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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MusicSlowdive @ Arts Club, Liverpool, 28 Mar
These are heady times for the many ageing shoegazers who pack out the Arts Club – this is the first visit in over two decades from original scenes... Read more »| 29 Mar 2017 -
MusicPWR BTTM's favourite Queer Rappers
We caught up with PWR BTTM to discuss their new album Pageant, but also got onto a sidetrack discussing their favourite queer rappers. Ben Hopkins ... Read more »| 29 Mar 2017 -
MusicFauves @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 24 Mar
Musical acts galore are descending on Glasgow for the BBC Radio 6 Music Festival, and local outfit Fauves get the weekend off to an auspicious start. The Gla... Read more »| 29 Mar 2017 -
MusicThe Jesus and Mary Chain @ Manchester Academy, 25 Mar
When the aliens inevitably arrive, some things will take more explaining than others. Aside from Brexit, unfrosted Pop Tarts, gender roles and the seemingly ... Read more »| 29 Mar 2017 -
Film
Fat City
John Huston scored a late-career knockout with this bruising and deeply felt study of an ageing boxer stumbling from the ring to the bar Read more »| 29 Mar 2017 -
Music
PWR BTTM on new album Pageant
PWR BTTM tell us about rediscovering themselves on new album Pageant, being born performers and how Lady Marmalade changed their lives It's only been a matt... Read more »| 29 Mar 2017
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Music
Live music in Liverpool this week: 29 Mar-4 Apr
Stormzy, Idles and The Drifting Classroom are among the week's gig highlights, plus Threshold Festival returns for another must-attend weekender Read more »| 29 Mar 2017 -
Music
Irvine Welsh is writing a TV show about acid house
The Trainspotting author has been chosen to pen Ibiza87, which takes as its inspiration the careers of DJs Nicky Holloway, Paul Oakenfold and Danny Rampling ... Read more »| 29 Mar 2017 -
Film
What to Watch this Week (27 Mar-2 Apr)
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including the live action Ghost in the Shell remake, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire and Rainer Werner Fassbinder masterpiece Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Read more »| 29 Mar 2017 -
FilmCasey Affleck haunts Rooney Mara in A Ghost Story
Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara reunite with their Ain’t Them Bodies Saints director for this intriguing-looking indie ghost story Read more »| 29 Mar 2017 -
Music
New Forest Swords music – direct to you!
Fans can receive a new track by getting in touch with the post-dubstep producer via WhatsApp Read more »| 28 Mar 2017 -
Music
Future Islands – The Far Field
Having honed their craft across three full lengths, it wasn’t until 2014's Singles that Baltimore trio Future Islands really got people listening. An a... Read more »| 28 Mar 2017 -
Music
Get Wide: Wide Days 2017 preview
What exactly makes Scotland's only music business convention so pioneering and vital to our music scene? We take a closer look at the showcase line-up and talk record shopping ahead of Record Store Day Read more »| 28 Mar 2017 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: 28 March-3 April
There are exhibits, screenings and events aplenty across Platform, CCA, Ingleby, Summerhall and more. Friday brings a bumper night of openings, with no less than 6 shows openings to fit into a tidy evening. Read more »| 28 Mar 2017 -
Music
Bearcubs @ The Garage, Glasgow, 23 Mar
Hiding in The Garage’s low-ceiling’d Attic Bar, four electronic outfits soundtrack this chilly Glasgow Thursday eve. It’s a mostly local af... Read more »| 28 Mar 2017