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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MusicCommunity Music: The GIT Award 2017
Peter Guy reflects on the role of local media ahead of this year's GIT Award, celebrating the best new music on Merseyside Read more »| 05 May 2017 -
Music
Wendell Borton – Crawl (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for Crawl by Glasgow fuzz-pop trio Wendell Borton Read more »| 05 May 2017 -
Art
CCA Highlights: May - June 2017
Don’t let them do it. You all know what I’m referring to. Use your voice or watch the future ground out from underneath you. Until then, to find ... Read more »| 05 May 2017 -
Theatre
A Machine They’re Secretly Building @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
A theatrical documentary of sorts, combining archive footage and original video with live performance, A Machine They’re Secretly Building traces the h... Read more »| 05 May 2017 -
Music
Why the 12-inch Record Still Matters
In an environment of downloads and streams, what explains the enduring appeal of the 12-inch single? Our writer argues that, far from being obsolete, it's the perfect format for browsing, buying and listening Read more »| 05 May 2017 -
Music
Low Roar – Bones (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for Bones by Low Roar featuring Jófríõur Ákadóttir Read more »| 05 May 2017
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Music
In Pictures: Fat Out Fest 2017
The three-dayer from Salford independent promoters Fat Out pitched up at various venues across Salford for a glitter-coated celebration of DIY art and m... Read more »| 05 May 2017 -
MusicGorillaz – Humanz
If this is the sound of good music in this tentative spring of 2017, then there is hope yet for the arts. And where there is hope for the arts, there is hope... Read more »| 05 May 2017 -
BooksEmma Cline on The Girls
Emma Cline's debut novel The Girls, in which teenager Evie Boyd becomes drawn into a Manson-like cult, was published to much acclaim last year. As the paperback hits shelves, we asked Cline about the book's origins and her future plans Read more »| 05 May 2017 -
ArtChew and Spit: Interview with Beatrice Loft Schulz
Beatrice Loft Schulz discusses her Chew and Spit exhibition at Tramway, and its take on the dismantling of the social state, gallery neutrality and the Wham Rap! Read more »| 05 May 2017 -
Music
Women in Music: Scotland’s Shifting Music Scene
The record deal is dead, success is still sexist and downloads don't pay: Sharleen Spiteri, Emma Pollock, Law Holt and Be Charlotte speak with The Skinny about what makes it all worth it Read more »| 05 May 2017 -
Film
See Twin Peaks characters 25 years on in new trailer
The latest Twin Peaks trailer gives us our first look at some of the show’s iconic characters 25 years on Read more »| 05 May 2017 -
Clubs
Club nights in Liverpool this week: 4-11 May
It's all about Liverpool Disco Festival this weekend, but if you're not in the mood for that then there's a pretty top ENRG line-up at Invisible Wind Factory with Fort Romeau and Scuba. Read more »| 04 May 2017 -
Music
FRAUEN – Unreal City (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Unreal City by Glasgow three-piece FRAUEN Read more »| 04 May 2017 -
Clubs
Club nights in Manchester this week: 4-11 May
You'll want to be at The White Hotel all weekend, as everyone's favourite Salford rave cave hosts a birthday party for Lost Control on Friday and all kinds of underground electronic activity on Saturday Read more »| 04 May 2017