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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BooksNorthwest Book Highlights – March 2016
Taking a road trip is high up the literary to-do list this month, as poetry takes centre stage across the Northwest Read more »| 02 Mar 2016 -
Music
Right on Track: Introducing TRAAMS
Shouty punk three-piece TRAAMS tell The Skinny about harnessing the power of feedback, and being happy at home Read more »| 02 Mar 2016 -
ClubsNorthwest Clubbing Highlights – March 2016
Stand to attention for March, featuring Baby Ford, Ge-ology, DJ Sprinkles and Villalobos – now at ease, gentlemen Read more »| 02 Mar 2016 -
Music
Kiran Leonard – Grapefruit
Kiran Leonard's clattering songscapes describe a jumbled, dreamy, scatterbrained lack of concentration. But this unfocused direction, for all its confusion, ... Read more »| 02 Mar 2016 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights – March 2016
March delivers the goods in the form of Logan Sama, Jeremy Underground and Loefah Read more »| 02 Mar 2016 -
Music
Primal Scream – Chaosmosis
With its ersatz zeitgeisty commentary, the mish-mash title is, of course, a nightmare. Judge this one not by its cover but by electric lead single Where the ... Read more »| 02 Mar 2016
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Music
Baauer – Aa
Since signing to LuckyMe in 2012, prodigal New York producer Baauer has enjoyed criticial acclaim, notably for his Dum Dum and ß EPs, but also for vari... Read more »| 02 Mar 2016 -
Art
RSA New Contemporaries 2016: Meet the Artists
A mainstay of the Scottish contemporary art gallery, the Royal Scottish Academy will be filled with their pick of the most exciting graduates of 2015. Almost a year on from degree show, it's time to see what they've been to. Read more »| 02 Mar 2016 -
ClubsDJ Chart: Adam Strömstedt
A key ripple in Stockholm's latest wave of producers, Adam Strömstedt offers up ten personal faves off the back of his latest release on Banoffee Pies Read more »| 01 Mar 2016 -
Clubs
thatmanmonkz on new album Columbusing
Following two strong EPs for the label, Scott 'Monkz' Moncrieff has just dropped his debut album, Columbusing, on Delusions of Grandeur – read all abou... Read more »| 01 Mar 2016 -
Clubs
DJ Chart: thatmanmonkz's slept-on Sheffield tracks
Long-time Sheffield resident Scott Moncrieff – aka thatmanmonkz – dishes up ten of the finest records to come out of the Steel City, wi... Read more »| 01 Mar 2016 -
ArtPre-Raphaelites: Beauty and Rebellion
Pre-Raphaelites: Beauty and Rebellion at the Walker Art Gallery brings together 120 works from the pre-Raphaelite movement, a significant number coming from ... Read more »| 01 Mar 2016 -
Film
Couple in a Hole tops Restless Natives film line-up
The first film events for the inaugural Restless Natives festival in Glasgow's East End have been announced, including a special screening of Couple in ... Read more »| 01 Mar 2016 -
Film
Scotland Film Event Highlights – March 2016
Classic and contemporary cinema from Italy and Hong Kong, two of the great minds of film history (Hitchcock/Truffaut) have a chinwag, and a chance to hear from one of the world's greatest documentarians (Patricio Guzmán) Read more »| 01 Mar 2016 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: 1-8 March
Here's your next 7 days in art openings, talks and screenings, featuring short installations and poetry readings in The Glue Factory and the brand new RSA New Contemporaries show. Read more »| 01 Mar 2016