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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BooksHellSans by Ever Dundas
The dark dystopian science fiction makes a fully immersive world, and confirms Ever Dundas as a writer to treasure Read more »| 03 Oct 2022 -
MusicGilla Band – Most Normal
Gilla Band are in experimental mood on new album Most Normal, with an overwhelmingly high hit rate Read more »| 03 Oct 2022 -
FilmAfter Blue (Dirty Paradise)
Bertrand Mandico's queer psychedelic space oddity imagines a post-apocalyptic world with no men, where a teenager has one mission: kill Kate Bush Read more »| 03 Oct 2022 -
MusicAlvvays – Blue Rev
Alvvays return with Blue Rev, their first new album for five years, and in a strangely radical way, it simply meets our ethereal shoegaze expectations Read more »| 03 Oct 2022 -
BooksHeather Parry on Orpheus Builds a Girl
Glasgow-based writer and editor Heather Parry introduces Orpheus Builds a Girl, her hotly-anticipated debut, a chilling story of deranged infatuation, medical abuse, coercion and power Read more »| 03 Oct 2022 -
MusicArmy of Me: The sonic evolution of Björk
As Björk releases Fossora, her tenth studio album, we take a look across her back catalogue and celebrate the ever-evolving, ever-shapeshifting Icelandic artist Read more »| 30 Sep 2022
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MusicShygirl – Nymph
On her debut album Nymph, Shygirl has created an entire genre of her own Read more »| 30 Sep 2022 -
MusicSpotlight On... The Little Kicks
We shine a spotlight on Aberdeen's The Little Kicks to find out more about their new album People Need Love, and bring you a first listen ahead of its release Read more »| 29 Sep 2022 -
FilmLooking Violence in the Eye: Icíar Bollaín on Maixabel
As Maixabel – Icíar Bollaín's drama about a victim of terrorism – opens Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival, we talk to the director about delegitimising violence, and second chances Read more »| 29 Sep 2022 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: October 2022
October's clubs round-up includes Pop Mutations festival in Glasgow, Sneaky Pete's Fruitmarket residency, and big nights with Jamz Supernova, Juliana Huxtable and more Read more »| 28 Sep 2022 -
MusicSoccer Mommy @ QMU, Glasgow, 24 Sep
A mixture of technical problems and an all-round lethargy means that Soccer Mommy's excellent new album struggles to make the transition to the stage Read more »| 27 Sep 2022 -
TheatreThe Maggie Wall @ Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Blythe Jandoo is consistently compelling in The Maggie Wall, a new monologue which tells the story of a woman burned at the stake in Perthshire in the 1600s Read more »| 27 Sep 2022 -
MusicPixies – Doggerel
Pixies build upon their core sound with poise and plenty of grit on new album Doggerel Read more »| 26 Sep 2022 -
MusicYeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down
New York art-rockers Yeah Yeah Yeahs return with hints of what makes them so formidable, but it feels like there's something missing Read more »| 26 Sep 2022 -
BooksSpaceships Over Glasgow by Stuart Braithwaite
A natural, and often painfully honest, autobiography, Stuart Braithwaite tells of his riotous journey with Mogwai, including all the emotional bumps in the road Read more »| 26 Sep 2022