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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MusicScottish New Music Round-up: November 2024
It's a good month for our music scene – there are upcoming albums drawing influence from around the world, and some that get to the very roots of Scottish music Read more »| 31 Oct 2024 -
MusicSpotlight On... racecar
With their fifth single Wolf, out now, and an announcement for album number two due in early 2025, we catch up with Edinburgh-based alt-pop outfit racecar Read more »| 31 Oct 2024 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: November 2024
Belated Halloween festivities, a handful of MCs, and a MF boat party. November’s top club picks include Karenn, DJ Assault, Madam X, and Shakara Read more »| 31 Oct 2024 -
FilmScottish Film Events: November 2024
There are loads more film festivals this month, plus a brilliant season of noir to mark Noirvember and an exhibition celebrating the late, great Derek Jarman Read more »| 31 Oct 2024 -
FilmFirst details of Glasgow Film Festival 2025 revealed
Glasgow Film Festival celebrates its 21st edition next year, and to mark this coming-of-age milestone, the festival will be treating audiences to a free retrospective of fantastic coming-of-age films from across cinema history Read more »| 30 Oct 2024 -
MusicW.H. Lung – Every Inch of Earth Pulsates
Manchester's best-kept secret, W.H. Lung, deliver a visceral, urgent third album in Every Inch of Earth Pulsates Read more »| 29 Oct 2024
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MusicLanny – bliss!! bliss! bliss
On their debut solo record, Lanny rips up the power-pop playbook – bliss!! bliss! bliss is the optimal lo-fi manual for coping in the modern age Read more »| 29 Oct 2024 -
MusicMount Eerie – Night Palace
On Night Palace, Phil Elverum continues to muddy the idea of a musical identity, sounding closer to work he's released as The Microphones Read more »| 29 Oct 2024 -
MusicThe Cure – Songs of a Lost World
Perennial gloomsters The Cure are back to their majestic, melancholy best on Songs of a Lost World, their first album in 16 years Read more »| 29 Oct 2024 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: November 2024
November in Scotland offers a slate of powerful adaptations Read more »| 29 Oct 2024 -
BooksScottish Books Events: November 2024
There's two big literary festivals arriving in Edinburgh this month: Push the Boat Out and the Radical Book Fair. Elsewhere, the likes of Eliza Clark and Hannah Lavery launch new books Read more »| 29 Oct 2024 -
ArtScottish Art Events & Exhibitions: November 2024
There's a diverse set of new festivals, installations and exhibitions taking place across the country in November Read more »| 29 Oct 2024 -
FilmBlitz
Blitz sees Steve McQueen torn between telling a rousing tale of 'Blitz Spirit' and delving into the darker impulses of war-torn Britain Read more »| 29 Oct 2024 -
MusicIron & Wine @ The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 25 Oct
Sam Beam and co. are firing on all cylinders for this exceptional Iron & Wine show in Edinburgh Read more »| 28 Oct 2024 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: November 2024
November brings a trio of mini-festivals, big Scottish shows from Niteworks and Barry Can't Swim, and visits from English Teacher, Confidence Man and Billy Woods Read more »| 28 Oct 2024