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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MusicCollective Power: Downtown Boys interviewed
Downtown Boys' Joey DeFrancesco and Victoria Ruiz give us a mid-tour report on pushing punk boundaries, funnelling political frustrations, and fighting the powers that be Read more »| 05 Oct 2017 -
Music
Shigeto – The New Monday
For the most part, The New Monday is a valiant attempt at distilling Detroit’s musical culture into a single, cohesive record Read more »| 05 Oct 2017 -
MusicKaitlyn Aurelia Smith – The Kid
The beating heart behind The Kid is the curiosity and delight that Smith brings to her meticulous electronic compositions Read more »| 05 Oct 2017 -
MusicKelela – Take Me Apart
Take Me Apart may not appear as immediately interesting and unique as Kelela's previous work but there are layers upon layers of elements to be explored Read more »| 05 Oct 2017 -
Musicparade @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 30 Sep
Tonight parade plays a first headline show backed by a five-piece band, and the leap is staggering Read more »| 05 Oct 2017 -
Books
Siri Hustvedt on the gendered gaze in art
Siri Hustvedt's collection of essays on art, sex and the mind is now out in paperback, so we catch up with the highly respected writer to engage with the key themes of A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women Read more »| 05 Oct 2017
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Theatre
Mental Health Takes Centre Stage at SMHAF
With Scotland’s only arts and mental health festival set to begin, The Skinny takes a look at the theatre arm of this year’s festival, and asks, has the topic of mental health finally become accepted by the wider arts community? Read more »| 04 Oct 2017 -
Film
T2 Trainspotting dominates Bafta Scotland nominations
The sequel to Trainspotting picks up five nominations, including a clean sweep in the Best Actor category Read more »| 04 Oct 2017 -
Music
Kathryn Joseph and James Graham on Out Lines
Kathryn Joseph and James Graham introduce their new community-inspired collaboration, Out Lines Read more »| 04 Oct 2017 -
Film
Scotland's best horror screenings this Halloween
The best Halloween film events happening in Glasgow and Edinburgh this month, including a rerelease of The Shining, horror festival Dundead and Prince of Darkness screened in a church Read more »| 04 Oct 2017 -
Music
Lorde @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 2 Oct
Lorde sounds amazing tonight, in what seems likely to be the last time we'll see her away from the arenas she'll soon be calling home Read more »| 04 Oct 2017 -
Clubs
elrow announce Edinburgh Halloween line-up
The DJ line-up for elrow's Halloween Haunted House in Edinburgh this month has been announced this morning Read more »| 04 Oct 2017 -
MusicBo Ningen @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 24 Sep
It's a treat to have Bo Ningen in Broadcast's cosy surrounds tonight, where their gloriously overwhelming noise is amplified tenfold Read more »| 04 Oct 2017 -
Music
Django Django help celebrate Assembly Rooms' history
Scottish musicians and bands like Django Django, Pictish Trail and Siobhan Wilson help celebrate Assembly Rooms' 230-year anniversary with an update of the famous Peers Ball Read more »| 03 Oct 2017 -
Comedy
Crystal Baws: October 2017 Horoscopes
Animals, Halloween costumes and toilet paper issues feature in Mystic Mark's October horoscopes... Read more »| 03 Oct 2017