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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MusicNick Hakim @ King Tuts, Glasgow, 16 Feb
From unexpected flute-playing to vocoder solos, Nick Hakim and his band offer an energetic performance to an unfortunately unruly crowd at King Tut's tonight Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
MusicU.S. Girls – In a Poem Unlimited
With In a Poem Unlimited, Meghan Remy's U.S. Girls have created a timeless gem of an album that is about as powerful as pop music can be Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
MusicGeowulf – Great Big Blue
Despite all their potential, Geowulf's debut album Great Big Blue unfortunately falls short Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
Music
Meursault @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 17 Feb
In honour of the tenth anniversary of their debut album, Pissing on Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues is played front-to-back reimagined through the lens of 2018 Meursault with just a few surprises along the way Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
FilmNot Horsing Around: Charlie Plummer on road movie Lean on Pete
Rising talent Charlie Plummer speaks to us about his knockout performance in Andrew Haigh's downbeat road movie Lean on Pete, using acting to cure his shyness and just missing out on being Spider-Man Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
Music
Mint Field – Pasar de las Luces
The Tijuana duo announce their arrival with an impressive and immersive debut Read more »| 19 Feb 2018
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Music
Iron & Wine @ Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 15 Feb
Sam Beam's return to Manchester with Iron & Wine is by turns entertaining and frustrating Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
Music
Zed Penguin – A Ghost, A Beast
A Ghost, A Beast is tactful and tactless, with just the right amounts of both revealing the expert showmanship of a band whose hard-won debut sounds nothing like a first attempt Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
Film
A Fantastic Woman
Transgender actress Daniela Vega gives a star-making turn in this stylish drama from Chilean director Sebastián Lelio Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
Music
I Am Oak – Will I Wake (Video Premiere)
Watch the stunning hand-drawn animated new video for I Am Oak's latest single Will I Wake Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
Film
In Lady Bird, mother-daughter angst takes centre stage
The complicated bond between mothers and daughters often goes unexplored or ends up misrepresented in cinema, but two new films – Lady Bird and I, Tonya – put it front and centre Read more »| 16 Feb 2018 -
Film
Isle of Dogs
This gorgeous and rambunctious stop motion adventure set in a future Japan where dogs have been exiled sees Wes Anderson at his most imaginative and loose-limbed Read more »| 16 Feb 2018 -
Music
The Go! Team @ QMU, Glasgow, 9 Feb
The fun never stops for The Go! Team tonight at a packed out QMU in Glasgow Read more »| 16 Feb 2018 -
Music
Gitta De Ridder – The Wheel (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Gitta De Ridder's new single The Wheel Read more »| 16 Feb 2018 -
Theatre
Pressure @ King's Theatre, Edinburgh
David Haig excels in this surprisingly gripping and involving exposition of the weather conditions in the days before the D-Day landings Read more »| 16 Feb 2018