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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MusicAzamiah – In Phases
The debut album from Glasgow 'spiritual jazz' outfit Azamiah radiates a fresh unique vibrance, marking them as one to watch Read more »| 12 Jun 2023 -
MusicSpotlight On... NANI
Ahead of releasing her latest EP, Honey, we shine a spotlight on Edinburgh-based musician NANI Read more »| 12 Jun 2023 -
MusicXiu Xiu @ Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, 5 Jun
Xiu Xiu are typically metamorphic during their latest Edinburgh show at Sneaky Pete's Read more »| 07 Jun 2023 -
FilmScotland on Screen: Simone Smith on The Möbius Trip
Glasgow filmmaker Simone Smith talks us through her stunning new short The Möbius Trip and her drive to make bold, uninhibited work Read more »| 07 Jun 2023 -
FilmWar Pony
War Pony, the debut from Riley Keough and Gina Gammell, is a soulful, empathetic look at two teens making their way on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota Read more »| 07 Jun 2023 -
MusicFeeble Little Horse – Girl With Fish
Feeble Little Horse's secret weapon is vocalist Lydia Slocum, giving this tight 27 minute record a literary might beyond this band’s years Read more »| 07 Jun 2023
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BooksBread and Circus by Airea D. Matthews
Philadelphia Poet Laureate Airea D. Matthews' new poetry collection is a formally and politically ambitious reckoning with racial poverty in the US Read more »| 07 Jun 2023 -
BooksRural by Rebecca Smith
In her nonfiction debut, Rebecca Smith charts working class histories through stories of land and rural life Read more »| 06 Jun 2023 -
MusicKing Krule – Space Heavy
With Space Heavy, the inimitability of King Krule is still as prominent as ever... nobody sounds like him Read more »| 06 Jun 2023 -
MusicHidden Door festival, Edinburgh, 1 June
Hidden Door has once again transformed an abandoned space in Edinburgh and turned it into a hive of art, music and creativity. We report back from a night at the festival with the likes of Flasher, Aku and the Hot 8 Brass Band on the bill Read more »| 06 Jun 2023 -
MusicJenny Lewis – Joy'All
On her fifth record, Jenny Lewis decamps to Nashville and makes a stately record worthy of the city's heritage Read more »| 06 Jun 2023 -
MusicSquid – O Monolith
For most bands, this tapestry of sounds would flounder and reject its connectivity, but Squid successfully stitch diverse concepts into one brooding work Read more »| 06 Jun 2023 -
BooksDisturbance by Jenna Clake
A woman escaping an abusive relationship finds herself caught between reality and the supernatural in this atmospheric debut from Jenna Clake Read more »| 06 Jun 2023 -
MusicChristine and the Queens – PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE
Christine and the Queens’ immersive fourth studio album balances sinister and sweet sensibilities, remaining remarkably cohesive throughout Read more »| 06 Jun 2023 -
MusicInterpol @ O2 Academy, Edinbugh, 31 May
Interpol are as polished as they come these days, but struggle to reconcile post-punk intensity with a mature rock foundation Read more »| 05 Jun 2023