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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MusicCHAI – PINK
Harnessing the aesthetics of kawaii culture and giving them a twist, CHAI's debut album PINK is a pure sugar rush that also packs more than a fleeting punch Read more »| 10 Oct 2018 -
ArtGraphic Design Festival Scotland: The Skinny Showcase
Celebrating its fifth birthday, we look at the programme for this year's Graphic Design Festival Scotland, featuring not one but two poster competitions Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Music
Stranger Things Halloween album released
Titled Halloween Sounds from the Upside Down, this 14-track collection from composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein should make for the perfect soundtrack to your Halloween Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
MusicGigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 9-15 Oct
All-female Bruce Springsteen cover band The She Street Band, psychedelic husband-wife duo The Lovely Eggs, Japanese noise-rockers Bo Ningen, electronic duo Maribou State, French chanteuse Halo Maud and more take to our shores this week Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Music
Jim Gellatly on the SAMAs
Ahead of the 2018 Scottish Alternative Music Awards on 25 October, radio presenter and DJ Jim Gellatly – who will host the ceremony – explains why the SAMAs are so important to him Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
MusicJeff Lynne's ELO @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 3 Oct
The latest incarnation of ELO really does have the feel of an orchestral ensemble as they return to the Hydro in Glasgow Read more »| 09 Oct 2018
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Music
Okkervil River @ Stereo, Glasgow, 6 Oct
Will Sheff and Okkervil River put in an exuberant performance in Glasgow, with a mix of new and classic material Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Music
Scottish Alternative Music Awards reveal nominees
The SAMAs return for a ninth edition later this month and announce a worthy set of nominees for 2018 Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Music
Jaakko Eino Kalevi – Out of Touch
On his latest album Out of Touch, Jaakko Eino Kalevi suggests that logging off and taking time away is essential in our modern world Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Music
John Grant – Love is Magic
Love is Magic is full of tender proclamations and acerbic bile, mania and zen, bouncing between emotional states with barely contained zest – it's an absolute joy to be along for the ride Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Film
Rachel Maclean on Make Me Up
Like razor-wire wrapped in candy floss, Rachel Maclean returns with Make Me Up, which imagines St. Peter's Seminary as a candy-coloured phantasia filled with women forced to compete against one another. She tells us more about this strange world Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
Film
Mandy
Nicolas Cage delivers his most unhinged performance yet in Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy, and the results are highly pleasurable but drenched in artifice Read more »| 08 Oct 2018 -
Clubs
Richie Hawtin on his new CLOSE tour
Canadian DJ and producer Richie Hawtin brings his exciting, experimental CLOSE tour to Glasgow this month – we find out what's in store Read more »| 08 Oct 2018 -
Film
The Best Films at London Film Festival 2018
This year's London Film Festival offers up a typically huge line-up of cinematic delights. Here are the great films you can still grab tickets for, ahead of the festival kicking off this week Read more »| 08 Oct 2018 -
Film
Mandy director Panos Cosmatos on Nicolas Cage and MacGruber
Led by Nicolas Cage, Panos Cosmatos' phantasmagoric Mandy is a "volcanic eruption of emotions." We speak to the writer-director about his metal and prog-influenced revenge tale, working with the late Jóhann Jóhannsson, and... the SNL movie MacGruber Read more »| 08 Oct 2018