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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MusicTwelfth Day – Cracks in the Room
For a decade now, fiddler Catriona Price and harpist Esther Swift have been making challenging, interesting, virtuostic music that is far more than the sum o... Read more »| 02 May 2017 -
MusicPenguin Cafe – The Imperfect Sea
Arthur Jeffes’ decision to resurrect the name and sound of his late father’s iconic instrumental project looked an unlikely proposition when he s... Read more »| 02 May 2017 -
MusicPerfume Genius – No Shape
Only Perfume Genius could conjure a fairy tale from these troubling times. No Shape documents deep lows and the most glittering of highs; harsh and lush in e... Read more »| 02 May 2017 -
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Pond – The Weather
Psychedelic princelings Pond are back with their most conventionally named album yet – but don’t let that fool you. Cosmic and colourful, The Wea... Read more »| 02 May 2017 -
Music
Forest Swords – Compassion
It’s hard to place Compassion, the third album by Liverpool-based producer and artist Matthew Barnes aka Forest Swords – but then that&rsquo... Read more »| 02 May 2017 -
Music
Slowdive – Slowdive
It pays to be wary when bands of yore come reforming, the suspicion all-too-often one of bank balance replenishment posing as creative renaissance. This is ... Read more »| 02 May 2017
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Music
Mac DeMarco – This Old Dog
Mac DeMarco’s reputation precedes him; these days he’s almost known more for his quirky banter than his off-colour jangle pop. But while the Cana... Read more »| 02 May 2017 -
Film
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Gorgeous but sentimental sequel to the wacky Guardians of the Galaxy Read more »| 30 Apr 2017 -
Music
Forest Swords' Matthew Barnes on Compassion
The dark genius of Merseyside electro talks politics, pragmatism and Compassion Read more »| 28 Apr 2017 -
Art
Manchester's Pankhurst statue: Progress for women?
A bronze sculpture of Emmeline Pankhurst is to become only the second statue of a woman in Manchester. While this may represent progress for women's representation, the messaging behind this new public art work is rather more complex Read more »| 28 Apr 2017 -
Music
The Pursuit of Happiness: Perfume Genius Interview
Perfume Genius tells us about trying to feel happiness and rebelling against himself on new album No Shape Read more »| 28 Apr 2017 -
Music
Pronto Mama on new album Any Joy
We gave Pronto Mama's Ciaran McEneny and Marc Rooney a call for a natter about the release of their debut album, Any Joy Read more »| 28 Apr 2017 -
FilmHard Times
The debut film from Walter Hill, Hard Times, a depression-era bare-knuckle boxing movie, comes to Blu-ray Read more »| 28 Apr 2017 -
Books
Strange Heart Beating by Eli Goldstone
Recently bereaved English academic Seb is struggling with the loss of his wife Leda, so visits her native country to learn more about her and divert his encr... Read more »| 28 Apr 2017 -
Books
Ever Dundas: The Problems with Gender and Language
In her debut novel Goblin, Ever Dundas takes on the preset gender narratives society imposes on us. Here she discusses the problems language throws up when w... Read more »| 28 Apr 2017