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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MusicAisha Burns – Argonauta
Aisha Burns' second solo album Argonauta is rooted in tragic, magical details of the every day Read more »| 22 May 2018 -
MusicJo Passed – Their Prime
The Vancouver debutants flatter to deceive on a wafer-thin first LP Read more »| 22 May 2018 -
Tv RadioNew Alan Partridge show to preview at Edinburgh TV Festival
Edinburgh audiences will be the first to see new Alan Partridge, with writer and star Steve Coogan present for the previews Read more »| 21 May 2018 -
Music
Tracyanne & Danny – Tracyanne & Danny
Between creative adventurousness and untold tragedy, Camera Obscura's Tracyanne Campbell returns with a terrific new collaborative LP Read more »| 21 May 2018 -
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CHVRCHES – Love Is Dead
Love Is Dead shows the Glasgow indie electro three-piece super-sizing their synth-pop, adding a surprising aggression to boot. Don’t be surprised if Love Is Dead seals their superstardom Read more »| 21 May 2018 -
Music
The Spook School @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 10 May
The Spook School are a hell of a lot of fun tonight, delivering a great show as well as an excellent ode to veggie sausages Read more »| 21 May 2018
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MusicCar Seat Headrest @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 18 May
With Will Toledo able to focus more on singing and dancing, tonight's Car Seat Headrest show is undeniably fun Read more »| 21 May 2018 -
Film
Zama
Argentinian maestro Lucrecia Martel returns with period film Zama in which she creates a vivid world that's both sensuous and unbearable Read more »| 21 May 2018 -
Music
Louis Abbott on Vox Liminis' Distant Voices project
We speak to Admiral Fallow's Louis Abbott about new collaborative project Distant Voices which looks at creativity in music to help overcome issues that surround the criminal justice system in Scotland Read more »| 21 May 2018 -
Music
CHVRCHES on new album Love Is Dead
Ahead of a busy summer schedule, we speak with Lauren Mayberry and Martin Doherty, two thirds of Glasgow synth pop trio CHVRCHES, about latest album Love Is Dead, recording in America and Girls Rock Glasgow Read more »| 21 May 2018 -
Music
Scott Hutchison: A Tribute
As we come to grips with the loss of Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison, a few pals of ours and Scott's share some happy memories, tributes and messages of comfort Read more »| 18 May 2018 -
Theatre
Ma, Pa and the Little Mouths @ Traverse Theatre
This collaboration between the Tron Theatre and the National Theatre of Scotland has produced a dark, surreal and excessively absurd play. Read more »| 18 May 2018 -
Film
Deadpool 2
Ryan Reynolds' sarcastic superhero return is an improvement on the original, but it's still nowhere near as subversive as it thinks it is Read more »| 18 May 2018 -
Music
All Points East 2018: Festival Preview
Ahead of the inaugural All Points East festival, we take a look at ten acts you'd be out of your mind to miss, from LCD Soundsystem and Björk to Hookworms and Young Fathers Read more »| 18 May 2018 -
Music
Quiet Slang – Everything Matters But No One Is Listening
If you're a huge fan of Beach Slang already, you'll likely find more than enough to love about these candlelit versions of some of the band's most popular songs Read more »| 18 May 2018