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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ArtArt News: Exhibitions at Edinburgh College of Art and Liverpool Arts Hub 47; Strangers Kissing – is it art?
A round-up of recently announced exhibitions and art news, including new work from Vicky Crossley at Liverpool's Arts Hub 47, and a showcase of work by ECA students. Plus, we ask if the viral hit First Kiss is really art... Read more »| 12 Mar 2014 -
MusicDawn Landes – Bluebird
When your marriage collapses and your world falls apart, what next? For songwriters, tradition dictates you channel the sadness into a ‘breakup record&... Read more »| 12 Mar 2014 -
Clubs
Restless Soul: Willie Burns interviewed
Chameleonic crate-digger Willie Burns on the paranormal powers that help him keep his second-hand store stocked, and the idea that there really are only two types of music – good, and bad Read more »| 12 Mar 2014 -
ClubsBehind the Scenes: Hustle
A healthy respect for tradition rather than trendiness keeps Liverpool's Hustle in quality DJs Read more »| 12 Mar 2014 -
TheatreOrlando @ Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, until 22 Mar
'My body was flooded with rapture and my brain with ideas. I wrote rapidly till 12...' So wrote Virginia Woolf to her lover Vita Sackville-West in 1927, desc... Read more »| 12 Mar 2014 -
Comedy
Can We Be Frank? Searching for Frank Sidebottom
As Jon Ronson heads out on the road this month paying tribute to Frank Sidebottom, he and friends of Sidebottom's creator Chris Sievey reflect on the life and times of a performer whose alter-ego took on a life of his own Read more »| 12 Mar 2014
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Clubs
Kyoto Calling: Efdemin on the influence of wabi-sabi
Affected heavily by a residency in Kyoto, Efdemin describes how new album Decay is influenced by ideas of transience and deterioration, and the peace that can be found within them Read more »| 12 Mar 2014 -
Theatre
Curtains Up: Liverpool's Everyman reopens
As Liverpool's Everyman theatre reopens its doors after a two-year revamp, artistic director Gemma Bodinetz shares her vision for a democratic but daring space Read more »| 12 Mar 2014 -
Music
Colourmusic – May You Marry Rich
With records like this, pop tribalism doesn’t half seem like an anachronism: Colourmusic are all sleek and shiny, adopting an all-is-welcome approach t... Read more »| 12 Mar 2014 -
Music
Polar Bear – In Each and Every One
While previous release Peepers was hardly an uncomplicated affair, Polar Bear’s fifth album sees Seb Rochford and company pushing their envelope furthe... Read more »| 12 Mar 2014 -
ComedyAsk Fred: Independence
Our resident empathetic heavyweight helps shed some light on some tricky political quandaries Read more »| 11 Mar 2014 -
Theatre
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake @ King's Theatre (Glasgow)
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, performed by New Adventures, takes the classical ballet favourite and turns it on its head. By replacing the delicate swan balle... Read more »| 11 Mar 2014 -
Books
Books News: Big changes at Cargo Publishing, George Saunders wins Folio Prize, and more
A round-up of news from the world of literature and publishing, including news of Cargo Publishing's new directors, the winner of the inaugural Folio Prize, and Glasgow League of Writers new project, reviving old superheroes from the DC Thomson archives Read more »| 11 Mar 2014 -
Music
Liars – Mess
Liars’ seventh album is undeniably, blatantly a Mute Records album, not just in practical terms but also in spiritual terms; the album plays like a hom... Read more »| 11 Mar 2014 -
Music
Future Islands – Singles
This Baltimore-based new wave/synthpop trio are now on their fourth full-length, and have been through nearly as many record labels: this, their 4AD debut, f... Read more »| 11 Mar 2014