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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MusicGrassroots & community festivals in Glasgow this summer
We take a look at the current state of festivals in Scotland, and highlight four grassroots and community-focused parties to check out in Glasgow this July and August Read more »| 10 Jul 2024 -
MusicThe SAY Award: Submissions open for 2024
The Scottish Album of the Year Award for 2024 launches today, with public submissions open until the end of July Read more »| 10 Jul 2024 -
ComedyEdinburgh Fringe Finances (Comedy's Version)
We take a deep dive into the realities of Fringe budgets with a trio of comedians coming to Edinburgh this summer – Sam Lake, Kathleen Hughes and Dean T. Beirne Read more »| 09 Jul 2024 -
BooksJen Hadfield on her Shetland memoir Storm Pegs
We talk to Jen Hadfield about her eco-memoir exploring the movements of land, people and languages on the Shetland Islands Read more »| 09 Jul 2024 -
Music潘PAN – Pan The Pansexual
Exploring themes of anxiety and selfhood, Taiwanese rapper 潘PAN carves out a new identity on her debut album Read more »| 09 Jul 2024 -
MusicBERWYN – WHO AM I
BERWYN continues to establish his brand of bones-and-all storytelling on his debut studio album, WHO AM I Read more »| 09 Jul 2024
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MusicBrijean – Macro
On their fourth album, Brijean continue to carve out their own sound through an increasing mastery of production and vocal talent Read more »| 09 Jul 2024 -
MusicCassandra Jenkins – My Light, My Destroyer
Cassandra Jenkins stargazes her way into glistening enlightenment on her newest album My Light, My Destroyer Read more »| 09 Jul 2024 -
FilmSleep
This shape-shifting film from Korea – part horror, part black comedy, part mystery – keeps you guessing until its wild and hilarious finale Read more »| 09 Jul 2024 -
MusicThe Skinny Guide to Edinburgh: Good Vibes
Head to Good Vibes Neighbourhood Store for exactly what it says on the tin: a friendly community record shop with the best vibes Read more »| 08 Jul 2024 -
MusicBig City @ Queen's Park, Glasgow, 29 Jun
Mogwai's inaugural Big City festival is a wonderfully Scottish take on the all-out all-dayer, executed to near-perfection Read more »| 04 Jul 2024 -
MusicYoung Fathers @ City Park, Stirling, 29 Jun
Under the gaze of Stirling Castle, Young Fathers give an anthemic, cathartic performance and prove once again to be a truly unmatched live act Read more »| 04 Jul 2024 -
ArtWomen in Revolt! at National Galleries Scotland
This month, we find out more about Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990, the radical survey exhibition currently on show at National Galleries Scotland: Modern Two Read more »| 04 Jul 2024 -
MusicSpotlight On... corto.alto
Liam Shortall, the prolific jazz composer behind corto.alto, speaks to us about recent release 30/108 and his upcoming live sessions Read more »| 04 Jul 2024 -
ArtThe Glasgow International artists tackling Scotland's colonial past
At this year’s Glasgow International, many artists focused on Scotland’s colonial project and its historical and contemporary repercussions – the continued systematic erasure of Black stories and voices being one of them Read more »| 04 Jul 2024