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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MusicMotor City Drum Ensemble Playlist: Guest Selector
Ahead of anticipated dates in both Liverpool and Manchester, Danilo Plessow – aka MCDE – steps up with ten LPs that he considers to be "absolute must-haves" Read more »| 04 Nov 2014 -
MusicClaudio Simonetti's Goblin perform Suspiria @ SWG3, 31 October
Like so many of the best horror films, Suspiria doesn’t just inspire nightmares; it resembles one. As victims helplessly flee from unseen assailants, l... Read more »| 04 Nov 2014 -
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First Person: Twisting the System
Liverpool’s Syndrome events programme experiments with the relationship of performance and technology. As they launch the third phase – exploring ‘Post-Humanities and Techno-Genesis’ – director Nathan Jones discusses his own conception of the ‘post-human’ Read more »| 04 Nov 2014 -
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TV Smith – I Delete
Album number 16 from the former Adverts frontman, this time pushing his well-worn pen through themes of techno-skepticism, social fragmentation and the mindl... Read more »| 04 Nov 2014 -
MusicLandlady – Upright Behavior
Given that Landlady’s Adam Schatz’ other collaborations include Philadelphia chamber-pop outfit Man Man, fidgety Brooklyn jazz heads Father Figur... Read more »| 04 Nov 2014 -
BooksThis is Scotland: A Country in Words and Pictures by Daniel Gray and Alan McCredie
Photographer Alan McCredie and writer Daniel Gray have merged talents to bring you the travelogue This is Scotland. It’s a flirty glance at a dozen are... Read more »| 03 Nov 2014
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Idlewild announce new album, Everything Ever Written
Idlewild have today announced their eighth studio release – titled Everything Ever Written – which is due for release on 9 Feb. Th... Read more »| 03 Nov 2014 -
FilmSPACE Jam: Video Jam spreads its wings with the SPACES tour
In November, kickass Manchester audio-visual night Video Jam takes to the road, bringing its unique brand of film and live music collaboration to Leeds, London and Liverpool. Video Jam co-curator Shereen Perera tells us where it all began Read more »| 03 Nov 2014 -
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Conflict and Collisions: New Contemporary Sculpture @ The Hepworth, Wakefield
A large leather phallic torpedo-like object hangs in the centre of the Hepworth Gallery. The all-consuming matte black colour is both dead and alive. I don&r... Read more »| 03 Nov 2014 -
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"Anything to get away from the Conservatives. Anything" – An interview with Sleaford Mods
Jason Williamson of Sleaford Mods is not afraid to call things as he sees them. In an agreeably frank interview, the lyricist calls out the lunacy of UKIP voters, the lack of political opposition and "embarrassing" 60s throwbacks like Jake Bugg Read more »| 03 Nov 2014 -
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Hero Worship: Thurston Moore on Tom Raworth
Thurston Moore pays homage to a prolific English poet who bridged the void between the punk and hippy Read more »| 03 Nov 2014 -
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The Possibility of an Island: Words with Deerhoof
With the imminent release of thirteenth album La Isla Bonita, Deerhoof's Greg Saunier explains why they've found latter-day inspiration in 80s pop queens Read more »| 03 Nov 2014 -
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Northwest Gig Highlights – November 2014
Brainfood is plentiful in a month that takes in Philip Glass, John Grant with the Northern Sinfonia, and merchants of darkness Vessel, Tim Hecker and Ben Frost – while Ballet School and HAJAmadagascar bring the pop nous Read more »| 03 Nov 2014 -
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65daysofstatic performing The Fall of Math, Manchester Cathedral, 29 October
Joe Shrewsbury stalks the stage, gripping his guitar in combative fashion, a stance chiming with the defensive ruminations he adopts when discussing tonight&... Read more »| 03 Nov 2014 -
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Scotland Film Event Highlights – November 2014
This month's highlights include women in sci-fi, a new pop-up cinema and a season focussed on the Big Apple Read more »| 03 Nov 2014