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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BooksBloody Scotland: The Case of the Book Festival
Russel D. McLean investigate Bloody Scotland, the annual gathering of our finest criminal authors. Read more »| 06 Sep 2015 -
ArtExhibitions in Liverpool and Manchester, Sep 2015
From HOME's new show to some unusual taxidermy, check out our art highlights in Liverpool, Manchester and beyond this September Read more »| 04 Sep 2015 -
Music
Blacklisters – Adult
Less a band, more of a bludgeon. Blacklisters’ songs crunch and lacerate like solid wooden clubs, mutilated with rusted nails. Opener Shirts swiftly ac... Read more »| 04 Sep 2015 -
TheatreTrapped Up North: Manchester's horror attraction
The trend for escape room games continues unabated with the Great Northern Warehouse's new horror attraction, Trapped Up North. Its creator helps us understand the appeal of getting locked inside a room and scared half to death Read more »| 04 Sep 2015 -
Music
Mac DeMarco invites the fans round: "I don't know what I was thinking"
About to embark upon his biggest UK dates yet in support of new mini-LP Another One, we speak to indie oddball Mac DeMarco about finding new ways to connect with fans and giving a little something back to the community Read more »| 04 Sep 2015 -
Music
CARBS premiere Joyous Material Failure
Take a first listen to Joyous Material Failure from CARBS, the hip-hop inspired new project from Jonnie Common and Conquering Animal Sound's Jamie Scott, annotated here by the duo themselves Read more »| 04 Sep 2015
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MusicShannon and the Clams – Gone by the Dawn
If breaking up is so very hard to do, then Gone by the Dawn finds early garage rock revivalists Shannon and the Clams gathered around the jukebox, drowning t... Read more »| 04 Sep 2015 -
Music
Slim Twig – Thank You For Stickin' With Twig
Slim Twig’s first new material since signing to DFA is a cheeky middle finger to the popular canon. Literally: after he’s done chastising Beatles... Read more »| 04 Sep 2015 -
Music
Carbs – Joyous Material Failure
Newly formed collaboration Carbs sees Jonnie (Common) and James (Conquering Animal Sound) come together to celebrate the daily disappointments of modern life... Read more »| 04 Sep 2015 -
Music
Helena Hauff – Discreet Desires
An established DJ, Helena Hauff has earned a reputation for pummeling dancefloors with her jagged, hardware-oriented techno, so it’s little surprise th... Read more »| 04 Sep 2015 -
Music
Introverted Dancefloor – Introverted Dancefloor
Not nearly as introspective as the eponymous album title would have you believe, Bevan Smith’s latest project as Introverted Dancefloor is restrained, ... Read more »| 04 Sep 2015 -
Music
Darwin Deez – Double Down
Brooklyn indie-pop oddball Darwin Deez cites influences for his sophomore release as diverse as The Beatles, Nietzsche, Ridley Scott and the Indian spiritual... Read more »| 04 Sep 2015 -
Art
CueB: An Artist-Run Space in London
Franco La Russa explains how London's CueB gallery has much in common with Glasgow's DIY art scene. Read more »| 03 Sep 2015 -
Music
Sufjan Stevens @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 30 August
From Illinois and Michigan to the Edinburgh Festival, Sufjan Stevens delivers a truly unforgettable performance. Read more »| 03 Sep 2015 -
Art
Fugue States @ CCA
Fugue States is a two-person show by Lauren Gault and Alison Gibbs, featuring sculpture and film. Read more »| 03 Sep 2015