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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MusicBelle and Sebastian – A Bit of Previous
Their ninth album A Bit of Previous suggests Belle and Sebastian still have enough hooks to last several lifetimes Read more »| 06 May 2022 -
TheatreGesturing Refugees @ Fruitmarket, Edinburgh
An interactive video dance performance by Farah Saleh, Gesturing Refugees aims to archive untold refugee stories, using the artists and the audience Read more »| 06 May 2022 -
MusicKathryn Joseph on for you who are the wronged
Ahead of her appearance at The Great Eastern festival, we speak to Kathryn Joseph about her beautiful and pain-filled third album for you who are the wronged Read more »| 06 May 2022 -
MusicSpotlight on... Lady Neptune
Ahead of releasing her latest EP NOZ, we shine a spotlight on Glasgow gabber and happy hardcore artist Lady Neptune Read more »| 05 May 2022 -
FilmGood Time
Robert Pattinson gives a blistering performance in this frantic crime movie about two brothers trying to escape New York's tough streets Read more »| 05 May 2022 -
BooksWalking on Cowrie Shells by Nana Nkweti
Walking on Cowrie Shells takes readers on a whistlestop tour of genres in a dynamic package. Whether the dualling perspectives of an adoptive mother and the ... Read more »| 05 May 2022
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FilmThe Price is Right: The soulful short films of James Price
Ahead of our retrospective of short films by talented Glasgow filmmaker James Price, we look at what makes 'The Springburn Scorsese' so special Read more »| 05 May 2022 -
FilmScottish Film Events: May 2022
The Italian Film Festival and Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival return in May, while we get very excited about the CineSkinny Film Club, debuting with a James Price retrospective Read more »| 04 May 2022 -
MusicDenzel Curry @ SWG3, Glasgow, 29 Apr
Denzel Curry's command of a crowd is his most obvious strength, but his new material offers more introspective songs that deserve careful listening Read more »| 04 May 2022 -
MusicScottish New Music Round-up: May 2022
This month we get stuck into new music from C Duncan, Theo Bleak, Lady Neptune, Phillip Jon Taylor, Vanives and more Read more »| 03 May 2022 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: May 2022
Our May live music round-up includes festivals from Knockengorroch, Wide Days and The Great Eastern, plus gigs from Charli XCX, Lorde, Beach House and more Read more »| 03 May 2022 -
MusicArcade Fire – WE
Arcade Fire’s WE is marked as a return from the depths of their career monstrosity Everything Now – unfortunately, it's anything but Read more »| 03 May 2022 -
MusicSigrid – How to Let Go
The second album from Sigrid, How to Let Go finds the Norwegian artist leaving behind provincial port town life to embrace pop superstardom Read more »| 02 May 2022 -
MusicBelle and Sebastian on new album A Bit of Previous
Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch and Chris Geddes on A Bit of Previous, their first album since 2000 to see them reconnect with the city that made them Read more »| 02 May 2022 -
MusicLow @ The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 25 Apr
Low are on sparkling form tonight in Edinburgh as they showcase their latest record, HEY WHAT Read more »| 29 Apr 2022