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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ClubsNazar on Guerrilla, Counterflows and Yaera
Angolan producer Nazar speaks about his final work under the moniker, produced exclusively for this year's Counterflows festival, and unveils his new project, Yaera Read more »| 29 Mar 2021 -
MusicGodspeed You! Black Emperor – G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!
On G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!, Godspeed You! Black Emperor have created a perfect soundtrack for these strange times Read more »| 29 Mar 2021 -
FilmNomadland and the American Myth
At last, Oscars frontrunner Nomadland becomes available to UK film fans. We consider the ways in which the film explores the American mythos of work as liberation while offering an alternative way of life outside the shadow of capitalism Read more »| 29 Mar 2021 -
MusicDry Cleaning – New Long Leg
Dry Cleaning’s impressive interplay and energy make the songs on New Long Leg wonderfully replayable Read more »| 29 Mar 2021 -
BooksThe Khan by Saima Mir
Saima Mir's crime thriller The Khan is a unique and compelling read Read more »| 29 Mar 2021 -
FilmI Was at Home, But...
The great German filmmaker Angela Schanelec returns with another formally dazzling, deeply emotional work Read more »| 26 Mar 2021
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BooksStories of Salvation: Allison Galbraith interview
We meet Allison Galbraith, one of the storytellers engaging communities in the Green Futures strand of Glasgow Science Centre’s Our World, Our Impact programme Read more »| 25 Mar 2021 -
FilmThe Springburn Scorsese: James Price interview
Improbably, Glasgow writer-director James Price has directed a wild music video for Michael Imperioli's band, Zopa. Price tells us how he convinced The Sopranos and Goodfellas star to let him loose on the promo Read more »| 25 Mar 2021 -
MusicOVER / AT – FOLKS' SONGS (premiere & track-by-track)
Ahead of the release of the challenging yet powerful FOLKS' SONGS, the team of musicians, composers, writers and artists from OVER / AT talk us through the EP track by track Read more »| 25 Mar 2021 -
FilmSound of Metal
Darius Marder's directorial debut is a powerful depiction of deafness and Deaf culture, anchored by a searing performance from Riz Ahmed Read more »| 24 Mar 2021 -
MusicThe Great Eastern: Edinburgh festival moves to November
BEAK>, Free Love, BC Camplight, Broken Records and The Ninth Wave are lined up for the rescheduled Great Eastern music festival in Edinburgh Read more »| 24 Mar 2021 -
MusicXiu Xiu – OH NO
Xiu Xiu's 12th album, OH NO, sees them deliver a record of duets as they make a whole host of new friends following the demise of some long-standing friendships Read more »| 23 Mar 2021 -
MusicHannah Peel – Fir Wave
Electronic maestro Hannah Peel channels her hero Delia Derbyshire to tackle environmental issues on new album Fir Wave Read more »| 23 Mar 2021 -
FilmMeet the stars of Glasgow Short Film Festival 2021
We speak to some of the filmmakers behind our favourite shorts at this year's Glasgow Short Film Festival Read more »| 22 Mar 2021 -
MusicTune-Yards – sketchy.
Tune-Yards return with bombast, and the permission to take a breather if it all gets too much Read more »| 22 Mar 2021