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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MusicSons of Kemet – Black to the Future
Shabaka Hutchings and Sons of Kemet return with Black to the Future, the group's best work to date Read more »| 10 May 2021 -
Tv RadioMark Millar on Jupiter's Legacy, Millarworld & Netflix
Mark Millar sold his Glasgow-based comic book empire Millarworld to Netflix in 2017 – and he couldn't be more chuffed about it. We speak to him ahead of the release of the first Millarworld/Netflix production, Jupiter's Legacy Read more »| 07 May 2021 -
BooksBefore the Ruins by Victoria Gosling
Victoria Gosling's accomplished prose and well-rounded characters allow Before the Ruins to hold the attention until its final pages Read more »| 07 May 2021 -
MusicScottish new music round-up: May 2021
With A LOT coming out this month, we've done our best to highlight some of the new stuff we're most excited about, including Carla J. Easton and Simon Liddell of Frightened Rabbit's glorious new project Poster Paints Read more »| 05 May 2021 -
MusicEdinburgh's Buffet Lunch on The Power of Rocks
We meet Buffet Lunch to blether about their debut album The Power of Rocks, the influence of characters on their writing, and the band’s jovial nature Read more »| 05 May 2021 -
BooksMilk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz
In Dantiel W Moniz's new short story collection, the emotional and existential don't transcend the primal; instead they are found deep within it Read more »| 05 May 2021
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BooksTeeth in the Back of My Neck by Monika Radojevic
An assertive and enthralling debut collection of poems by the winner of Merky Books' New Writers Prize, combining arresting imagery with gut-punching honesty Read more »| 05 May 2021 -
FilmBack to Black: A look ahead to Scottish cinemas reopening
As cinemas across Scotland prepare to return, we speak to three of the country's best independent cinemas to find out how they've been weathering the COVID storm and what they're most looking forward to screening once they reopen Read more »| 03 May 2021 -
Books100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell
Brontez Purnell brings dizzying neon flashes of his life to the page in this new collection from Cipher Press Read more »| 03 May 2021 -
ClubsNight Fever: V&A Dundee's Scottish clubbing exhibition
Clubs may still remain closed across the UK, but a new exhibition exploring the history of Scotland's club culture reopens the V&A Dundee this month. We meet some of the people behind the clubs and club nights that have shaped Scotland's club scene Read more »| 03 May 2021 -
MusicSquid – Bright Green Field
If Squid are the guitar boys' buzz band of the moment, some are going to get a little more than they bargained for on their debut LP Read more »| 03 May 2021 -
ArtWho Is The Cultural Worker? Art, work, and change
As museums and galleries begin to open their doors again, and with complaints that funding is tighter than ever, where does that leave the cultural workers who were already in precarious situations before the pandemic? Read more »| 30 Apr 2021 -
BooksThe Coming Bad Days by Sarah Bernstein
In unpicking the education industry’s systemic violence and neglect, Sarah Bernstein has crafted one of the most authentic university novels of recent years Read more »| 30 Apr 2021 -
MusicKUČKA – Wrestling
KUČKA's long-awaited first album is an incredibly accomplished expression of her experimental electronic sound Read more »| 28 Apr 2021 -
MusicTeenage Fanclub – Endless Arcade
On Endless Arcade, Teenage Fanclub sound refreshed, renewed and remarkably like themselves Read more »| 28 Apr 2021