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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Music
Fickle Friends – Are We Gonna Be Alright?
The Brighton band’s second LP is a retro rewind to a party you won’t want to forget Read more »| 11 Jan 2022 -
Music
VLURE – Euphoria
VLURE embrace a more electronic sound on their debut EP Euphoria, and it presents an interesting new direction for the Glasgow-based five-piece Read more »| 11 Jan 2022 -
Books
In the Seeing Hands of Others by Nat Ogle
Nat Ogle's startlingly original debut is an extremely compelling, genre-bending read Read more »| 11 Jan 2022 -
Books
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
To Paradise is a symphony of a novel whose parts come together to form an fractured portrait of America's past, present and future Read more »| 10 Jan 2022 -
Music
Blood Red Shoes – Ghosts On Tape
Ever the musical misfits, Blood Red Shoes’ righteous spirit remains, even if their sound is a shape-shifting entity Read more »| 10 Jan 2022 -
Music
Bonobo – Fragments
Bonobo cranks up the club beats in his latest foray into wistful, cathartic electronica Read more »| 10 Jan 2022
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Music
Scottish New Music Round-up: January 2022
January can often be a barren wasteland in terms of releases, but there’s new music this month from Niteworks, Goodnight Louisa, Kathryn Joseph and more Read more »| 07 Jan 2022 -
Theatre
Scottish Theatre Highlights: January 2022
Some delayed delights from touring productions of Book of Mormon and Waitress, and the return of Manipulate Festival, feature in January's theatre picks Read more »| 06 Jan 2022 -
Books
Scottish Poetry News: January 2022
Prizes, writing courses, live events and new releases all feature in 2022's first poetry and spoken word round-up Read more »| 05 Jan 2022 -
Clubs
Scottish Clubbing Highlights: January 2022
Brighten up those January blues with big headline shows from Caribou and Ross From Friends, and Central EH1 becomes the latest addition to Edinburgh's club scene... Read more »| 05 Jan 2022 -
Art
Rae-Yen Song on family, memory, and creating a whole world at DCA
Glasgow-based artist Rae-Yen Song's first solo exhibition is now on at Dundee Contemporary Arts. Here, the artist shares some insights into making this new body of work, which is rich with symbolism and well-crafted surprising details Read more »| 05 Jan 2022 -
Film
Scottish Film Events: January 2022
Filmhouse kicks off the new year with a huge François Truffaut season while we pray to the movie gods that cinemas stay open so we can catch the likes of Licorice Pizza and Parallel Mothers on the big screen Read more »| 05 Jan 2022 -
Film
The making of one-shot restaurant thriller Boiling Point
Actor Philip Barantini makes a splash behind the camera with the breakneck restaurant thriller Boiling Point, which was filmed in one shot in a real London eatery. He discusses the tension of the long take and trying to complete the film before lockdown Read more »| 05 Jan 2022 -
Clubs
Scottish clubbers' favourite dancefloor moments
With submissions to the V&A Dundee's digital Scottish clubbing archive, Everyone in the Club, closing this month, we’ve picked out a handful of clubbers’ memories from dancefloors across Scotland Read more »| 05 Jan 2022 -
Books
Refractive Africa by Will Alexander
Refractive Africa is a bold and dazzling culmination of Will Alexander's thinking Read more »| 05 Jan 2022