp Cope – Running With the Hurricane
Camp Cope might no longer be storming the patriarchy with this contemplative collection but they’ve pitched their spot for a bright future regardless Read more »| 23 Mar 2022 -
MusicAldous Harding – Warm Chris
Aldous Harding's many voices and personas are in full effect on Warm Chris, but what she says isn’t as important as how she wants you to feel Read more »| 21 Mar 2022 -
FilmRenate Reinsve on The Worst Person in the World
In Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier’s latest, The Worst Person in the World, a star is born with Renate Reinsve, who plays a woman about to turn 30 and drifting between careers and relationships in Oslo. We chat to Reinsve about her rapturous performance Read more »| 21 Mar 2022 -
FilmThe Worst Person in the World
Set over 12 chapters, Joachim Trier's exuberant new film The Worst Person in the World follows a young woman from Oslo as she explores her career options and vacillates between romantic relationships Read more »| 21 Mar 2022 -
ComedySmackdown: Max & Ivan on new sitcom Deep Heat
Fringe darling sketch duo Max & Ivan make the leap to the small screen with Deep Heat, a sitcom set in the world of British Pro Wrestling Read more »| 17 Mar 2022 -
MusicSpotlight On... Steg G
Ahead of releasing Surface Pressure, his latest collaborative album inspired by climate change, we speak to Steg G to find out more Read more »| 17 Mar 2022 -
MusicThe Skinny @ SXSW 2022
Lucy Hunter, our photographer at this year's SXSW, reports back from her first few days of the festival featuring Moonchild Sanelly, Nuha Ruby Ra, CMAT and Gallus Read more »| 16 Mar 2022 -
FilmBaby Assassins
Part oddball slacker comedy, part effervescent action film, Baby Assassins is a delight Read more »| 16 Mar 2022