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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MusicDed Rabbit – Figurine: Video Premiere
Watch the brand new video for Figurine by Edinburgh four-piece Ded Rabbit Read more »| 01 Feb 2017 -
BooksSwallowing Mercury by Wioletta Greg
Wioletta Greg's Swallowing Mercury (beautifully translated by Eliza Marciniak) captures the almost dreamlike quality of childhood memories. Following th... Read more »| 01 Feb 2017 -
TheatreNTS announce trans artists digital symposium
The National Theatre of Scotland present Beyond the Binary, a free digital symposium exploring trans artists in the digital world Read more »| 01 Feb 2017 -
MusicIntroducing: The Vegan Leather
We spoke to The Vegan Leather to find out a bit more about the Paisley art-pop quartet and to ask if any of them are actually vegan Read more »| 01 Feb 2017 -
Music
Two Door Cinema Club @ O2 Apollo, Manchester, 27 Jan
Manchester’s O2 Apollo is heaving. Sundara Karma’s mix of jangly indie anthems and 70s bell bottoms ignites the young crowd, and the reception of... Read more »| 01 Feb 2017 -
Film
Rihanna takes on iconic role in Bates Motel series
Rihanna takes on Janet Leigh’s role of Marion Crane – the woman who was on the run in Hitchcock's Psycho – in TV spin-off Bates Motel ... Read more »| 01 Feb 2017
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Film
Maren Ade on female filmmakers & Toni Erdmann
International comedy smash Toni Erdmann is a shaggy-dog story about a father and daughter that's both biting and tender. Director Maren Ade explains how she ... Read more »| 01 Feb 2017 -
Film
The Emigrants / The New Land
Jan Troell's epic two-part drama The Emigrants and The New Land comes to Blu-ray What did it take to leave Europe for a new life in America in the 19th cent... Read more »| 31 Jan 2017 -
Clubs
Nightvision announce Terminal V line-up
Nightvision have revealed details of their Terminal V event in Edinburgh this Easter Sunday. Drumcode label founder Adam Beyer and Detroit techno legen... Read more »| 31 Jan 2017 -
Music
Making Bedroom Music: LUCIA interview
We chat to rising star LUCIA on a winter's day in Glasgow to find out what inspires her music and what we can expect from her in 2017 Read more »| 31 Jan 2017 -
MusicBella and the Bear @ Broadcast, 27 Jan
"That was a really bad performance, I’m so sorry," says Lauren Gilmour, one half of Bella and the Bear. "That’s why we don’t take requests!... Read more »| 31 Jan 2017 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art (31 Jan - 6 Feb)
Throughout the week, there are talks, new shows from Thank You Very Much and The Modern Institute, and a few last chances for some exhibitions that are closing soon... Read more »| 31 Jan 2017 -
Music
Art of the Memory Palace – A Tilt Remains: Track Premiere
Listen to A Tilt Remains by Art of the Memory Palace from their Voiture Blanche dans le Noir soundtrack Andrew Mitchell and Raz Ullah make up Dundee-based p... Read more »| 31 Jan 2017 -
Music
Neil Pennycook on the return of Meursault
We catch up with Neil Pennycook to discuss the return of the much-vaunted Edinburgh outfit Meursault, back with a new album Read more »| 31 Jan 2017 -
Music
Scottish Gig Highlights: 31 Jan – 6 Feb
This week's best live music in Edinburgh and Glasgow, as Celtic Connections comes to an end and a member of Arcade Fire arrives in Edinburgh Read more »| 31 Jan 2017