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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ArtScottish Art News July 2018
While Glasgow reels from the devastating fire at the GSA and the surrounding buildings, Edinburgh gears up for Edinburgh Art Festival Read more »| 04 Jul 2018 -
Music
LYLO @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 4 Jun
We're treated to two excellent performances tonight from Leeds' Team Picture and Glasgow's LYLO, who seem to acquire some new fans along the way Read more »| 03 Jul 2018 -
MusicShamir @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 25 Jun
Shamir delivers a confident, powerful and entertaining set tonight in Glasgow's Broadcast putting him and his astonishing voice centre stage Read more »| 03 Jul 2018 -
MusicSoft Riot – Waiting for Something Terrible to Happen (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Waiting for Something Terrible to Happen by Glasgow-based Soft Riot Read more »| 03 Jul 2018 -
Books
Scottish Poetry News – July 2018
Scotland's spoken word scene gears up for the Fringe with a series of talks, events and slams, while Stewed Rhubarb celebrate their return and a host of new publications hit the shelves Read more »| 02 Jul 2018 -
Film
First Reformed
Veteran filmmaker Paul Schrader channels Bresson and Bergman in this passionate, intelligent and audacious study of a priest in crisis Read more »| 02 Jul 2018
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Music
Julia Jacklin and Elizabeth Hughes on Phantastic Ferniture's debut LP
After two years of bringing her brooding brand of indie-folk to audiences around the world, Julia Jacklin is putting old friends and good fun first with Phantastic Ferniture Read more »| 02 Jul 2018 -
Film
KVIFF 2018: Winter Flies
Olmo Omerzu’s lively road movie following two teens making a break from home doesn't really go anywhere, but the journey is a fun one Read more »| 02 Jul 2018 -
Music
BODEGA – Endless Scroll
Named after the NYC equivalent of a corner shop, it’s fitting Bodega’s debut has the essentials covered; wry wit, shrewd observations and a vision of art rock’s finest punk party Read more »| 02 Jul 2018 -
Music
Save Leith Walk: How Artists Are Fighting Back
A multi-million pound development on Edinburgh's immortal Leith Walk spells disaster for the area's only local music venue. But promoters and local campaigners aren't giving up without a party Read more »| 02 Jul 2018 -
Clubs
Scottish Clubbing Highlights: July 2018
Summer is firmly upon us and July's club highlights are set up nicely to usher in the warmer climes. This month includes crate-digger extraordinaires, dub and reggae flavours and a flurry of birthday celebrations Read more »| 02 Jul 2018 -
Art
Eve Fowler @ DCA
Eve Fowler's DCA show engages with the work of Gertrude Stein as a reminder of the radical malleability of language and its capacity as a mode of political resistance Read more »| 02 Jul 2018 -
Film
Ethan Hawke on First Reformed
Since starring in sci-fi comedy Explorers as a teen, Ethan Hawke has been ubiquitous on our screens. Three decades later he gives perhaps his finest performance yet as a priest going through an existential crisis in Paul Schrader's First Reformed Read more »| 02 Jul 2018 -
Books
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
A bestseller in Japan, Convenience Store Woman is an offbeat, tongue-in-cheek read, filled with the minuscule joys of everyday life, and a tale of finding one’s own path to happiness. Read more »| 02 Jul 2018 -
Film
Films of 2018: Mid-year report
Time for the obligatory mid-year movie report. These are the ten films that have delighted us in 2018 so far, from Paul Thomas Anderson's blackly comic romance Phantom Thread to Wes Anderson stop-motion romp Isle of Dogs Read more »| 02 Jul 2018