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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MusicAnna Calvi – Strange Weather EP
Anna Calvi has defined herself as a singer-songwriter who trades in the markets of gloom and theatrics. With this EP, she has sought to apply her craft to th... Read more »| 26 Jun 2014 -
MusicMatthewdavid – In My World
Matthewdavid's second album for Brainfeeder is a very different beast to the ambient, experimental textures of his debut, Outmind. Where that album expl... Read more »| 25 Jun 2014 -
Music
Wave of Retaliation: The Pixies' Joey Santiago Interviewed
Joey Santiago tells us all about the Pixies new album Indie Cindy, the trials of being on tour and what he would like to do to those who discount the band's reunion as 'a craven cash-in' Read more »| 25 Jun 2014 -
Music
Parquet Courts @ The Kazimier, Liverpool, 22 June
Baiting the public: sometimes it’s the only sensible thing to do. OK, Parquet Courts’ rickety racket isn’t exactly disappointing The Kazimi... Read more »| 25 Jun 2014 -
MusicTut Vu Vu – Slow Sound Horn EP
Footsteps on a wooden floor. Then a drifting backbeat leads into schizoid trumpet and a decidedly unsettling organ motif. Suddenly, ‘Gallic psyche noir... Read more »| 25 Jun 2014 -
Film
Boy Meets Girl
At long last, Leos Carax’s debut film, Boy Meets Girl, comes to Blu-ray. Originally premiered in International Critic’s Week in Cannes 1984, when... Read more »| 24 Jun 2014
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Film
The Rocket
The Rocket’s title refers to a traditional Lao festival featured in the film’s final act: a rambunctious celebration at which participants compet... Read more »| 24 Jun 2014 -
Clubs
Beneath the Label: Ruf Kutz
Wet Play co-founder Ruf Dug is the cat behind Ruf Kutz, Mancunia's primary purveyor of punchdrunk disco drenched in 80s nostalgia. He chats cassette culture and Helvetica predecessors ahead of his Dancers Wanted party this Saturday Read more »| 24 Jun 2014 -
Theatre
Angel Meadow @ Cutting Room Square, Manchester, 10-29 Jun
Arriving at Cutting Room Square, Ancoats, surrounded by vast trendy apartments projecting World Cup jubilation from their residents, we are unaware of the ex... Read more »| 24 Jun 2014 -
MusicBright Light Bright Light – Life Is Easy
Rod Thomas has feelings, and he wants you to know about them. Over a backdrop of super-polished disco beats, he implores us earnestly to know how it feels to... Read more »| 24 Jun 2014 -
Clubs
DJ Chart: Answer Code Request
German beatsmith Answer Code Request (aka Patrick Gräser) gives us a glimpse into his musical inner workings via a selection of tracks that influenced his debut album Read more »| 23 Jun 2014 -
Theatre
(i)land @ Glasgow Culture 2014
Marc Brew's latest piece (i)land examines isolation and what it means to be cut off from society. When three people are forced together on a desert island &n... Read more »| 23 Jun 2014 -
Theatre
Scottish Opera: Madama Butterfly @ Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Scottish Opera revive Sir David McVicar’s production of Madama Butterfly and kick off their Scottish tour at the Festival Theatre in Edinburg... Read more »| 23 Jun 2014 -
Theatre
Nederlands Dans Theater 2 @ Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) bring their junior division to Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre. As the NDT’s young talent division that allows them to... Read more »| 23 Jun 2014 -
Music
Secret Cities – Walk Me Home
The North Dakota trio’s likeable third album purloins in the best possible way: artfully. Bad Trip pits Marie Parker’s reedy vocals against a bac... Read more »| 23 Jun 2014