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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MusicSt. Vincent – Masseduction
Annie Clark lets us get closer than ever on the latest St. Vincent album Read more »| 09 Oct 2017 -
BooksDundee Literary Festival: A city on & off the page
With the Dundee Literary Festival now just a whisker away, The Skinny tracked down organiser Peggy Hughes to pick her brains on the programme, the city and the role of literature in today’s modern world Read more »| 09 Oct 2017 -
Music
Tusks – Dissolve
Drawing from a number of influences, Tusks' debut album is imperfect, but that's what debuts are all about Read more »| 09 Oct 2017 -
Music
Mass Datura – Sentimental Meltdown
This is music to escape to – with Sentimental Meltdown, Mass Datura don’t want you to dwell on life’s grievances, but celebrate overcoming them instead Read more »| 09 Oct 2017 -
Music
Jonnie Common @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 7 Oct
Jonnie Common is on top form tonight, rattling off lines with quick-witted precision, and new songs go down just as well as older favourites Read more »| 09 Oct 2017 -
FilmLast Flag Flying
Last Flag Flying sees Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne's ex-marines take to the road for a knockabout comedy that needs more rage Read more »| 09 Oct 2017
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Music
Watch the Tapes: Cassette Store Day 2017 preview
We look ahead to Cassette Store Day 2017 and ask if the cassette format is really making a comeback, and if so, why? Read more »| 06 Oct 2017 -
Books
Dundee Literary Festival 2017: Our highlights
As Dundee Literary Festival announces a typically strong programme, we pick our personal highlights that combine the city's literary history with big name authors such as Graeme Macrae Burnet and Andrew O'Hagan Read more »| 06 Oct 2017 -
Music
Ghostpoet on Dark Days + Canapés
We speak to Obaro Ejimiwe, aka Ghostpoet, about his latest record Dark Days + Canapés Read more »| 06 Oct 2017 -
Film
The Party
Sally Potter's dark chamber piece about a dinner party from hell doesn't outstay its welcome, unlike the party's guests Read more »| 06 Oct 2017 -
FilmThe Howling
Joe Dante's slyly subversive werewolf adventure comes to Blu-ray for the first time Read more »| 06 Oct 2017 -
Books
Abandon by Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay
At points Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay's new novel is remarkably effective, but at times its style feels overly laboured Read more »| 06 Oct 2017 -
Books
The Last Man in Europe by Dennis Glover
An insightful but sometimes oversimplified look at the writing of 1984. Read more »| 06 Oct 2017 -
Music
Tim Hecker @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 4 Oct
Tonight's show doesn't reach the sonic assault we might have expected, but Tim Hecker's deep sonic layers offer an at-times transcendental experience Read more »| 06 Oct 2017 -
Comedy
Sofie Hagen on Anger and Including the Excluded
Ahead of her tour arriving at Citizen's Theatre, Sofie Hagen discusses her psychopathic step-grandfather, Made of Human podcast and social media trolls Read more »| 06 Oct 2017