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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MusicGods of Rap @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 12 May
Despite a quantity over quality approach, Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy and De La Soul offer enough genuine delights in Gods of Rap to prove that all hope isn't lost just yet Read more »| 15 May 2019 -
MusicThe National – I Am Easy to Find
The indie stalwarts' eighth full-length is a thrillingly ambitious, deeply collaborative game-changer Read more »| 15 May 2019 -
ClubsGrahame Ward on La Cheetah, Room 2 & Riverside Festival
As Glasgow's La Cheetah Club celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, the club’s booker, programmer and resident DJ Grahame Ward (aka Wardy) discusses the venue's ongoing success Read more »| 15 May 2019 -
MusicSouthern Exposure: Pictish Trail chats to Bossy Love
Ahead of this year's Southern Exposure festival at Summerhall, Lost Map Records label boss Johnny Lynch (aka Pictish Trail) sits down for a chat with Bossy Love Read more »| 15 May 2019 -
TheatreThe Red Lion @ The Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh
The Red Lion – Patrick Marber's portrait of football champions – depicts a swindler, a nostalgic fool and a talented hopeful, revealing that every hero has an inner antagonist Read more »| 15 May 2019 -
MusicDigitalanalogue – Spiel Protokoll (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Spiel Protokoll by Digitalanalogue, the solo electronic side project of Broken Records' Ian Turnbull Read more »| 15 May 2019
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Tv RadioBlack Mirror season five trailer and date announced
Charlie Brooker's technophobic Black Mirror returns with episodes centred around Miley Cyrus, Anthony Mackie and Andrew Scott Read more »| 15 May 2019 -
MusicInterpol – A Fine Mess EP
Interpol's new EP might be their strongest post-hiatus release yet Read more »| 14 May 2019 -
MusicFat White Family @ SWG3, Glasgow, 7 May
How do you fix a reputation after it almost kills your band, stone dead? For garage rock hell-raisers Fat White Family, it’s by going mostly – and spectacularly – disco Read more »| 14 May 2019 -
FilmToo Late to Die Young
Dominga Sotomayor's semi-autobiographical Too Late to Die Young follows a 16-year-old who's beginning a new life with her family at a secluded commune Read more »| 14 May 2019 -
MusicBroken Chanter – Wholesale (Video Premiere)
Watch the music video for Wholesale, the new single from Broken Chanter – the new project from Kid Canaveral’s David MacGregor Read more »| 14 May 2019 -
ComedyBill Bailey returns with new show Larks in Transit
Best known for his often otherworldly humour, being a wildlife-obsessed ex-team captain on Never Mind the Buzzcocks and as hapless shop assistant Manny in Black Books, Bill Bailey is back on stage for his latest UK-wide tour Larks in Transit Read more »| 14 May 2019 -
MusicThe Skinny on EH-FM: Show Nine (Listen Again)
Flying Lotus, Courtney Barnett, Kelly Lee Owens, Crack Cloud, Georgia, Oh Sees and Holly Herndon all feature on our latest show on EH-FM – listen back Read more »| 13 May 2019 -
ArtDomestic Bliss @ Gallery of Modern Art
Gallery of Modern Art deconstructs home life in Domestic Bliss, a huge group show from the Glasgow public collections Read more »| 13 May 2019 -
MusicThe Case for a Queer and Radical Eurovision
With 2019's Eurovision Song Contest within touching distance, we make a case for a queer and radical Eurovision Read more »| 13 May 2019