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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MusicDon Cavalli – Temperamental
The second LP from this idiosyncratic Frenchman sees him augment the psych-blues template of his 2008 debut Cryland with touches of electro (Santa Rita), sit... Read more »| 25 Sep 2013 -
MusicThe Field – Cupid's Head
Recorded using only hardware, and no computers, Axel Willner’s fourth solo album since 2007’s much-lauded debut From Here We Go Sublime is, ... Read more »| 25 Sep 2013 -
TheatreFirst Person Shooter: Rob Drummond talks Bullet Catch
Rob Drummond’s award-winning Bullet Catch returns to the Glaswegian stage this October after having toured the globe. We catch up with the playwright to hear about life on the world stage Read more »| 24 Sep 2013 -
MusicJaws @ East Village Arts Club, Liverpool, 22 September
Duuun dun, duuun dun, dun dun dun dun… It’s clear that the hype gathering around tonight’s headliners, Jaws, in their native Birmingh... Read more »| 24 Sep 2013 -
Music
The Grand Gestures – Second
For his second collection as The Grand Gestures, Spare Snare’s Jan Burnett invites faces old and new to supply vocals for diverse compositions. Returni... Read more »| 24 Sep 2013 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase: Penny Davenport
Showcase: Penny Davenport Liverpool-based artist Penny Davenport makes drawings of characters and scenes. “I always struggle with the explanati... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013
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Theatre
Forced Entertainment @ Tramway
Among Britain’s pioneers in the art of devised theatre, Forced Entertainment – directed by Tim Etchells – bring two shows to Tramway t... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
Music
Janelle Monae – The Electric Lady
Janelle Monae’s The Electric Lady comes with an impressive list of collaborators – Prince, Solange, Erykah Badu, and an equally impressive array ... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
Books
Book of the Month: A Naked Singularity by Sergio De La Pava
This is a defiant, digressive debut. De La Pava released it online in 2008, after years of rejection at the hands of publishers. And as the glowing online re... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
Books
Fashion Beast by Alan Moore, Malcolm McLaren, Antony Johnston, Facundo Percio
During his career Alan Moore has displayed many writerly talents, not least luck in being paired with equally talented collaborators. Though Moore’s au... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
Books
The Son by Philipp Meyer
Rumours of Philipp Meyer's method approach to research have swirled around his second novel, The Son. At August's Edinburgh International Book Festival ... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
Books
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
MaddAddam is the last instalment in Margaret Atwood’s dystopian trilogy that began with Oryx and Crake and continued with The Y... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
Film
The Last American Virgin
A near shot-for-shot remake of his cult Israeli coming-of-ager, Boaz Davidson’s The Last American Virgin is less a movie, more a succession of skits se... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
Film
La Notte
Has any director ever been as adept at exploring the spaces that exist between people as Michelangelo Antonioni? His 1961 film, La Notte, is the story of a m... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
Film
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Douglas Sirk's penultimate film is something of an anomaly in his body of work, but it's also perhaps the most personal and interesting film he ever made. A ... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013