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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MusicDarren Hayman and the Long Parliament – Four Queens EP
More than ten years since Hefner’s demise, Darren Hayman continues to produce the kind of wry, winsome indie which invariably featured heavily in John ... Read more »| 22 Apr 2013 -
ArtCough em if they can't take a choke @ Verge
What do you get when two Scotsmen, a Mexican and a Welsh woman spend three weeks together in a gallery space in Govan? Well, a pretty good show, actually. Th... Read more »| 19 Apr 2013 -
BooksAye Write! Leveson Six Months On
The debate surrounding the Leveson report into media standards is more heated now than it was six months ago when the report was published. Leveson has made ... Read more »| 19 Apr 2013 -
ArtNicolas Party @ The Modern Institute, until 8 May
In one of the still lifes alluded to in the misleadingly sober title of Nicolas Party’s solo show, Still Life oil paintings and Landscape watercolours,... Read more »| 19 Apr 2013 -
MusicThe Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 19 April
Book Talk: Alan Moore and Jarvis Cocker; My Bloody Valentine for T in the Park; J. Dilla's Gary Numan cover unearthed; new music from Laurel Halo, James Holden, De La Soul, Black Sabbath, Alice in Chains and more; plus the latest film trailers Read more »| 19 Apr 2013 -
Film
Bernie
Indie darling Richard Linklater returns home with Bernie, a bizarre true story of murder and community spirit in a small Texan town. Jack Black (in superb, r... Read more »| 19 Apr 2013
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Film
Rebellion
The seventh feature from director Mathieu Kassovitz, Rebellion sees the maker of La Haine return to more pointedly political ground following English languag... Read more »| 18 Apr 2013 -
Music
Rozi Plain: Roam From Home
Ahead of her appearance at Sounds From The Other City, Fence Records' newly wandering Rozi Plain avoids chatting about her music with friend and collaborator Sam Lewis of Being There Read more »| 18 Apr 2013 -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 17 April
Shane Meadows on his new Stone Roses biopic; new music from Camera Obscura, Poliça, Gold Panda, Optimo and Mark Lanegan; the latest festival news on ATP, Latitude, Bloodstock and more; plus Moog release free app for iPhone Read more »| 17 Apr 2013 -
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Business Time: Liverpool Sound City
Following in the footsteps of South by Southwest and New York's CMJ Music Marathon, expo-style festivals like Liverpool's Sound City seem to be going from strength to strength. But what do they really offer bands? The Skinny investigates Read more »| 17 Apr 2013 -
Music
Team Ghost / Sonic Hearts Foundation @ Broadcast, 10 April
Despite the entire evening being beset with technical problems – vocals drift in and out, disappearing behind squalls of guitar feedback, and the ... Read more »| 16 Apr 2013 -
Film
Love Is All You Need
Yet another wedding-themed romantic comedy, Susanne Bier’s Love Is All You Need thankfully eschews the crass hi-jinks of its recent predecessors to pro... Read more »| 16 Apr 2013 -
Film
Olympus Has Fallen
Over five flicks of decreasing quality, Die Hard’s John McClane has found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time with great regularity, lucklessl... Read more »| 16 Apr 2013 -
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The Skinny Northwest Launch
The Skinny Northwest Launch So, you're launching a new monthly arts and culture magazine in the Northwest of England. How best to go about it? A small soir&... Read more »| 16 Apr 2013 -
Music
The Age of Poli-Pop: Neon Neon unveil Praxis Makes Perfect
Gruff Rhys and Boom Bip reconvene as Neon Neon to talk Italian communists, political pop and 'extreme concerts' Read more »| 16 Apr 2013