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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FilmPeter Parker visits Europe in the first Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer
See New Yorker Spider-Man out of his element fighting Jake Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio in Venice and London Read more »| 15 Jan 2019 -
MusicBossy Love – Whiplash EP
Whiplash is unabashedly optimistic and feel-good, but the individual songs frequently feel stitched together. Regardless, Bossy Love's debut EP offers a lot of promise Read more »| 15 Jan 2019 -
MusicSharon Van Etten – Remind Me Tomorrow
Exploring more electronic sounds and upbeat melodies on her latest album, Remind Me Tomorrow, Sharon Van Etten sounds more hopeful than ever Read more »| 15 Jan 2019 -
FilmMary Queen of Scots
Ronan and Robbie are knockout, but their bold, sensitive performances as somewhat hindered by structural and pacing issues Read more »| 14 Jan 2019 -
Art
Sisters, My Sisters: Tremble, Tremble
Artist Niamh Moloney makes a poetic response to her role in Jesse Jones' Tremble Tremble, a performance work that is now on show in Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh Read more »| 14 Jan 2019 -
Music80s sensations Bros are back with a live show
Fresh from the ridiculous and very memeable documentary Bros: After the Screaming Stops, Matt and Luke Goss will play a homecoming show at Brixton Academy this summer Read more »| 14 Jan 2019
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MusicDeerhunter – Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
Deerhunter know that enjoyment lies within the journey, and on their eighth studio album, the slow, crumbling decline of civilisation has rarely sounded so good Read more »| 14 Jan 2019 -
Art
Jill Todd Photographic Award @ Street Level Photoworks
The Jill Todd Photographic Award 2018 brings together a range of recent graduates of Photography disciplines from across Scotland; their work is diverse, but with traceable intentions that bring the emerging practitioners together Read more »| 14 Jan 2019 -
Film
A Simple Favour
The "dark side of Paul Feig" is worth checking out on DVD for its ballsy twists, engagingly off-kilter performances, and drop-dead gorgeous costume design Read more »| 14 Jan 2019 -
Books
Virtuoso by Yelena Moskovich
Marked by an uneasy sense of the surreal and a slow sensation of dread, Virtuoso is a challenging – but rewarding – read Read more »| 14 Jan 2019 -
MusicRadiohead release A Moon Shaped Pool’s bonus track online
Ill Wind, which appeared on Radiohead’s 2016 album Moon Shaped Pool, is available now on streaming services Read more »| 11 Jan 2019 -
Music
The Twilight Sad – It Won/t Be Like This All the Time
Glasgow's premier purveyors of sweeping drama return with a sparkling fifth album Read more »| 11 Jan 2019 -
Music
Steve Mason on his new album and finding contentment
Steve Mason is known for speaking his mind on the big issues of the day. But as the mercurial songwriter from Fife prepares to release his tenth studio album, he tells The Skinny why he's stopped worrying about the big picture Read more »| 11 Jan 2019 -
Music
Maggie Rogers – Heard It In a Past Life
While Maggie Rogers' major label debut lacks some vital elements, it acts as a stepping stone from a talent who is just about to surge ahead Read more »| 11 Jan 2019 -
Music
Pedro the Lion – Phoenix
David Bazan returns to Pedro the Lion with a tender examination of the cyclical nature of our lives Read more »| 11 Jan 2019