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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MusicGet Wide: Wide Days 2017 preview
What exactly makes Scotland's only music business convention so pioneering and vital to our music scene? We take a closer look at the showcase line-up and talk record shopping ahead of Record Store Day Read more »| 28 Mar 2017 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: 28 March-3 April
There are exhibits, screenings and events aplenty across Platform, CCA, Ingleby, Summerhall and more. Friday brings a bumper night of openings, with no less than 6 shows openings to fit into a tidy evening. Read more »| 28 Mar 2017 -
MusicBearcubs @ The Garage, Glasgow, 23 Mar
Hiding in The Garage’s low-ceiling’d Attic Bar, four electronic outfits soundtrack this chilly Glasgow Thursday eve. It’s a mostly local af... Read more »| 28 Mar 2017 -
Music
Grandaddy @ Potterrow, Edinburgh, 23 Mar
Grandaddy overcome technical problems to deliver a finely chosen set of tunes spanning 20 years of exemplary music Read more »| 28 Mar 2017 -
Music
The best record shops in Leeds
Think of Leeds' music scene and you'll likely think of its two longstanding independent record shops: Jumbo and Crash. But there are other great stores for a spot of crate-digging too: here are our favourite record shops in Leeds Read more »| 27 Mar 2017 -
MusicMaking Words Count: Diet Cig interview
Ahead of the release of their debut album, we talk to Diet Cig about cats, dogs, learning guitar and what constitutes 'being punk' Read more »| 27 Mar 2017
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Music
Thundercat @ Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool, 24 Mar
Stephen 'Thundercat' Bruner pretty much has everyone covered. If you like funk, soul, jazz or Daft Punk, he’s your man. This is no hyperbole, it shows:... Read more »| 27 Mar 2017 -
Music
Scottish Gigs of the Week: 27 Mar – 3 Apr
This week's Edinburgh and Glasgow gig guide, featuring visits from Jens Lekman and Jessy Lanza and a pair of record launches from CHUMP and Stillhound Read more »| 27 Mar 2017 -
BooksConfessions of a Recovering Environmentalist by Paul Kingsnorth
We know from his novels The Wake and Beast that Paul Kingsnorth is a wild and iconoclastic writer. This collection of essays confirms him as a fear... Read more »| 27 Mar 2017 -
Music
Wire – Silver/Lead
Wire emerged alongside the nascent punk movement in the late 70s, but they just as quickly gave up those cheap thrills in search of something more visce... Read more »| 27 Mar 2017 -
MusicCharlotte OC – Careless People
In Charlotte OC’s world, every line has a shadow; 'We keep on running like a river! Riveeeer.' The pop-minded theatricality of her debut album Careless... Read more »| 27 Mar 2017 -
Music
Manuela – Manuela
By the time the second chorus rolls around on Everything Goes, the gauzy, unassuming opener to Manuela’s debut record, you know you’re in good ... Read more »| 27 Mar 2017 -
Music
Saltland – A Common Truth
Let’s get the most important part out of the way before we start wittering on: Rebecca Foon’s second album as Saltland is a bona fide stunner. Po... Read more »| 27 Mar 2017 -
Music
Coco Hames – Coco Hames
From the opening salvo of When You Said Goodbye and I Do Love You, you’ll immediately know whether or not you’re going to love Coco Hames. With t... Read more »| 27 Mar 2017 -
Film
My 20th Century
The first feature from Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi – who recently won the Golden Bear for her latest film On Body and Soul – comes t... Read more »| 27 Mar 2017