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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ClubsThe Spirit of '94: Pi-Eyed NYE Meltdown
Intent on keeping the free party scene alive, the founders of Pi-Eyed promise a Hogmanay bash featuring ravers, pipers and some of the most ludicrous DJ names you're ever likely to see on one flyer Read more »| 06 Dec 2013 -
TheatrePanto Limbo: Alternative Christmas Theatre in the Northwest
It's time for Christmas theatre! Oh no it isn't. Oh yes it is Read more »| 06 Dec 2013 -
FilmThe Films of 2013: Girl Power
Is this the year women got a fair shake in movies? Our top ten suggests a tentative yes: from Wadjda's pint-sized rebel and Zero Dark Thirty's ferocious CIA agent to Frances Ha's loveable flake, 2013's best films were dominated by great female characters Read more »| 06 Dec 2013 -
ClubsHic Hic! Hooray: NYE in Liverpool and Manchester
Where to head in Liverpool and Manchester to avoid breaking the bank, your resolve and your long-standing relationships Read more »| 06 Dec 2013 -
MusicThe Albums of 2013 (#4): The National – Trouble Will Find Me (4AD)
When his wife Joy Davidson died after three years of marriage, C.S. Lewis recorded his grief in a series of journals, published pseudonymously in the early 1... Read more »| 05 Dec 2013 -
Music
Casual Sex / Halfrican @ Nice N Sleazy, 22 November
The urgency of Halfrican’s surf-punk sound is in stark contrast to the laidback beachware they wear on stage, despite the Baltic-like conditions o... Read more »| 05 Dec 2013
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Music
Arctic Monkeys @ The SSE Hydro, 21 November
You can take the boy out of High Green… and, given nearly a decade of writing guitar hits and amassing a crowd big enough to fill Glasgow’s 13,0... Read more »| 05 Dec 2013 -
Music
Janet Weiss reflects on Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag, and 20 years of Quasi
With Sleater-Kinney still on hiatus, and Wild Flag no more, Janet Weiss explains why playing with Quasi in the here and now remains her day job of choice Read more »| 05 Dec 2013 -
Music
The Albums of 2013 (#5): CHVRCHES – The Bones of What You Believe (Virgin / Goodbye)
“A lot of electronic bands these days, not wanting to name names, they shy away from the melody, shy away from the song and it becomes all about how th... Read more »| 05 Dec 2013 -
Music
The Albums of 2013 (#6): Hookworms – Pearl Mystic (Gringo)
The aftermath of Pearl Mystic has been one of change and decisions for Hookworms' vocalist MJ Read more »| 05 Dec 2013 -
Music
Baths / Swallows Fly Low @ Sneaky Pete's, 25 November
A Krakow native now residing in Edinburgh, Swallows Fly Low graces the stage first of all tonight, quickly proving how suitable a support act he is. Oth... Read more »| 05 Dec 2013 -
Books
Darren Cullen: Unto the Breach
No stranger to controversy, we ask Darren Cullen some probing questions about Join the Army, his inevitably divisive concertina comic on the horrors of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and the shameless recruitment drives making them possible Read more »| 05 Dec 2013 -
Music
The Albums of 2013 (#7): Frightened Rabbit – Pedestrian Verse (Atlantic)
After the promising dress rehearsal of Frightened Rabbit’s debut album, Sing the Greys, the Selkirk troupe quickly followed up with main event The Midn... Read more »| 04 Dec 2013 -
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The Albums of 2013 (#8): Boards of Canada – Tomorrow's Harvest (Warp)
For an elusive duo who once proclaimed ‘music is math,’ the cryptic, numerical-led announcement of Boards of Canada’s fourth album was sure... Read more »| 04 Dec 2013 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase: Christmas Cards 2013
The Skinny Showcase: Christmas Cards 2013 Some of our artist pals made us these lovely cards to share with you this festive season. We got so many we ran di... Read more »| 04 Dec 2013