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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FilmScottish road movie Moon Dogs gets first trailer
Check out the trailer for Moon Dogs, the Scottish road movie following a trip from Shetland to Glasgow Read more »| 04 Aug 2017 -
MusicUnder the Influence: Thumpasaurus
Ahead of their shows at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, funk five-piece Thumpasaurus share ten of the albums that have influenced their style Read more »| 04 Aug 2017 -
ComedyAlan Partridge will return to BBC as "voice of Brexit"
At last, something good has come out of Brexit: Alan Partridge is returning to telly Read more »| 04 Aug 2017 -
Music
Downtown Boys – Cost of Living
Some music has a mission to shake you awake. With the righteous thrash and playful bilingual polemic of 2015’s Full Communism, Providence’s Downt... Read more »| 04 Aug 2017 -
Film
Seven great space operas
In preparation for the release of Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, we look back at the best films from that most outlandish of sub-genres: the space opera Read more »| 04 Aug 2017 -
Music
Konx-Om-Pax on music, art, and new EP Refresher
We speak to Tom Scholefield, aka Konx-Om-Pax, in light of his recent shortlisting for the SAY Award and in anticipation of his new EP, Refresher Read more »| 04 Aug 2017
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Books
Let Us Be True by Alex Christofi
Love, loneliness and existential angst in post-war Europe. Read more »| 03 Aug 2017 -
Music
Pinact on The Part That No One Knows
We meet up with Glasgow three-piece Pinact for a Saturday afternoon pint in Sauchiehall's Nice 'N' Sleazy to chat about their latest album, The Part That No One Knows Read more »| 03 Aug 2017 -
Music
Björk says her “new album is coming out very soon”
The Icelandic pop icon lets the world know her ninth album will be with us soon via a handwritten note Read more »| 03 Aug 2017 -
Film
Jennifer Lawrence gets spooked in Darren Aronofsky’s mother!
The Wrestler director’s new film is clouded in secrecy – and all we can glean from the first trailer is it looks mighty scary Read more »| 02 Aug 2017 -
Film
Patti Smith writes tribute to her “buddy” Sam Shepard
Patti Smith has written a moving recollection of her friendship with Sam Shepard, the brilliant playwright and actor, who recently passed away Read more »| 02 Aug 2017 -
Film
First look at gay romance Call Me by Your Name
Luca Guadagnino’s much-anticipated new film starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet gets its first trailer Read more »| 02 Aug 2017 -
MusicKate Nash @ The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 1 Aug
Nostalgia takes a very firm front seat on Kate Nash's Made of Bricks tenth anniversary tour. Read more »| 02 Aug 2017 -
Clubs
Brian Shimkovitz on Awesome Tapes From Africa
Ahead of his appearance at Summerhall this August as part of the Nothing Ever Happens Here series, we speak to Brian Shimkovitz about his Awesome Tapes From Africa Read more »| 02 Aug 2017 -
Film
The best film events in Scotland in August
The ten big screen movie happenings you should make time for this month, from a celebration of Jonathan Demme to Werner Herzog's tongue-in-cheek search for Nessie Read more »| 02 Aug 2017