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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FilmGreat queer romances on Netflix
It's LGBT History Month, so whether you're gay, bi, straight or somewhere else on the sexual spectrum, it's the perfect excuse to see more queer cinema. Here... Read more »| 14 Feb 2017 -
MusicJulian Cope @ Gorilla, Manchester, 10 Feb
Taking to Gorilla’s stage – itself formed from rags and patches of what look like safety deposit boxes – like the sole survivor of a n... Read more »| 14 Feb 2017 -
MusicAndy Shauf @ Gullivers, Manchester, 9 Feb
Like his music, Andy Shauf’s entrance is endearingly understated. As the band politely shuffle their way through the crowd and onto the stage, pre-show... Read more »| 14 Feb 2017 -
MusicCrystal Fairy – Crystal Fairy
“Written and recorded over pho while watching cannibal movies” is how Omar Rodriguez-Lopez explains supergroup Crystal Fairy’s debut LP, an... Read more »| 14 Feb 2017 -
Film
My Life as a Courgette
Swiss stop-motion animation following a young orphan from the pen of Girlhood director Céline Sciamma After debuting at the Cannes Film Festival last... Read more »| 14 Feb 2017 -
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Undo – Undo
Formed in 2016, Glasgow four-piece Undo make quite the racket. In point of fact, on first listen, they probably sound as noisy and ramshackle as any rocking ... Read more »| 14 Feb 2017
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Art
This Week in Scottish Art: 14-20 February
This week brings the announcement of the Margaret Tait Award, the newest edition of the Royal Scottish Academy New Contemporaries, Glasgow Open House Party tonight and a new event as part of the ambitious Cooper Gallery show When Gesture Becomes Event. Read more »| 14 Feb 2017 -
Film
Lady Macbeth
Darkly comic Victorian drama featuring hypnotising newcomer Florence Pugh as a disaffected young bride Read more »| 14 Feb 2017 -
MusicMt. Doubt – Tourists: Track Premiere
Listen to the new Mt. Doubt track Tourists Read more »| 14 Feb 2017 -
Music
Kate Nash @ Oran Mor, Glasgow, 7 Feb
It’s been four years since Kate Nash graced our fair city with her all-female band playing to a packed King Tuts at the height of her riot grrrl renais... Read more »| 14 Feb 2017 -
Art
The Other'd Artist: Interview with Travis Alabanza
Performance artist Travis Alabanza talks to The Skinny ahead of their ambitious collaborative exhibition of Black artists The Other'd Artist with Transmission in May Read more »| 14 Feb 2017 -
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Parra For Cuva – Mood in C: Track Premiere
Listen to the new Parra For Cuva track Mood in C Read more »| 14 Feb 2017 -
Music
An Anti-Valentine's Day Playlist
Angry about all the liars and the dirty dirty cheats out there? Get down to these sick beats this Valentine's Day, with an anti-Val selection from The Skinny... Read more »| 14 Feb 2017 -
Music
Scottish Gigs of the Week: 14-20 Feb
Synths, slacker-pop and top-drawer emo all feature in this week's Edinburgh and Glasgow gig guide Read more »| 13 Feb 2017 -
Music
Alasdair Roberts – Pangs
Almost two decades into an entertainingly spasmodic career, Alasdair Roberts shows no sign of settling into the well-worn groove of anything approaching a tr... Read more »| 13 Feb 2017