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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MusicSpring gig highlights with Skiddle
Get ready for a spring packed with great gigs, clubs and festivals across Scotland with our guide to some of the hottest tickets around, presented by Skiddle Read more »| 24 Jan 2018 -
FilmOscar nominations: many good decisions and a few bad ones
The nominations are in for this year’s Oscars, and it’s a pretty progressive lineup, suggesting campaigns like #MeToo and #OscarSoWhite might be at last dragging Academy voters into the 21st century Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
MusicTy Segall – Freedom's Goblin
Freedom's Goblin is a sprawling 19 track, 75 minute opus jam-packed with all manner of sonic exploration Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
MusicDream Wife – Dream Wife
Dream Wife's self-titled debut album perfectly captures their live energy, packed with punk thrashers and pop gems Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
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Hollie Cook – Vessel of Love
Vessel of Love is more ethereal, more dreamy, and more hazy than anything Hollie Cook has written before – there's a hidden depth to her breezy pop that will stay with listeners for days Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
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Stick in the Wheel – Follow Them True
Follow Them True isn't a record that allows you to get comfortable, it's always trying new things, trying to wake you from your lethargy as a listener Read more »| 23 Jan 2018
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MusicKhruangbin – Con Todo el Mundo
Con Todo el Mundo is a celebration of what shared creativity and influence can bring – something the world needs a bit more of these days Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
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No Age – Snares Like a Haircut
A quick, understated collection of pop songs, the latest No Age album Snares Like a Haircut is inventive without deviating from the band’s formula Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
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NADINE – oh my
oh my occasionally teeters close to being background music, but diligence can uncover some sparkling laid-back gems Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
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Nightmares on Wax – Shape the Future
As ever with Nightmares on Wax, George Evelyn melds past and present with enviable fluidity, finding a universality that’s inclusive rather than generic Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
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Scottish Music Highlights: 23-29 Jan
Album launches from LYLO and The Spook School, more Celtic Connections fun and a folky celebration of Robert Burns feature in this week's gig round-up Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
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LYLO – Post Era
With their second album, Glasgow's LYLO seem set to usher in a new direction for the city's indie bands Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
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Carla J Easton – Lights in the Dark (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video from Carla J Easton (TeenCanteen / Ette), taken from her new solo album Read more »| 23 Jan 2018 -
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Django Django – Marble Skies
On their third album, Django Django stick to their genre-blurring formula with mixed results Read more »| 22 Jan 2018 -
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Rachel Maclean’s new film takes on gender equality
Part horror, part comedy, the inventive artist’s latest video work marks 100 years since women were first given the right to vote in the United Kingdom Read more »| 22 Jan 2018