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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FilmThe Hitman's Bodyguard
Despite its promising cast, this derivative buddy movie is neither funny nor thrilling Read more »| 18 Aug 2017 -
MusicNadine Shah – Holiday Destination
Nadine Shah's new album Holiday Destination faces down the world of 2017 with guile and with guts Read more »| 18 Aug 2017 -
ArtEmer Tumilty: The Skinny Showcase
Printmaker, illustrator, artist Emer Tumilty presents a new series of screen prints in August's emergent art showcase Read more »| 18 Aug 2017 -
Music
Pinact – The Part That No One Knows
Glasgow three-piece Pinact are back with The Part That No One Knows and it's a solid treat. This is rock music formed from a kiln in which records by Nirvana... Read more »| 18 Aug 2017 -
Music
Grime Beyond Borders: Manchester and beyond
We explore the impact of grime abroad through the lens of Manchester-based cultural exchange programme Grime Beyond Borders Read more »| 18 Aug 2017 -
Music
Jeffrey Lewis' On The Road Playlist
Ahead of Jeffrey Lewis' upcoming solo tour around Scotland, we ask the New York comic book writer, artists and musician which ten tracks he likes to listen to on the road. Read more »| 18 Aug 2017
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Music
The Flaming Lips @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 15 Aug
The Flaming Lips’ electric set tonight at the Barrowlands is fun, flipped out, and flamboyant as fuck Read more »| 17 Aug 2017 -
Music
Blondes: Under the Influence
New York experimental electronic duo Blondes have just released their third long player, Warmth, so we caught up with them to find out more about the music which influenced their sound Read more »| 17 Aug 2017 -
Books
Read the Chris McQueer short story: IS IT ART?
Chris McQueer's stories are beautifully profane & fucking hilarious, yet often echo with the truth of working class lives too rarely seen in literature. A live scene regular, he's now put them to page for debut collection Hings. Read IS IT ART? here Read more »| 17 Aug 2017 -
Clubs
Guest Selector: Sub Club SoundSystem
With Sub Club celebrating their 30th birthday this year, we’ve brought in three of the club’s most notable residents for this month’s Guest Selector duties Read more »| 17 Aug 2017 -
Film
Watch eerie first trailer for The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell star in the latest from Yórgos Lánthimos, the director of Dogtooth and The Lobster Read more »| 16 Aug 2017 -
Music
Dent May – Across the Multiverse
Dent May's latest record since moving to LA is honest and raw Read more »| 16 Aug 2017 -
MusicMALKA – Falling (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Falling by Scottish alt-pop singer-songwriter MALKA Read more »| 16 Aug 2017 -
Music
Kommode – Analog Dance Music
Kings of Convenience singer Eirik Glambek Bøe enters a perpetual Norwegian summer as Kommode, delivering a complacent debut which rewards and bites Read more »| 16 Aug 2017 -
Music
Blondes – Warmth
Blondes have their focus firmly on the dancefloor with Warmth, transposing their other-worldly style for the hot-stepping techno fans out there Read more »| 16 Aug 2017