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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MusicFontaines D.C. @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 14 Apr
Fontaines D.C. leave a thoroughly sold-out King Tut's audience singing their praises in the streets Read more »| 17 Apr 2019 -
MusicPAWS – Your Church On My Bonfire
Phillip Taylor proves his mettle as a great songwriter on PAWS' new album Your Church On My Bonfire, but it's somewhat distracting how similar it feels to a Frightened Rabbit record Read more »| 17 Apr 2019 -
Theatredressed. @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
A hit of the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, dressed. is undeniable in its potency Read more »| 16 Apr 2019 -
TheatreDrone @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Harry Josephine Giles' new piece Drone is sad, funny, beautiful and relatable Read more »| 16 Apr 2019 -
TheatreA Critic's Guide to Cheap Theatre Tickets
We all know that theatre tickets are too expensive, so how do you see shows for less? Here's a quick guide Read more »| 16 Apr 2019 -
MusicFuture Blues: Stealing Sheep on Big Wows
After years of multi-disciplinary dabbling, Liverpool’s genre-defying electronic experimentalists Stealing Sheep return to take on the technology age Read more »| 16 Apr 2019
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MusicFaith Eliott – Impossible Bodies
Faith Eliott's debut album Impossible Bodies is a modern kind of bestiary, one whose often splendidly poetic images can also paint intimate portraits of human experience Read more »| 16 Apr 2019 -
Tv RadioGame of Thrones: Series 8 Episode 1
As global phenomenon Game of Thrones returns for its final season, its opening episode eschews (on-screen) battles and bloodshed for personal drama and reckonings Read more »| 16 Apr 2019 -
MusicFontaines D.C. – Dogrel
Fontaines D.C.'s debut album Dogrel feels overwhelming and tender, caustic and soothing, an articulate blast of working class rage Read more »| 16 Apr 2019 -
MusicGZA @ SWG3, Glasgow, 11 Apr
GZA performs Liquid Swords, but as one of the more introspective members of Wu-Tang Clan, his apparent indifference to performing gives the whole show a disappointingly flat atmosphere Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
MusicDrugdealer – Raw Honey
Drugdealer's Raw Honey is a collection of authentic songs about self-discovery and understanding, is a force to be reckoned with and a real triumph Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
MusicThe Skinny on EH-FM: Show Five (Listen Again)
Listen back to our fifth show on EH-FM, with top music from the likes of Faith Eliott, Aldous Harding, Steve Lacy, Pigs x7, an Easter weekend clubbing special and Song, by Toad news Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
ArtEdinburgh's Stills gallery at risk over council's rent increases
The future of Edinburgh gallery Stills – one of the UK's most vital photographic galleries – is in doubt after an exorbitant rent rise Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
MusicPip Blom on festivals, family and her debut album
We talk to Dutch rising star Pip Blom about the importance of festivals to her namesake band, and her imminent debut album Boat Read more »| 15 Apr 2019 -
MusicFOONYAP – Yes/No (Premiere)
Listen to the new single from FOONYAP, Yes/No, taken from the final release by Edinburgh label Song, by Toad Read more »| 15 Apr 2019