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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FilmGlasgow Film Festival to turn the Arches into Neo-Glasgow
Glasgow Film Festival announce its first set of special event screenings, which will turn the Argyle Street Arches into Neo-Glasgow for a weekend of special immersive film screenings of sci-fi cult classics from Total Recall to Tank Girl Read more »| 11 Dec 2019 -
ClubsDenis Sulta on his Scottish tour and new EP
Ahead of his upcoming Scottish tour, we speak to Denis Sulta about his massive year and his new EP. He also compiled a ten-track New Year's Eve playlist of some of his favourite tracks for your listening pleasure Read more »| 10 Dec 2019 -
MusicBEAK> @ QMU, Glasgow, 6 Dec
A common thread in tonight's sets from BEAK> and support acts Paddy Steer and The Hysterical Injury is that all three use robotic textures and moods to colour wonderfully human performances Read more »| 10 Dec 2019 -
MusicVetiver @ YES, Manchester, 8 Dec
Just as Vetiver's Up On High may well be one of the albums of the year, this gig may be one of the most memorable too Read more »| 10 Dec 2019 -
FilmSons of Denmark
Ulaa Salim’s thriller takes us to a future Denmark swept up by a far-right political movement Read more »| 10 Dec 2019 -
MusicLost Map's Starz in Their Eyes
Ahead of walking through Kelly Matthews' famous Starz In Their Eyes curtains, we get some hints at who the likes of Pictish Trail and Modern Studies are going to be this December Read more »| 10 Dec 2019
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FilmJust Agree Then is the perfect film for 2019
A deadpan documentarian (Duncan Cowles) and an experimental animator (Ross Hogg) spent two weeks in the Austrian Alps making a film together and disagreeing wildly. The result is Just Agree Then, and it's the perfect film for our divided world Read more »| 09 Dec 2019 -
MusicRhiannon Giddens @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 1 Dec
With minimal staging and simple lighting, complex issues are tackled head-on by the stunning musicianship of Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi Read more »| 09 Dec 2019 -
MusicThe Chats @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 6 Dec
Known for their viral smash Smoko, with their explosive Summerhall show The Chats mean business and prove they are far from just one-hit wonders Read more »| 09 Dec 2019 -
MusicOcean Wisdom @ SWG3, Glasgow, 26 Nov
Making emceeing look as effortless as breathing, Ocean Wisdom shows he’s nearly a pro with this evening’s performance Read more »| 09 Dec 2019 -
MusicJulia Jacklin @ Saint Luke’s, Glasgow, 1 Dec
Julia Jacklin delivers a confident, heavenly performance that finds beauty in imperfection Read more »| 06 Dec 2019 -
ClubsPeverelist on Livity Sound and Bristol techno
This month we take our label series outside of Scotland and look to Bristol's Livity Sound ahead of the label's showcase at The Bongo Club for Headset's fifth birthday party Read more »| 06 Dec 2019 -
ArtBasma alSharif @ CCA, Glasgow
The Philistine by Basma alSharif is a diverse collection of work that uses fiction and active imagining to undo some of the habitual ways of speaking about past and present Palestine Read more »| 06 Dec 2019 -
ComedyDogmanay: Fringe Dog's New Year's party guide!
unfollow 2019 and welcome the new decade in style, o boy o boy o boy !!! Read more »| 05 Dec 2019 -
MusicPUP @ The Garage, Glasgow, 26 Nov
Toronto pop-punks PUP ride the wave of their underrated 2019 album Morbid Stuff to The Garage for an energetic, and subtly political, show Read more »| 05 Dec 2019