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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MusicJustin Walter – Unseen Forces
Never mind unseen forces, it’s the subconscious ones you’ve got to watch out for. Justin Walter’s second LP avoids the visceral to drift al... Read more »| 17 Apr 2017 -
MusicLive music in Manchester this week: 13-18 Apr
Chelsea Wolfe, Laetitia Sadier and The Paperhead are all among our highlights for the week... and that's before we even get into Salford's Fat Out Fest... Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
MusicGallops: Under The Influence
Mark Huckridge talks us through his musical influences, from first getting into music to his cross-genre love for signature sounds Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
MusicThe Imagineers – Californians Drive All Day (In the Sunshine): Video Premiere
Watch the new music video for Californians Drive All Day (In the Sunshine) by The Imagineers Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
Music
Twelfth Day @ Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 7 April
For a few reasons, Glasgow's Hug & Pint is the perfect venue for Scottish folk duo Twelfth Day to launch their new album. The room is cosy and intimate, ... Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
Film
Cannes 2017: Coppola, Haneke and Ramsay in competition
Also competing for the Palme d'Or: Todd Haynes, Noah Baumbach, Bong Joon-ho, and places for David Lynch's Twin Peaks and Jane Campion's Top of the Lake in the Cannes lineup Read more »| 13 Apr 2017
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Clubs
Warehouse Project throw a Haçienda pool party this Easter
Fancy an acid house party in a beautiful Grade II listed pool? The Warehouse Project and Boiler Room have the party for you Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
Film
David Lynch releases more Twin Peaks ‘clues’
Immerse yourself in Angelo Badalamenti's dreamy Twin Peaks theme music while you try to crack David Lynch's latest puzzle Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
Music
Pulled Apart by Horses @ Sound Control, Manchester, 6 Apr
The reviewing ideal? A detached and humble scribe at the back of a sweaty room scratching at a pad (or tapping at a phone) – pure head, no heart, ... Read more »| 12 Apr 2017 -
Clubs
Live At The Top: KiNK interview
Bulgarian live maestro KiNK opens up about forthcoming albums, his love of a good sampler, and his plans for 2017 Read more »| 12 Apr 2017 -
Music
British Sea Power @ Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 9 Apr
The audience are packed like gingham-clad sardines in a tin as we wait for the arrival of British Sea Power. The stage is dressed as though we’ve enter... Read more »| 12 Apr 2017 -
Clubs
The Refuge to host huge May Bank Holiday party
The Unabombers will take over The Refuge for an epic weekender of music, food and drinks Read more »| 12 Apr 2017 -
Film
First trailer for Kathryn Bigelow’s new film Detroit
Panic on the streets of Detroit in the first glimpse of the Point Break and Hurt Locker director’s historical crime drama that looks all too current Read more »| 12 Apr 2017 -
Film
Fast & Furious 8
The eighth film in the Fast and the Furious franchise provides the daft action sequences we've come to love, but Charlize Theron's unremarkable supervillain and an inconsistency in family values dampen some of the fun Read more »| 12 Apr 2017 -
Music
The Amazons @ Deaf Institute, Manchester, 6 Apr
The Amazons are indie rock'n'roll all over – of the good old-fashioned kind (and by 'old-fashioned', we definitely mean 2009). Ok, they&rsquo... Read more »| 11 Apr 2017