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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MusicLow @ The Classic Grand, 27 April
Ten minutes before tonight’s headline set is scheduled to start, a projected clock commences a countdown. With fifteen seconds left, Low take... Read more »| 02 May 2013 -
MusicMatthew E. White @ The Arches, 24 April
For whatever reason, it seems to take Matthew E White a couple of songs to find his feet tonight. Opener Will You Love Me waltzes past with negligi... Read more »| 02 May 2013 -
MusicJohn Grant Interviewed: “I was angry when I wrote Pale Green Ghosts”
Lauded singer-songwriter John Grant discusses fear, loathing and his remarkable new album Read more »| 02 May 2013 -
Music
Serafina Steer @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 18 April
Serafina Steer's third and latest album, the Jarvis Cocker-produced The Moths Are Real, confirmed the young harpist as an artist of vision and depth. Measure... Read more »| 02 May 2013 -
ClubsSean Johnston and Andrew Weatherall Bring A Love From Outer Space to Scotland
Sean Johnston discusses his collaboration with Andrew Weatherall and the ethos behind their club night, A Love From Outer Space, which lands in Edinburgh this month Read more »| 02 May 2013 -
Books
Hassan Blasim: Once Upon a Time in Iraq
Hassan Blasim is touring the UK to promote his new collection of short stories, The Iraqi Christ. He talks to us about censorship, the surreal and violent imagery in his work, and the future of Arabic literature Read more »| 02 May 2013
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Film
Mississipi Yearning: Jeff Nichols on Mud
Jeff Nichols, director of Take Shelter and Shotgun Stories, is one of the most exciting young directors in America. He talks to The Skinny about his latest f... Read more »| 02 May 2013 -
Books
Ned Beauman: Granta Best of Young British Novelists
We sat down with Ned Beauman, the youngest author on Granta's once-a-decade Best of Young British Novelists list and chatted about inclusion, his work and the international appeal of 'coke rap' Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Art
85A: Chernozem and Renegade Maskerrade
Just as smells have the power to thrust you back into a place you haven’t been for years, so certain sounds can arouse instant, primal emotion. The wor... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Music
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 1 May
Mike D and Ad-Rock plan Beastie Boys biography; Boards of Canada album details emerge; new tracks from Mount Kimbie, Neon Neon, Quickbeam and Discopolis; William McIlvanney reads from Laidlaw; plus the latest festival news from Download, Bestival and OFF Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Art
First Person: Drawing at a Gig
Jon Barraclough of Liverpool art freesheet Drawing Paper describes joining collectives Deep Hedonia and The Royal Standard – and Japanese techno producer NHK'Koyxen – to provide an evening of audio-visual collaboration Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Music
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead pan for gold
Nursing epic hangovers from the night before, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead's Jason Reece and Jamie Miller debate whether they need pure punk rock or "a modern day Phil Collins" to take the pain away Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Art
Raqib Shaw @ Manchester Art Gallery, until 26 May
The Manchester Art Gallery has, since Valentine’s Day, been host to that which lurks in the murky depths of the human unconscious – in a collecti... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Art
Michael Landy: Four Walls @ Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, until 16 Jun
Michael Landy's Four Walls brings together a handful of 2004 works paying homage to the artist's father, Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Music
Ghostface Killah & Adian Younge – Twelve Reasons To Die
Leaving aside the elaborate concept behind Twelve Reasons To Die, and just examining the music, it's pretty much all in the win column. Adrian Younge, using ... Read more »| 01 May 2013