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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MusicBeth Rowley @ The Mash House, Edinburgh, 1 Sep
A transcendent pair of acts – Beth Rowley and Eliza Shaddad – at The Mash House tonight captivate the crowd with swaggering soulful splendour Read more »| 04 Sep 2018 -
Music
Camp Cope @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 31 Aug
Melbourne's Camp Cope play to a sell-out crowd at Manchester's Soup Kitchen tonight, challenging sexism in the music scene and encouraging singalongs galore Read more »| 04 Sep 2018 -
FilmThe Best Film Events in Scotland this September
The ten big screen movie happenings you should make time for this month, from Take One Action! and Glasgow Youth Film Festival to the various goings on of Scalarama Read more »| 04 Sep 2018 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: September 2018
A bumper crop of club nights and a pair of late-in-the-year festivals feature in this month's clubs round-up Read more »| 04 Sep 2018 -
Music
Death Grips @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 31 Aug
When Death Grips are on, they're on; whatever they feel like doing on a given night will always be worth your time Read more »| 04 Sep 2018 -
FilmDesiree Akhavan on The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Female sexuality and desire is at the centre of Desiree Akhavan's The Miseducation of Cameron Post. We speak to the Appropriate Behaviour director about her sharp and witty second feature Read more »| 04 Sep 2018
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Film
Irvine Welsh on his Filmhouse House Guest season
Ahead of his House Guest season at Filmhouse, we pick the brains of Irvine Welsh to discover why he chose the six films he's screening at the Edinburgh cinema and how film has influenced his writing Read more »| 04 Sep 2018 -
Music
Kendrick Lamar @ Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, 29 Aug
Kendrick Lamar dazzles tonight's Summer Sessions crowd at Bellahouston Park with a slick, high-energy performance that shows off his extensive back catalogue of now classic hip-hop hits Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Clubs
Terminal V add Amelie Lens and Eclair Fifi to Halloween party
Nightvision’s huge all-dayer at Ingliston adds two more big names to a jam-packed line-up Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Film
Crazy Rich Asians
This meet-the-parents rom-com is brimming over with charm although its portrait of wealth could be a tad more complex Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Music
Mothers – Render Another Ugly Method
The second album from Kristine Leschper’s Atlanta outfit Mothers, Render Another Ugly Method reaffirms the band’s talent for making the familiar sound so strange Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
FilmA guide to Scottish DIY film nights
How DIY film nights and community film clubs are enlivening Scotland’s film scene Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Music
Niteworks @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 26 Aug
Scottish electronic/Celtic hybrid group Niteworks celebrate the release of their second album, Air Fàir an Là, with a Highland Fling in the capital Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Clubs
Maribou State on Kingdoms in Colour
Chris Davids and Liam Ivory of English electronic duo Maribou State explain how collaborating with Khruangbin, and plenty of time spent on the road helped shape their optimistic new album Kingdoms In Colour Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Music
Island Records: Pictish Trail on Lost Map and Visitations
As Eigg-based label Lost Map Records get ready to celebrate their fifth birthday, we chat with label founder and director Johnny Lynch about their new Visitations project Read more »| 03 Sep 2018