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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MusicRip It Up: Important and Influential Scottish Venues
Shirley Manson, Lauren Mayberry, Aidan Moffat and KT Tunstall among others tell us about the Scottish venues that have been most important and influential to them Read more »| 20 Jun 2018 -
Music
oOoOO & Islamiq Grrrls – Faminine Mystique
A wilfully disorientating record that’s by turns playful and painfully serious, Faminine Mystique captures and uniquely reframes the digital zeitgeist Read more »| 19 Jun 2018 -
MusicBill Murray, Jan Vogler & Friends @ Festival Theatre, 18 Jun
Bill Murray teams up with three world-class musicians for a gonzo night of music, spoken word and some delightful dicking around on Edinburgh's grand Festival Theatre stage Read more »| 19 Jun 2018 -
TheatreThe Last Ship @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Sting’s musical docks in the Scottish capital, bringing Geordie sunshine before finding a sunset into which to sail, leaving us all the better for the experience Read more »| 19 Jun 2018 -
MusicBen Chatwin – Bow Shock (Track Premiere)
Listen to Ben Chatwin's new single Bow Shock, taken from his upcoming album Staccato Signals Read more »| 19 Jun 2018 -
MusicProtomartyr – Consolation E.P.
Protomartyr's high standard continues on Consolation E.P. proving the Detroit band still have plenty of gas left in the tank following 2017's Relatives in Descent Read more »| 18 Jun 2018
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Comedy
Tim Key @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Megadate is an unmistakably Tim Key show, and unmissable at that Read more »| 18 Jun 2018 -
Music
Onyx Collective – Lower East Suite Part Three
New York jazz troupe Onyx Collective release their debut album, Lower East Suite Part Three and manage to capture contemporary urban discord Read more »| 18 Jun 2018 -
Music
SAY Award Longlist to be revealed at special Glasgow gig
The Scottish Album of the Year longlist will be announced first to music fans at King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut Read more »| 18 Jun 2018 -
Art
Glasgow School of Art & O2 ABC damaged in huge fire
Extensive damage has been reported at both venues in the centre of Glasgow Read more »| 16 Jun 2018 -
Music
Public Image Ltd @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 13 Jun
Just the chance to see John Lydon's confrontational, magnetic presence is enough to warrant the admission; that it all sounds so good is just the icing on the cake Read more »| 15 Jun 2018 -
Music
Future Islands @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 14 Jun
Tonight's show at the Usher Hall proves that Future Islands are a band at the top of their game Read more »| 15 Jun 2018 -
Music
Girls Names – Stains on Silence
If Girls Names relied more on their melodic instincts, Stains on Silence would be their best record yet Read more »| 15 Jun 2018 -
Music
Sweaty Palms – Quit Now (track-by-track)
Glasgow's Sweaty Palms talk us through their debut album Quit Now track-by-track Read more »| 15 Jun 2018 -
Film
Ocean’s 8
Ocean's 8 is an enjoyable all-female spin on an Ocean's movie, but with a cast this stellar you're left wanting more Read more »| 14 Jun 2018