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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TheatreDead Dog in a Suitcase @ HOME, Manchester
HOME is starting to establish a recognisable style in the theatre it is producing and staging; cinematic in scope, it mixes drama, music and dance together, ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2015 -
TheatreNarvik @ Liverpool Playhouse
A new play with songs by the award-winning Liverpool playwright and singer-songwriter Lizzie Nunnery, Narvik tells a compelling story of love and loss set ag... Read more »| 18 Sep 2015 -
MusicScottish Alternative Music Awards shortlist named
The nominees for this year’s Scottish Alternative Music Awards (SAMAs) have been announced ahead of next month's ceremony and bash. Read more »| 17 Sep 2015 -
MusicGet to Know... False Advertising
Meet False Advertising, Manchester's fiercely DIY trio who'll be appearing at The Deaf Institute on 25 Sep in a gig championed by Trof and The Skinny Read more »| 17 Sep 2015 -
Music
Liverpool Psych Fest: Sacred Bones Records interviewed
It's a prolific time for Brooklyn's Sacred Bones label; with some of the finest records of the year under their belts, and ahead of Liverpool Psych Fest (where they’ve co-curated a stage with Chile’s BYM label), we chat with general manager Taylor Brode Read more »| 17 Sep 2015 -
Music
Girlpool / Dean Engle / Cop Graveyard @ Manchester Deaf Institute, 8 September
Sometimes it’s the crowd that makes the evening. There’s an encouraging atmosphere as soon as local lo-fi pairing Cop Graveyard take the stage to... Read more »| 17 Sep 2015
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Music
Glasgow's Sub Club launches Nautilus Rising label
The team behind Glasgow clubbing institution Sub Club have unveiled details of their new record label, Nautilus Rising. Read more »| 17 Sep 2015 -
Music
False Advertising – False Advertising
Not all of the young pups bewitched by the 90s US alt-rock underground manage to invigorate its legacy with the enterprise and identity it deserves. Step for... Read more »| 17 Sep 2015 -
Film
Horse Money
To offer a reductive description of Pedro Costa’s Horse Money for those unfamiliar with it or him as a filmmaker, imagine the following: Labyrinth, exc... Read more »| 17 Sep 2015 -
Music
New Order – Music Complete
For those unconvinced by Music Complete's safe lead single Restless; fear not. The spiralling dance-pop musing on consumer culture sounds robust and expansiv... Read more »| 17 Sep 2015 -
Music
East India Youth, Son Lux set for Summerhall gig series
Edinburgh’s Summerhall arts venue has added dates from Lau Nau, Son Lux and East India Youth to its Nothing Ever Happens Here gig series. Read more »| 16 Sep 2015 -
Music
New Order's Stephen Morris talks Music Complete
A couple of years ago it seemed like New Order were no more. Yet here they are in 2015, with a re-calibrated line-up and an entirely new album – Music Complete – about to be released. The Skinny discusses presences, absences and techniques with the band Read more »| 16 Sep 2015 -
Music
Northwest Music News – 16 Sep: Stealing Sheep, Lake of Snakes + more
Our latest missive from the Northwest including details of Stealing Sheep's Mythopoeia III, new music from Cardinal Fuzz and much more... Read more »| 16 Sep 2015 -
Books
Petina Gappah interview: “My inspiration is – believe it or not – Margaret Thatcher”
Petina Gappah has been dubbed the voice of Zimbabwe and is a rising star of African writing. As her long awaited novel is released, The Skinny talks to Gappah about self-doubt, the tricks of memory, and her refusal to be categorised Read more »| 16 Sep 2015 -
Theatre
The Family Way @ Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Originally titled All in Good Time, this 1963 play from Bolton writer Bill Naughton is best known for its 1966 big screen adaptation as The Family Way starri... Read more »| 16 Sep 2015