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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MusicNada Surf – Never Not Together
It's business as usual for Nada Surf on their ninth studio album, Never Not Together Read more »| 06 Feb 2020 -
MusicLa Roux – Supervision
Elly Jackson's third studio album Supervision sorely fails to live up to the standard of her previous records Read more »| 06 Feb 2020 -
TheatreWorkers Theatre on Something Has to Happen Festival
We catch up with the folk from The Workers Theatre about radical art, how a theatre cooperative works and why their upcoming festival – Something Has To Happen – couldn't be more timely Read more »| 06 Feb 2020 -
Tv RadioBojack Horseman: Season 6, Part 2
Bojack Horseman sends off its central characters almost too neatly, but its tone is near-perfect: the choice to continue living, trying, failing, and starting over is conveyed with cynicism, humour, and hope Read more »| 06 Feb 2020 -
MusicShopping – All or Nothing
Shopping add an electronic edge to their post-punk sound, offering a soundtrack for the frustrating times we live in Read more »| 06 Feb 2020 -
BooksA Tall History of Sugar by Curdella Forbes
Blending fantasy and history, A Tall History of Sugar is an epic, generation-spanning novel set in newly independent Jamaica Read more »| 06 Feb 2020
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Tv RadioGrow Up: The Evolution of Coming-of-Age TV
Season two of Netflix’s Sex Education marks how far coming-of-age television series have come Read more »| 05 Feb 2020 -
MusicFatoumata Diawara @ Tramway, Glasgow, 31 Jan
On the last evening of January, Fatoumata Diawara and co provide some much-needed musical catharsis Read more »| 05 Feb 2020 -
MusicPenelope Isles @ Gullivers, Manchester, 30 Jan
Although there could be a bit more showmanship on stage from Penelope Isles, you can’t help but thrill at the prospect of what they’re going to do next Read more »| 05 Feb 2020 -
MusicThe Ninth Wave @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 31 Jan
A double dose of Glasgow bands, The Ninth Wave and Savage Mansion, elevate their debut albums for a knockout live show at Summerhall Read more »| 05 Feb 2020 -
TheatrePride and Prejudice* (*sort of) @ Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
A memorable and proudly feminist retelling of the novel, with plenty of in-jokes that Jane Austen aficionados will appreciate Read more »| 05 Feb 2020 -
MusicScottish Gig Highlights: February 2020
Our round-up of the month ahead in Scotland's venues Read more »| 05 Feb 2020 -
MusicDan Deacon @ Classic Grand, Glasgow, 1 Feb
The uncategorizable synth-wizard brings his new album to Glasgow with a barrage of dancing, high fives and brilliant tunes Read more »| 04 Feb 2020 -
MusicAwkward Family Portraits @ Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh, 30 Jan
Glasgow's Awkward Family Portraits take us back in time for a night of old time Rockabilly and Americana, making us feel as if we're at a secret 1920s prohibition party Read more »| 04 Feb 2020 -
MusicRoaming Roots Revue @ Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, 27 Jan
Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire, accompanied by the likes of Lisa Hannigan, Craig Finn and Karine Polwart, offer a joyous if occasionally uninspiring tribute to Bruce Springsteen Read more »| 04 Feb 2020