Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
-
MusicSimian Mobile Disco – Murmurations
Simian Mobile Disco and the Deep Throat Choir entwine their worlds on Murmurations creating an energised exploration of the power of both the human voice and electronic music Read more »| 09 May 2018 -
ClubsGuest Selector: Shapes At The Jail
We speak to DJ and promoter Ryan Hamblett on what to expect from Shapes At The Jail, the party outfit's first ever day event at Stirling's Old Town Jail Read more »| 09 May 2018 -
MusicLa Luz – Floating Features
La Luz walk the line between their trusted surf-noir and a heavier dose of spaghetti western with a tremendous sure-footing on third album Floating Features Read more »| 09 May 2018 -
Film
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter confirm Bill & Ted 3 is officially happening
The lovable rock-loving airheads are once again heading back to the past in what we hope will be a totally excellent adventure and not at all a bogus journey Read more »| 09 May 2018 -
Music
Kamasi Washington @ QMU, Glasgow, 5 May
Kamasi Washington and his band strut onstage full of pomp and pride tonight at Glasgow's QMU, expertly demonstrating their versatility and exemplary musical ability Read more »| 09 May 2018 -
Film
Redoubtable
This sprightly Jean-Luc Godard biopic from the Oscar-winning director of The Artist is cute but not all that insightful Read more »| 08 May 2018
-
Music
Beach House – 7
While the fruits of their reinvention aren't always compelling here, 7 is still a solid first step heralding Beach House's next phase Read more »| 08 May 2018 -
Music
Jungle @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 3 May
Jungle whet the appetite for their upcoming sophomore album with a showcase of old and new cuts shoulder to shoulder Read more »| 08 May 2018 -
Music
The Sea and Cake – Any Day
The consistent and prolific The Sea and Cake return after their longest time away and fall right back into their familiar sound with eleventh album Any Day Read more »| 08 May 2018 -
Theatre
MagicFest: 'We see magic as the art of the impossible'
As Edinburgh’s MagicFest approaches its ninth year, moving to May for the first time, The Skinny chats to festival founders Kevin and Svetlana McMahon about the festival, the nature of magic and why this is a theatrical art form Read more »| 08 May 2018 -
Music
Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert on Here Lies the Body
We talk to Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert about childhood holidays to Blackpool, feminism and road trips ahead of their debut album together, Here Lies the Body Read more »| 08 May 2018 -
Film
Stacy Martin on Redoubtable, Wiazemsky and Godard
The Artist's Michel Hazanavicius returns with Redoubtable, a pastiche portrait of the marriage of Jean-Luc Godard and Anne Wiazemsky. We speak to Stacy Martin about playing the late Wiazemsky and who should play her Nymphomaniac director, Lars von Trier Read more »| 08 May 2018 -
Tv RadioArrested Development Season 5: Release date & trailer
The rapid-fire sitcom about a dysfunctional family will return to Netflix this month Read more »| 08 May 2018 -
Music
A. Wesley Chung – Abandon (The Farthest Shore): Premiere
Listen to the new single from Glasgow-based songwriter A. Wesley Chung, taken from his upcoming solo album Read more »| 08 May 2018 -
Theatre
War Horse @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Reader, I’ve fallen in love... with a horse called Joey, in the National Theatre's thunderous production of War Horse Read more »| 08 May 2018