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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MusicYaeji – With a Hammer
On With a Hammer, Yaeji channels anger into a record that embraces fun and surprising musical juxtapositions Read more »| 06 Apr 2023 -
ComedyPhil Wang @ King's Theatre, Glasgow
Wry observations treated with an understated physicality means Phil Wang's onto a winner with this new hour Read more »| 06 Apr 2023 -
MusicInternational Music Festivals: A How-To Guide
With international music festivals confidently back on the menu, here are a few things to think about before you go abroad for your 2023 music festival fix Read more »| 05 Apr 2023 -
ClubsAim High: 11 Years of Hawkchild DIY
For eleven years now, Hawkchild DIY has offered up some of the most unorthodox and musically subversive artists in Scotland's clubs, with bookings includes Yung Lean, Kamixlo, Malibu, Oli XL, Doss, Bladee, and Casual Gabberz Read more »| 05 Apr 2023 -
BooksShy by Max Porter
Max Porter's highly anticipated fourth novel Shy is a hallucinatory, fragmentary journey through its eponymous character's internal landscape Read more »| 04 Apr 2023 -
MusicWhat happens when an artist doesn't get paid by a festival
Lost Map Records boss and Pictish Trail frontman Johnny Lynch talks us through the stressful reality of what happens when a festival doesn't pay the artists and asks music fans to make better choices Read more »| 04 Apr 2023
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MusicBillie Marten – Drop Cherries
On Drop Cherries, Billie Marten has brought together a collection of intimate feelings, thoughts and sentiments transforming them into something hauntingly relatable Read more »| 04 Apr 2023 -
MusicTim Hecker – No Highs
Tim Hecker’s latest is full of gorgeous sounds, but never quite finds an identity for itself Read more »| 04 Apr 2023 -
MusicFields of Dreams: Scottish Music Festivals in 2023
Haven't figured out what homegrown music festivals you want to go to this year? With this guide to the year ahead, we've got you covered! Read more »| 04 Apr 2023 -
TheatreLIMBIC: Ego, Elegy, Ecstasy @ Inspace, Edinburgh
An avante-garde poetry and music collaboration based on Peter Scalpello's debut collection tells a vital story, but is held back by its venue Read more »| 03 Apr 2023 -
BooksLinghun by Ai Jiang
The debut novella from speculative short story author Ai Jiang, Linghun is a haunting investigation into home and grief Read more »| 03 Apr 2023 -
MusicDaughter – Stereo Mind Game
Daughter find a little more hope in the melancholy on their dazzling new album Stereo Mind Game Read more »| 03 Apr 2023 -
MusicHMLTD – The Worm
A whiplash-inducing U-turn from the modern glam of their debut, The Worm puts the practical skills of HMLTD to the test Read more »| 03 Apr 2023 -
FilmMartika Ramirez Escobar on Leonor Will Never Die
In Leonor Will Never Die, a Filipino screenwriter starts to live out her unproduced screenplay – director Martika Ramirez Escobar tells us about her love of action films and her desire to put an older woman in this macho world Read more »| 03 Apr 2023 -
FilmClose
Lukas Dhont's latest film centres on two wonderful performances from first-time actors, but elsewhere this exploration of friendship and grief rings hollow Read more »| 01 Apr 2023