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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MusicHooton Tennis Club @ Invisible Wind Factory, 9 Dec
2016 may have been an absolute shithouse of a year for the majority of the planet’s population, but Wirral-based indie-rockers Hooton Tennis Club ... Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
MusicSlow Club @ The Caves, 13 Dec
“Are you ready for a string of miserable songs about my feelings?” Rebecca Taylor asks, early on in the show, really hammering home the transitio... Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
MusicKathryn Joseph @ Mono, 9 Dec
In the 18 months since Kathryn Joseph's debut album Bones You Have Thrown Me and Blood I've Spilled beat established industry names to win the 2015 Scottish ... Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
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Gengahr @ Deaf Institute, Manchester, 8 Dec
London’s Gengahr have chosen Manchester to end their latest UK tour, a string of dates that closes the door on debut album A Dream Outside and sta... Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
ClubsClub nights in Manchester this week: 15-22 Dec
Daniel Avery just casually swings by Eastern Bloc for a free party (get down early!), while Lost Control and Hidden throw Christmas club nights. Plus, raise funds for Islington Mill with an amazing Rave the Roof line-up. Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
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The Temperance Movement @ Deaf Institute, 7 Dec
Maybe it’s just optical trickery – the Deaf Institute’s domed ceiling dilating the stage – but tonight blues-rock outfit The Tem... Read more »| 15 Dec 2016
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Clubs
Club nights in Liverpool this week: 15-22 Dec
Liverpool is Christmas party town, with not only a pre-Chrimbo Shit Indie Disco but also three solid choices for a Boxing Day boogie thanks to Mr. Scruff, Liverpool Disco Festival and Rhadoo. Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
ClubsClub nights in Leeds this week: 15-22 Dec
Things are winding down for Christmas in Leeds, an attitude that – frankly – we like. Who else is ready to do nothing at all on the sofa for two weeks?! You'll want to drag yourself off it for Matthew Herbert, though... Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
Film
Studio Ghibli's animators are back with new film
Studio Ghibli is dead. Long live Studio Ponoc Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
Music
Live music in Liverpool this week: 14-20 Dec
There's a whole lotta Britpop going on: hometown veterans Cast and Space return, while Kula Shaker and Travis prove that the 90s are definitely back Read more »| 14 Dec 2016 -
Film
Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk: Watch dramatic main trailer
The first clips of Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy and Harry Styles in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk Read more »| 14 Dec 2016 -
Music
Against Me! @ Academy 2, Manchester, 7 Dec
Few bands could feasibly claim to provoke emotional investment quite as radically as Florida punks Against Me!. As frontwoman Laura Jane Grace leads her... Read more »| 14 Dec 2016 -
Film
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The most satisfying Star Wars film since The Empire Strikes Back. Read more »| 14 Dec 2016 -
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Weyes Blood @ The Hug and Pint, Glasgow, 25 Nov
The evening begins, fashionably late, with Glaswegian crooner Alistair Ogilvy. He runs through a few plaintive ballads, peppering his set with offerings... Read more »| 13 Dec 2016 -
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Introducing MOTSA
Back in November, MOTSA released his Petricolour EP via own label imprint of the same name. We caught up with Valerio Dittrich to get to know him a bit ... Read more »| 13 Dec 2016