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Music
The Skinny On... Bikini Body
What’s your favourite place to visit?We really love visiting other cities to play gigs! We had the most fun on tour with The Bug Club last year, blasti... Read more »| Updated 12 days ago -
Books
Ottessa Moshfegh's Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh straddles an unusual position as an author. Despite gaining commercial success with her first novel, the noir-thriller Eileen, which saw her... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Music
Edinburgh duo Chuchoter on EP Pieces
Last year, The Skinny caught Chuchoter supporting Kllo at Sneaky Pete's and were instantly hooked on their sprawling synths and emotive vocals. The Edinburgh... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
Theatre
Theatre on a budget: a short guide
Conservative politicians haven't shown the greatest sympathy towards people affected by the cost of living crisis lately. In response to growing numbers of p... Read more »| Updated almost 2 years ago -
Music
The Beths' Elizabeth Stokes interviewed
Elizabeth Stokes has been thinking about distance. And as the lead singer and songwriter of The Beths, it's not surprising that her mind is occupied by vast ... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
Comedy
Changing the culture: a new normal for the Fringe?
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is a sorely missed staple for many comics who look to build on, and in some cases establish their careers. It’s been... Read more »| Updated about 3 years ago -
Music
Primavera Sound's diverse 2019 line-up shames most UK festivals
Barcelona festival Primavera Sound is renowned for its strong line-ups, and on Wednesday evening they announced the bill for next year with three words: &ldq... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Festivals
The Great Escape 2018: 10 acts not to miss
One of the biggest music showcases in Europe, The Great Escape festival in Brighton is the UK festival for new music. The annual three day event ta... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
Music
Coronavirus: event cancellations and venue closures
This rolling page will keep you up to date with events and gigs cancelled or moved in response to the pandemic, as well as venue closures. As the COVID-19 p... Read more »| Updated about 4 years ago -
Music
SAY Award 2018: A closer look at the shortlist
When the longlist for the 2018 SAY Award was announced on 1 August we felt an immediate sense of pride for the creative output of Scotland’s music scen... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Books
Harry Josephine Giles on a golden age of trans fiction
Writer and performer Harry Josephine Giles is known for working at the intersections. Their debut novel Deep Wheel Orcadia blends poetry and prose, science f... Read more »| Updated over 1 year ago -
Film
Tom Schiller on lost masterpiece Nothing Lasts Forever
Every month or so, an old film is dusted off for revival in UK cinemas, but perhaps revival isn’t the correct word, given that the films that tend to g... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
Music
Spotlight On... Maranta
Edinburgh duo Maranta are Gloria Black and Callum Govan. They've been making music together and making people dance since 2018 and continue to be a firm favo... Read more »| Updated about 2 years ago -
Music
Spotlight On... Nicole Cassandra Smit
Traversing a multitidude of genres like trip-hop, alt-soul, R'n'B, hip-hop, blues and more, and calling to mind the likes of Nuyorican Soul, Nitin Sawhney, a... Read more »| Updated almost 2 years ago -
Festivals
Inua Ellams on A Toast to the People
Inua Ellams is looking forward to visiting Edinburgh again. "You guys seem to have controlled the pandemic far better than we have," he says wryly. "So I'm l... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
Comedy
ICYMI: Chris Thorburn on Nighty Night
When given the opportunity to write for ICYMI and cover a comedy classic I had never seen, two options immediately sprung to mind: Ivan Reitman’s 1988 ... Read more »| Updated over 3 years ago -
Film
A New Wave: Johnny Barrington on Silent Roar
There’s a distinctly bittersweet flavour to Silent Roar, the soulful and gently comic debut feature from Johnny Barrington, which is due to have its wo... Read more »| Updated 10 months ago -
Clubs
Life's A Peach: Shanti Celeste interviewed
Shanti Celeste is one of the busiest DJs on the planet. Name a club, she’s probably played it; name a festival, she’s probably played it too. But... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
Books
Graeme Armstrong on The Young Team, gang violence and Trainspotting
Everyone has that book. Your absolute favourite, the one that changed everything, blew your world wide open and set you on a new path. For a teenage Graeme A... Read more »| Updated about 4 years ago -
Film
Simon Amstell on his new film Benjamin
“I get such a lot from trying to figure out what’s wrong with me,” says Simon Amstell – TV presenter, writer, stand-up, now director ... Read more »| Updated about 5 years ago -
Festivals
Josie Long on her return to the Edinburgh Fringe
“I’m coming to it afresh, I’ve got no expectations. I really, really want my show to be good. That’s all I want. If my show’s g... Read more »| Updated almost 5 years ago -
Things To Do
What's On Scotland 22-29 Mar: RSA New Contemporaries
RSA New Contemporaries is back for its tenth year and this year's exhibition will showcase work from 62 graduates selected from the 2017 degree shows, featur... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
Music
Scottish New Music Round-up: July 2022
With festival season fully back in June, it was hard to keep up with new releases. Towards the end of the month Glasgow funk and hip-hop collective DOPESICKF... Read more »| Updated almost 2 years ago -
Film
Youth in Revolt: Ninian Doff on Get Duked!
Over the years, movies haven't exactly been the best advert for visiting Scotland's great outdoors. An island in the Hebrides proves less than hospitable for... Read more »| Updated over 3 years ago -
Film
Indie Go Go: Patrick Wang brings his exquisite indie films to the UK
There are many obstacles standing in the way of a first-time filmmaker, but the biggest challenge is often simply getting people to watch your film. After di... Read more »| Updated about 2 years ago -
Film
Scott Graham & the cast on Scottish small-town drama Run
Run, the third film from Scott Graham, captures the restlessness of small-town Scottish life through the eyes of a former boy racer, who seeks one final nigh... Read more »| Updated about 4 years ago -
Comedy
Urooj Ashfaq on her Fringe win and debut UK tour
Urooj Ashfaq quickly stands out among her comedic peers as someone to keep an eye on. With a thriving career in India and the UK, a prestigious Edinburgh Com... Read more »| Updated 3 months ago -
Music
Spotlight On... Thundermoon
Edinburgh-based three-piece synthpop outfit Thundermoon's debut EP We're Still Here landed in our inbox last week and we can't get enough. It's full of soari... Read more »| Updated 7 months ago -
Music
Supersonic 2018: Preview & Mix
Supersonic returns to Birmingham from 22-24 June. Since being founded in 2003, the festival continues to draw from some of the more hidden corners of the und... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
Books
Lola Olufemi on Experiments in Imagining Otherwise
Lola Olufemi’s second book, Experiments in Imagining Otherwise, tenderly but ferociously champions Black feminist, anticapitalist and anticolonial thou... Read more »| Updated over 1 year ago