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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MusicHot Chip – Freakout/Release
Front-loaded with fun, Freakout/Release sets expectations high but doesn't quite deliver Read more »| 15 Aug 2022 -
MusicPush and Pull: Arooj Aftab interview
Ahead of her show at the Edinburgh International Festival this August, we catch up with Brooklyn-based Pakistani musician Arooj Aftab Read more »| 15 Aug 2022 -
FilmOfficial Competition
An out-of-touch investor hires an eccentric director and two mismatched actors to adapt a book he hasn't read. Hilarity ensues Read more »| 13 Aug 2022 -
FilmScotland on Screen: Alan Cumming and Jono McLeod on My Old School
Jono McLeod's My Old School takes us back to the 90s for the stranger-than-fiction story of how Bearsden Academy student Brandon Lee became the most notorious schoolboy in Britain. Alan Cumming lip-syncs to Lee's testimony Read more »| 12 Aug 2022 -
BooksPoets Win Prizes: The 2022 Edwin Morgan Poetry Award
The Edwin Morgan Poetry Award, a cornerstone for discovering and supporting emerging poetry talent, will be announced at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival Read more »| 12 Aug 2022 -
MusicMichael Kiwanuka @ Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, 8 Aug
Michael Kiwanuka opens this year's Edinburgh Summer Sessions series in Princes Street Gardens with a sincere and heartfelt performance Read more »| 11 Aug 2022
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MusicSpotlight On... Pitch
We catch up with Pitch - Scotland's conference for hip-hop and underground culture set to take place in Glasgow on 27 August - to find out more Read more »| 11 Aug 2022 -
ArtPicnics: perfectly portable design
Local Heroes returns to V&A Dundee with more joyful design commissions as part of Daytrippers! The project supports designers by commissioning limited edition, collectable design products Read more »| 11 Aug 2022 -
BooksLola Olufemi on Experiments in Imagining Otherwise
London-based acedemic and writer Lola Olufemi's work spans interdisciplinary research, curation, and a deep commitment to community organising and political action Read more »| 11 Aug 2022 -
MusicThe Spree festival returns to Paisley this September
Paisley's music and comedy festival The Spree returns for its tenth outing this September to the iconic Spiegeltent – we take a closer look at its programme Read more »| 10 Aug 2022 -
MusicHerbie Hancock @ Edinburgh Playhouse (EIF), 7 Aug
Herbie Hancock brings transcendental joy, with a potent mix of jazz and funk, to the opening night of Edinburgh International Festival's contemporary music programme Read more »| 10 Aug 2022 -
MusicJungle @ Junction 1, Glasgow, 6 Aug
Connoisseurs of electronic funk Jungle bring the party to Glasgow's latest outdoor venue, Junction 1 Read more »| 09 Aug 2022 -
FilmCooking With Gas: Peter Strickland on Flux Gourmet
Avant-garde sonic caterers? Nipple-twisting kinks? The melancholy of flatulence? You'll find all and more in Flux Gourmet from Peter Strickland, one of the most visionary voices in British cinema Read more »| 09 Aug 2022 -
FilmEIFF 2022: Amanda Kramer interview
Amanda Kramer brings not one but two jaw-dropping films to EIFF this year, Please Baby Please and Give Me Pity! She talks to us about embracing theatricality, bringing an art school cool back to cinema and the iconic awesomeness of Terminator 2 Read more »| 09 Aug 2022 -
FilmEdinburgh Film Festival 2022: 15 Must-See Films
Of course, we recommend you make it opener Aftersun and closer After Yang, although tickets are currently like gold dust. Here are 15 other must-see titles from EIFF's programme Read more »| 09 Aug 2022