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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MusicBuke and Gase – Scholars
While there are some decent enough ideas to be enjoyed on Buke and Gase's latest studio album, it's ultimately a rather flat listen that doesn't challenge anywhere near enough as it should Read more »| 17 Jan 2019 -
MusicOK Button – Flesh & Blood (Video Premiere)
Written and directed by Scottish BAFTA award winner Tim Courtney, watch the video for Flesh & Blood, the latest single from OK Button Read more »| 17 Jan 2019 -
FilmWatch the first trailer for the Robert Pattinson-starring High Life
The great Claire Denis ventures into sci-fi with this space-bound film starring Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche and Mia Goth Read more »| 16 Jan 2019 -
MusicSubjective – Act One: Music For Inanimate Objects
Subjective sees DJ Goldie and producer James Davidson slow it right down on their first collaborative album Read more »| 16 Jan 2019 -
MusicThe 1975 @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 12 Jan
The 1975 follow up their career-defining third album, A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, with an equally ambitious live show, and it's a complete spectacle Read more »| 16 Jan 2019 -
MusicLost Under Heaven – Love Hates What You Become
With their sophomore record, LUH deliver consistently haunting instrumental melodies and deeply impassioned lyrics that serve as an opulent tonic to the cultural apathy they rebel against Read more »| 16 Jan 2019
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FilmBill Murray reunites with his Lost in Translation director Sofia Coppola
Fifteen years after the brilliant bittersweet drama Lost in Translation, Bill Murray and Sofia Coppola will work together on a new movie, called On the Rocks Read more »| 16 Jan 2019 -
FilmJason Reitman directing a Ghostbusters Sequel
Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Bill Murray could be back to vanquish ghosts in this second sequel to the original and much-loved 1984 comedy Read more »| 16 Jan 2019 -
Clubs
Courtesy on Kulør, fast techno, and her 2019 plans
As the 'fast techno' scene in Copenhagen continues to gather speed, we catch up with Najaaraq Vestbirk AKA Courtesy, the DJ/producer who is leading the charge Read more »| 16 Jan 2019 -
Music
The Twilight Sad's James Graham on Scott Hutchison and It Won/t Be Like This All the Time
As they prepare to release their fifth studio album, It Won/t Be Like This All the Time, The Twilight Sad’s James Graham talks to The Skinny about one of the band’s most tumultuous and eventful years yet Read more »| 16 Jan 2019 -
MusicGigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 15-21 Jan
The Wave Pictures, The Spook School, Rozi Plain and more play across the central belt this week as Celtic Connections kicks off in Glasgow Read more »| 15 Jan 2019 -
FilmBeautiful Boy
Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet are both outstanding in this profoundly moving story of a young man dealing with addiction Read more »| 15 Jan 2019 -
FilmPeter Parker visits Europe in the first Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer
See New Yorker Spider-Man out of his element fighting Jake Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio in Venice and London Read more »| 15 Jan 2019 -
Music
Bossy Love – Whiplash EP
Whiplash is unabashedly optimistic and feel-good, but the individual songs frequently feel stitched together. Regardless, Bossy Love's debut EP offers a lot of promise Read more »| 15 Jan 2019 -
Music
Sharon Van Etten – Remind Me Tomorrow
Exploring more electronic sounds and upbeat melodies on her latest album, Remind Me Tomorrow, Sharon Van Etten sounds more hopeful than ever Read more »| 15 Jan 2019