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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BooksWorld Book Day: Our favourite books of the year
To celebrate World Book Day, we celebrate some of the best books we've read (or re-read) over the past year, from modern greats to prescient classics Read more »| 01 Mar 2018 -
MusicBearcubs – Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet is a superb headtrip, with every snare and synth laboured over but if you spend enough time submerged in it, the edges sadly start to blur Read more »| 01 Mar 2018 -
Books
Revolutionary Reading: The World of Book Clubs
Can a book club be a radical space? To celebrate World Book Day we talk to a number of book clubs around Glasgow and Edinburgh to discuss the importance of coming together to discuss stories in all their forms Read more »| 01 Mar 2018 -
FilmWestern
Eastern Europe meets west in this simmering, slow-burn drama from German filmmaker Valeska Grisebach Read more »| 28 Feb 2018 -
FilmArcadia
Scottish filmmaker Paul Wright raids the BFI archives to create a dreamy study of rural life that's both nostalgic and nightmarish Read more »| 28 Feb 2018 -
Music
Buffalo Tom – Quiet and Peace
Quiet and Peace isn't a bad record, it's just one of those albums that makes you realise that the world moves on Read more »| 28 Feb 2018
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MusicTracey Thorn – Record
Everything but the Girl's Tracey Thorn gives us "nine feminist bangers" on her latest solo album Record Read more »| 28 Feb 2018 -
Music
Embrace – Love is a Basic Need
With too many attempts at hitting the biggest of big ballad highs, Love is a Basic Need buckles under the weight of its own ambition too many times Read more »| 28 Feb 2018 -
Books
Katie Kitamura on A Separation
Katie Kitamura’s A Separation was one of the most finely tuned novels of 2017 – smart, stylish, tragic, human – and publishes in paperback on World Book Day. She reflects on tackling the personal and political, in the shadow of Trump and Brexit Read more »| 28 Feb 2018 -
Music
The Men – Drift
Drift sees The Men return to Sacred Bones and higher production values, but in their typically skittish style can't see them settle on one particular style or genre Read more »| 28 Feb 2018 -
Clubs
Peggy Gou on Berlin, Korea, Scotland and her new EP
Is there currently a DJ on the circuit more beloved than Peggy Gou? With upcoming shows at Nightvision's Terminal V Festival and Glasgow's SWG3, and a fresh new EP under her belt, we speak to the South Korean talent who has won over the world Read more »| 28 Feb 2018 -
Music
Suuns – Felt
The Canadian band’s fourth effort showcases the continuing maturation of their sound Read more »| 28 Feb 2018 -
Music
Titus Andronicus – A Productive Cough
Almost every song on Titus Andronicus' new album overstays its welcome, leaving us longing for the 60s and 70s greats replicated here Read more »| 28 Feb 2018 -
Film
Submergence
James McAvoy and Alicia Vikander star in Wim Wenders' beautiful but shallow adaptation of JM Ledgard's novel Read more »| 28 Feb 2018 -
Music
The Herbaliser – Bring Out the Sound
After a five year hiatus, The Herbaliser have returned to the limelight with their newest addition to UK hip hop Read more »| 28 Feb 2018