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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BooksThe Magic Border by Arlo Parks
Singer-songwriter Arlo Parks' first book interweaves lyrics with original poetry in a gorgeous exploration of Black queerness Read more »| 12 Sep 2023 -
ArtEdinburgh Art Festival: Markéta Luskačová at Stills
One writer explores the work of Prague-born, UK-based photographer Markéta Luskačová and her enduring photographs of children from the 1960s to the present day Read more »| 11 Sep 2023 -
MusicMitski – The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
Mitski's seventh record is a brutally honest chronicle of the struggle to find self-love Read more »| 11 Sep 2023 -
MusicVagabon – Sorry I Haven’t Called
Sorry I Haven't Called could easily have been wrapped up in misery, but instead it’s a pleasure to hear Vagabon stepping bravely into a happy place Read more »| 11 Sep 2023 -
MusicChristine and the Queens @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 8 Sep
The latest incarnation of the chameleonic Christine and the Queens is heavy on melodrama, but the music more than matches the spectacle Read more »| 11 Sep 2023 -
MusicSpotlight On... ASTER YVS
We shine a spotlight on Glasgow outfit ASTER YVS, fka ASTER, and bring you a first listen to their new single Crimson Read more »| 07 Sep 2023
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MusicJames Blake – Playing Robots Into Heaven
The aptly-titled Playing Robots Into Heaven sees James Blake's sound design grip the firmament with hymnal vocals and glitchy configurations uniting android and angel Read more »| 07 Sep 2023 -
MusicRomy – Mid Air
Mid Air is a must-listen for anyone looking for a sentimental electronic dance anthem or for a song to say the words we are sometimes afraid to say Read more »| 07 Sep 2023 -
MusicSparklehorse – Bird Machine
Rarely had a posthumous release felt so emotionally fitting, so lovingly rendered; Bird Machine is a worthwhile coda to Mark Linkous’s legacy Read more »| 07 Sep 2023 -
MusicEthel Cain @ SWG3, Glasgow, 29 Aug
In an intimate gig, Ethel Cain proves she's a singular type of superstar, working a sombre catalogue to euphoric effect Read more »| 05 Sep 2023 -
FilmCeline Song on Past Lives
Celine Song's tender drama Past Lives concerns childhood friends who become separated and then reconnect as adults. Song speaks to us about this decades-spanning love story and the nature of love itself Read more »| 05 Sep 2023 -
MusicCourtney Barnett – End of the Day
The Australian indie-rock sensation trades in her signature sardonic songwriting for contemplative and complex instrumental meditation on new album End of the Day, and the results are mixed Read more »| 05 Sep 2023 -
MusicKohla – Romance
Scottish singer-songwriter and producer Kohla documents the sugar-rush of new love in her debut album, Romance Read more »| 05 Sep 2023 -
MusicConnect Festival 2023: The Report
Now into its second year at Edinburgh's Royal Highland Showgrounds, Connect Festival still seems to be casting around for its defining identity, with a weekend’s lineup that swerves from 90s survivors to contemporary chart toppers Read more »| 04 Sep 2023 -
MusicHanna Tuulikki on the bird that never flew
We catch up with multidisciplinary artist Hanna Tuulikki to find out about her latest work, the bird that never flew Read more »| 04 Sep 2023