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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MusicMesadorm – Epicadus
Bristol band Mesadorm's second LP is an acoustic take on their debut Heterogaster, and one to check out if you want to experience it from a new perspective Read more »| 17 Apr 2019 -
MusicCage the Elephant – Social Cues
Cage the Elephant’s Social Cues shows that the band can still reach for new sounds while continuing to thump out radio-friendly hits Read more »| 17 Apr 2019 -
MusicFontaines D.C. @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 14 Apr
Fontaines D.C. leave a thoroughly sold-out King Tut's audience singing their praises in the streets Read more »| 17 Apr 2019 -
MusicPAWS – Your Church On My Bonfire
Phillip Taylor proves his mettle as a great songwriter on PAWS' new album Your Church On My Bonfire, but it's somewhat distracting how similar it feels to a Frightened Rabbit record Read more »| 17 Apr 2019 -
Theatredressed. @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
A hit of the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, dressed. is undeniable in its potency Read more »| 16 Apr 2019 -
TheatreDrone @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Harry Josephine Giles' new piece Drone is sad, funny, beautiful and relatable Read more »| 16 Apr 2019
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TheatreA Critic's Guide to Cheap Theatre Tickets
We all know that theatre tickets are too expensive, so how do you see shows for less? Here's a quick guide Read more »| 16 Apr 2019 -
MusicFuture Blues: Stealing Sheep on Big Wows
After years of multi-disciplinary dabbling, Liverpool’s genre-defying electronic experimentalists Stealing Sheep return to take on the technology age Read more »| 16 Apr 2019 -
MusicFaith Eliott – Impossible Bodies
Faith Eliott's debut album Impossible Bodies is a modern kind of bestiary, one whose often splendidly poetic images can also paint intimate portraits of human experience Read more »| 16 Apr 2019 -
Tv RadioGame of Thrones: Series 8 Episode 1
As global phenomenon Game of Thrones returns for its final season, its opening episode eschews (on-screen) battles and bloodshed for personal drama and reckonings Read more »| 16 Apr 2019 -
MusicFontaines D.C. – Dogrel
Fontaines D.C.'s debut album Dogrel feels overwhelming and tender, caustic and soothing, an articulate blast of working class rage Read more »| 16 Apr 2019 -
MusicGZA @ SWG3, Glasgow, 11 Apr
GZA performs Liquid Swords, but as one of the more introspective members of Wu-Tang Clan, his apparent indifference to performing gives the whole show a disappointingly flat atmosphere Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
MusicDrugdealer – Raw Honey
Drugdealer's Raw Honey is a collection of authentic songs about self-discovery and understanding, is a force to be reckoned with and a real triumph Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
MusicThe Skinny on EH-FM: Show Five (Listen Again)
Listen back to our fifth show on EH-FM, with top music from the likes of Faith Eliott, Aldous Harding, Steve Lacy, Pigs x7, an Easter weekend clubbing special and Song, by Toad news Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
ArtEdinburgh's Stills gallery at risk over council's rent increases
The future of Edinburgh gallery Stills – one of the UK's most vital photographic galleries – is in doubt after an exorbitant rent rise Read more »| 15 Apr 2019