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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MusicScottish AOTY: The Twilight Sad – It Won/t Be Like This All the Time
The Twilight Sad's fifth album is heartbreaking and heartwarming, specific in detail and inclusive in scope. But, more than anything, it's honest Read more »| 27 Nov 2019 -
MusicThe Skinny's Scottish Albums of 2019
With some truly excellent music coming out of Scotland in 2019, we asked our music team to whittle it down and pick their favourites – here's the top ten Read more »| 27 Nov 2019 -
Tv RadioThe Skinny's TV shows of 2019
Nuclear apocalypse, a chronically depressed equine, and the most toxic family in the history of TV were among our favourite shows of the last 12 months Read more »| 27 Nov 2019 -
MusicBat for Lashes @ Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 23 Nov
Natasha Khan strips back the sound of latest album Lost Girls for an intimate and occasionally spooky show in Edinburgh Read more »| 26 Nov 2019 -
MusicAlbums of 2019 (#1): Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Ghosteen
On Ghosteen, The Skinny's favourite album of 2019, Nick Cave has found the tools, philosophy and creative direction for his grief Read more »| 26 Nov 2019 -
MusicAlbums of 2019 (#2): Big Thief – Two Hands
What's most surprising about Big Thief's second album of 2019, Two Hands, is its generosity in allowing the listener to take stock of themselves Read more »| 26 Nov 2019
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MusicAlbums of 2019 (#3): Angel Olsen – All Mirrors
An astonishing album from a singular artist, All Mirrors is the richly ambitious realisation of Angel Olsen’s inner world Read more »| 26 Nov 2019 -
MusicAlbums of 2019 (#4): Lizzo – Cuz I Love You
The most impressive thing about Lizzo's third album, Cuz I Love You, is its message of body positivity and self-love Read more »| 26 Nov 2019 -
MusicAlbums of 2019 (#6): The National – I Am Easy to Find
At the heart of I Am Easy to Find, The National's most experimental and joyous release to date, is community Read more »| 26 Nov 2019 -
MusicThe Skinny's Albums of 2019
Ghosteen by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is our music writers' favourite album of 2019 Read more »| 26 Nov 2019 -
MusicAlbums of 2019 (#5): Julia Jacklin – Crushing
On Crushing, Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin creates something entirely original from the everyday experience of heartbreak Read more »| 26 Nov 2019 -
MusicAlbums of 2019 (#7): Big Thief – U.F.O.F.
U.F.O.F. shows Big Thief's ability as creators of different moods and atmospheres – it's a truly special album Read more »| 26 Nov 2019 -
MusicAlbums of 2019 (#8): FKA twigs – MAGDALENE
MAGDALENE is the record we've all been waiting for from FKA twigs, and the one that solidifies her position as the greatest artist and performer of her generation Read more »| 26 Nov 2019 -
MusicAlbums of 2019 (#9): Solange – When I Get Home
Solange's fourth album, When I Get Home, is a love letter to Houston – a home, a place and a people she belongs to, and one that there is goodness in returning to Read more »| 26 Nov 2019 -
MusicAlbums of 2019 (#10): Weyes Blood – Titanic Rising
Between love and fiction, meaning and chaos, Weyes Blood's fourth LP Titanic Rising offers no easy answers Read more »| 26 Nov 2019