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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MusicJ Mahon @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 23 Jan
While a storm rages outside, inside there’s a sense that the lightning which J Mahon brings to the stage needs a few like-minded thunderbolts to take it to the next level Read more »| 26 Jan 2024 -
MusicSpotlight On... naafi
Following the release of their debut single, Magnolia, we catch up with Glasgow DJ and producer naafi Read more »| 25 Jan 2024 -
FilmThe Unheroic Journey: Awards Season's Best Biopics
Narrative fiction has long travelled outwith the rigid story structures set out by Aristotle and Joseph Campbell, but biographical cinema has been slow to catch up. Might this year's crop of biopics be turning the tide? Read more »| 25 Jan 2024 -
FilmGlasgow Film Festival reveals 2024 programme
This year’s GFF opens with much-anticipated new thriller Love Lies Bleeding starring Kristen Stewart, and closes with the world premiere of a new documentary on Glasgow comedian Janey Godley Read more »| 24 Jan 2024 -
MusicRoaming Roots Revue @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 20 Jan
Roddy Hart and friends – complete with orchestral accompaniment – start the new year with a show of Scottish strength at this year's Celtic Connections festival Read more »| 23 Jan 2024 -
MusicOK PAL Records MAP Fundraiser @ Lost In Leith, Edinburgh, 20 Jan
Raising much-needed funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians, OK Pal Records bring a very special night of live music and DJs to Lost In Leith Read more »| 23 Jan 2024
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MusicAlkaline Trio – Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs
Alkaline Trio return with their tenth album. Have they succeeded in reigniting? Or is this just a cold imitation of the AK3 of old? Read more »| 23 Jan 2024 -
MusicCourting – New Last Name
Although Courting embrace noisy new instrumentation on New Last Name, making it fun and energetic, it sadly fails to match the impact and charm of their debut Read more »| 23 Jan 2024 -
FilmAndrew Haigh on All of Us Strangers
All of Us Strangers sees a lonely man embark on a new relationship while inexplicably reconnecting with his long-dead parents. Its director, Andrew Haigh, discusses queer alienation, understanding our parents and the soulfulness of Paul Mescal's eyes Read more »| 23 Jan 2024 -
MusicKaty Kirby – Blue Raspberry
On Blue Raspberry, Katy Kirby is funny, scathing and full of clarity about her personal epiphanies Read more »| 23 Jan 2024 -
TheatreAnimating Scotland: Manipulate Festival 2024
We catch up with Manipulate Arts CEO Dawn Taylor about the festival's unique and ambitious programme Read more »| 23 Jan 2024 -
BooksWelcome to the Club by DJ Paulette
The debut book from DJ Paulette looks back at a storied 30-year career in some of the UK's most legendary clubs Read more »| 23 Jan 2024 -
FilmAll of Us Strangers
Ireland’s most sensitive heartthrobs sizzle in Andrew Haigh’s sad (yet sexy) fantasy tale Read more »| 22 Jan 2024 -
MusicFuture Islands – People Who Aren't There Anymore
Ten years after their breakthrough, Baltimore trio Future Islands continue to balance refinement with ambition Read more »| 22 Jan 2024 -
MusicTy Segall – Three Bells
Prolific garage-nik Ty Segall continues to zig when you expect a zag – Three Bells is packed with tonal shifts and unexpected moments Read more »| 22 Jan 2024