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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Music
Jamie Sutherland – Falling Down (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for Falling Down, the new single from Broken Records' Jamie Sutherland Read more »| 06 Dec 2018 -
Film
The Old Man & the Gun
Robert Redford stars as an elderly bank robber who refuses to retire in David Lowery's delightful The Old Man & the Gun Read more »| 06 Dec 2018 -
Art
Jonas Staal @ CCA Glasgow
Jonas Staal provides a timely and appropriately sombre take on the excesses of Brexit Read more »| 05 Dec 2018 -
Books
Exposure by Olivia Sudjic
Giving insight into mental health and modern anxieties, Olivia Sudjic's Exposure is a fascinating peek into the artist’s private rooms Read more »| 05 Dec 2018 -
Music
The Skinny's Top 50 Albums of 2018
After another barnstorming year for new music, our dedicated music team have selected their favourite 50 albums of the year Read more »| 05 Dec 2018 -
Music
Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert – Ghost Stories for Christmas
Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert enter the festive fray on formidable form with a sobering and intoxicating Christmas album Read more »| 05 Dec 2018
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Music
Eurosonic Noorderslag 2019 announces final line-up
Joining Free Love, Pip Blom, Boy Azooga and Flohio, the final 20 acts for the 2019 edition of The Netherland's Eurosonic Noorderslag festival have been announced Read more »| 04 Dec 2018 -
Music
Unknown Mortal Orchestra @ SWG3, Glasgow, 26 Nov
Unknown Mortal Orchestra's vibrant set at SWG3 sees the band go Super Saiyan, for better and worse Read more »| 04 Dec 2018 -
Music
Gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 4-10 Dec
As December gets well and truly underway, Christmas parties are starting to take place across the country with festive gigs this week in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen Read more »| 04 Dec 2018 -
Theatre
Life is a Dream @ Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Rambert's re-imagining of a 400 year-old play blurs themes of fantasy and reality, but ultimately lacks empathy. Read more »| 04 Dec 2018 -
Clubs
Slam on their experimental new album Athenæum 101
We speak to Stuart McMillan – one half of Glasgow techno mainstays Slam – about the duo's new experimental album, Athenæum 101 Read more »| 04 Dec 2018 -
Music
Julia Jacklin @ YES, Manchester, 28 Nov
Sydney's premier purveyor of lovelorn confessionals plays a low-key basement show as she gears up for a huge 2019 Read more »| 04 Dec 2018 -
Music
Jacuzzi General – Dreams of the Tropics EP
While there may be a few seemingly unpolished moments, Jacuzzi General’s first EP is immediately engaging, a kaleidoscopic voyage into multi-faceted electronica that’s both relaxing and danceable Read more »| 04 Dec 2018 -
Music
Indi – Precipice
Precipice is an impressive foundation for an artist seemingly unafraid to try to break her own musical boundaries Read more »| 04 Dec 2018 -
Art
Local Heroes: A Very Contemporary Christmas
The concept for A Very Contemporary Christmas is very simple. Best friends Jenny Hazel and Stacey Hunter drew up a wish list of what they’d like for Christmas and turned it into a shop Read more »| 04 Dec 2018