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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ArtSarah Wright @ Glasgow Print Studio
Sarah Wright expands into installation and sculpture in her latest exhibition in Glasgow Print Studio. Using methods of stripping away and simplification, she paradoxically sets up a disquieting ambiguity. Read more »| 06 Apr 2016 -
MusicPrimal Scream @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 30 Mar
Bo Ningen have sucked the air right out of the room. The Japanese-by-way-of-London noise rock sprites are fronting a paltry pre-Primal Scream crowd, but by t... Read more »| 06 Apr 2016 -
FilmSon of Saul director: “It had to be raw”
Hungarian director László Nemes tells us how he approached filming the unfilmable with blistering Holocaust drama Son of Saul Set in the Ausch... Read more »| 06 Apr 2016 -
Music
RM Hubbert – Telling the Trees
Telling the Trees marks something of a new chapter for RM Hubbert. His last album, Breaks & Bones, completed what’s now called his 'Ampersand trilo... Read more »| 06 Apr 2016 -
MusicProtomartyr @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 2 Apr
This is not your typical rock’n’roll experience. The band barely acknowledge the audience. In between verses, the singer carries the air of ... Read more »| 06 Apr 2016 -
Music
PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project
"I will not dignify this inane composition with a response" was Washington, D.C.'s former mayor Vincent Gray's (wholly disingenuous) response to The Communit... Read more »| 06 Apr 2016
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Comedy
Are Gong Shows Good or Bad for Comedy?
Are gong shows a positive or negative force in stand-up? We asked Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Jon Whiteley to present their arguments Read more »| 06 Apr 2016 -
Clubs
Kowton on new LP Utility and the Livity Sound crew
Kowton spills the beans on his debut LP, landing this month on Livity Sound – and the musical journey that got him here Read more »| 05 Apr 2016 -
Comedy
Top Joe: Comedy Spotlight
We’re almost certain none of these answers are true Read more »| 05 Apr 2016 -
BooksAll That Man Is by David Szalay
Or: all that man isn't. Male readers beware – Szalay is in no mood to gloss over the shortcomings of his gender as he exposes with clear-sighted precis... Read more »| 05 Apr 2016 -
Art
Liverpool LightNight 2016 programme announced
LightNight, Liverpool's annual night-time celebration of arts and culture in the city, returns for its seventh year with a programme of light projections, new musical compositions and other late-night cultural happenings Read more »| 05 Apr 2016 -
Books
The Weird and Wonderful World of Fan Fiction
Have you ever wondered what would happen if Tyrion Lannister crossed over into the world of The Lord of the Rings? Don’t worry; someone has already written it for you. We take a look at the growing – and sometimes bizarre – world of fan fiction Read more »| 05 Apr 2016 -
Music
Deftones – Gore
The Sacramento survivors continue to evolve and compel in their 28th year. What keeps us leaning in is the visceral push and pull between frontman Chino More... Read more »| 05 Apr 2016 -
Books
George Monbiot at Aye Write!
"It’s as if the people of the Soviet Union had never heard of communism," says George Monbiot in his Aye Write! event How Did We Get Into This Mes... Read more »| 05 Apr 2016 -
Books
The Bricks that Built the Houses by Kate Tempest
Kate Tempest’s debut novel The Bricks that Built the Houses begins with a quote from William Blake, and the shadow of this great London poet lingers ov... Read more »| 05 Apr 2016