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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MusicBMX Bandits Forever: Duglas T Stewart interview
The Belshill indie-pop icons are back with their tenth full-length – frontman Duglas T Stewart talks us through it Read more »| 10 May 2017 -
TheatreVoid @ Dance International Glasgow
Running skittishly through the concrete milieu that is Glasgow’s Southside (because you stayed too long at the previous performance’s post-show c... Read more »| 10 May 2017 -
Music
Her's' favourite pop duos
Liverpool dreampop duo Her's are causing quite a stir – here are five of the musical pairings that have inspired them Santo & Johnny Brooklyn... Read more »| 10 May 2017 -
Theatre
Each Other @ Tramway, Glasgow
If contemporary art often falls back on the ‘it’s open to interpretation’ line, Each Other, by contrast, seems to cry out for meaningful ex... Read more »| 09 May 2017 -
Comedy
How Comedy Captured the Edinburgh Fringe: Part 1
In the first of a series of articles to celebrate the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's 70th anniversary, we look back at the remarkable rise of stand-up comedy and how it came to dominate the once theatre-heavy programme Read more »| 09 May 2017 -
Film
Detour
A gorgeous neo-noir road movie with one or two bumps, starring Tye Sheridan, Emory Cohen and Bel Powley Read more »| 09 May 2017
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TheatreAsk Auntie Trash: I R Disappoint
Ever been disappointed in life? Trash is a theatre critic, she knows all about it. Read more »| 09 May 2017 -
Music
Psych Analysis: Weirds interview
Ahead of their mind-bendingly raucous debut, Weirds share their thoughts on Leeds' fertile scene and the ongoing public fascination with psychedelic sounds Read more »| 09 May 2017 -
MusicIt Takes Two: Her's interview
A year on from their debut single, stir-causing duo Her's tell us about their origins, their love of Pierce Brosnan and the advantages of drum machines Read more »| 09 May 2017 -
Music
Good Good Blood – Away Away (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Away Away by Good Good Blood Read more »| 09 May 2017 -
Film
Watch the trailer for Blade Runner 2049
The first full trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s sequel to the classic 80s sci-fi is ravishingly beautiful, and we get a better glimpse of Ryan Gosling and the original film’s star, Harrison Ford, in action Read more »| 09 May 2017 -
Music
Scottish Gigs of the Week: 9-15 May
This week's gig round-up, with a huge show from Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5, visits from Ducktails and George Clinton, and gigs from Pronto Mama and C Duncan among others Read more »| 09 May 2017 -
Film
What to Watch this Week (8-15 May)
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including Alien: Covenant and the latest season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Read more »| 08 May 2017 -
MusicKobi Onyame – DMCRZY (Track Premiere)
Listen to DMCRZY, the new song from Kobi Onyame Read more »| 08 May 2017 -
Film
When did the cinema become television?
Has the influence of the Marvel Cinematic Universe turned mainstream cinema into a succession of never-ending big screen television shows? We look at the rise of movie franchises and the death of the standalone movie Read more »| 08 May 2017