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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MusicChvrches share new single Get Out
The Glasgow trio have released Get Out, their first single in two years. Have a listen... Read more »| 01 Feb 2018 -
ArtAnne Collier @ The Modern Institute
Anne Collier's second show at The Modern Institute quotes to good effect the tropes of commercial photography, questioning its role in reproducing stereotypes of femininity and what it might mean to be 'post-picture' Read more »| 01 Feb 2018 -
MusicStart to End: John Martyn's Solid Air @ Òran Mór, Glasgow, 23 Jan
Glasgow's Start to End collective deliver an at times tear-jerking performance of John Martyn's Solid Air with Sam West's rich vocals the perfect match Read more »| 31 Jan 2018 -
Music
Sister John @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 28 Jan
Tonight's show sadly isn't flawless, but Sister John put as much love into what they do as any other band on any Glasgow stage tonight Read more »| 31 Jan 2018 -
Music
Lord Huron @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 27 Jan
The US indie-folk outfit show themselves to be on the cusp of greatness in this Celtic Connections show Read more »| 31 Jan 2018 -
MusicScottish Music Highlights: 31 Jan - 5 Feb
Our guide to the best of the week's gigs, with more Celtic Connections shows in Glasgow and a host of Independent Venue Week gigs in Edinburgh Read more »| 31 Jan 2018
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Theatre
Scotland’s theatremakers pen open letter to Creative Scotland
The funding body is under fire from the Scottish theatre community after the recent Regular Funding announcements left a number of high-profile theatre companies without funds Read more »| 31 Jan 2018 -
BooksIn The Pines by Erik Kriek
Five ominous murder ballads are explored by graphic novelist Erik Kriek, in this new English translation Read more »| 31 Jan 2018 -
Music
Roaming Roots Revue @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 26 Jan
The Roaming Roots Revue celebrates its sixth anniversary by presenting highlights of the late, great Tom Petty’s back catalogue in spectacular fashion Read more »| 30 Jan 2018 -
Film
Duncan Jones’ new sci-fi Mute looks pretty spectacular
The Moon and Source Code director’s latest is set in a future Berlin and arrives on Netflix 23 February Read more »| 30 Jan 2018 -
Film
Paul Rudd returns in the first trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp
The shrinking superhero gets a sequel alongside Evangeline Lilly as the Wasp in the latest film from Marvel Read more »| 30 Jan 2018 -
Music
Bad Pop – On Your Own (Track Premiere)
Listen to the new single On Your Own from Canadian trio, Bad Pop Read more »| 30 Jan 2018 -
Music
Belle & Sebastian on How to Solve Our Human Problems
With the world around them more turbulent than they could have imagined in their 90s heyday, Belle & Sebastian returned to the hometown that shaped them to record their first EPs since 2004 - and found personal solutions to global issues in the process Read more »| 30 Jan 2018 -
Film
The best film events in Scotland in February
The ten big screen movie happenings you should make time for this month, from a Wes Anderson retrospective to some curious Valentine's Day screenings Read more »| 30 Jan 2018 -
Film
Steven Soderbergh’s iPhone-shot thriller Unsane looks intense
The always inventive Soderbergh goes lo-fi with this thriller starring Claire Foy as a young woman convinced she’s being stalked Read more »| 30 Jan 2018