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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MusicGolden Days: Whitney interviewed
Guitarist Max Ehrlich walks us through the tortured whirlwind that birthed one of 2016's finest debuts, Whitney's Light Upon the Lake Read more »| 01 Nov 2016 -
FilmWhat to Watch this Week (31 Oct-6 Nov)
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including Stranger Things does Peanuts, bite-sized horror on Film4 and Amy Adams in Nocturnal Animals. Read more »| 31 Oct 2016 -
Clubs
Kölsch @ Barrowland Ballroom, 13 October
With the Red Bull Music Academy UK Tour landing in Glasgow for the second consecutive year, anticipation is high after last year's debut outing that featured... Read more »| 31 Oct 2016 -
Music
Warpaint @ Liverpool Music Week, 27 Oct
Californian quartet Warpaint lay waste to the Grand Central Dome at LMW 2016 Read more »| 31 Oct 2016 -
Film
Aloys
Promising debut from Tobias Nölle that calls to mind the work of Andrei Tarkovsky and Christopher Nolan Read more »| 31 Oct 2016 -
Film
Day for Night
François Truffaut's love letter to the filmmaking process gets the Criterion treatment Read more »| 31 Oct 2016
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Comedy
Crystal Baws: November 2016 Horoscopes
ARIESFlowers may be growing in your heart, a lark may be singing boisterously of love in your brain, but in your trousers a worm dies of loneliness. TAURUST... Read more »| 31 Oct 2016 -
MusicHoneyblood's Five Game-Changing Albums
With second album Babes Never Die on the way, Honeyblood guitarist Stina Tweeddale talks us through five albums which have influenced the two-piece The Bree... Read more »| 31 Oct 2016 -
Music
Babes Never Die: Honeyblood interviewed
We speak to Honeyblood's Stina Tweeddale and Cat Myers about the dreaded second album syndrome, drawing inspiration from Britpop, and the meaning behind the mantra Babes Never Die Read more »| 31 Oct 2016 -
Clubs
Keep On Groovin': Groove Armada Interviewed
We catch up with Tom Findlay, one half of the UK dance music giants Groove Armada, to talk about past successes, current tours, and plans for the future Read more »| 31 Oct 2016 -
MusicGreen Party: Introducing Cabbage
Racking up support across the board, politically-minded post-punk outfit Cabbage seem destined for bigger things. Lyricist Joe Martin discusses their craft and what's next for the five-piece Read more »| 31 Oct 2016 -
Theatre
A Tribute to Dario Fo
After the death of the renowned playwright and satirist, our Theatre editor pays tribute to the man and his work, which found a loyal following in Scotland Read more »| 31 Oct 2016 -
Music
Peter Broderick @ St Michael's, Manchester, 22 Oct
Peter Broderick is deceptively young for such an old hand. When all the relics of the 29-year-old’s career are tallied—folksy songwriting, instru... Read more »| 31 Oct 2016 -
Music
Jagwar Ma @ Academy 2, Manchester, 21 Oct
You’ve had the worst day. Not just a bad day at work. A real dozen kicks to the balls kind of a day. And Jagwar Ma are there to take you into their lov... Read more »| 31 Oct 2016 -
Music
Selector Dub Narcotic @ Nexus, Manchester, 21 Oct
2016's been a right old twat of a year, hasn't it? Just ask Calvin Johnson. In February of this year, it was reported that K Records, the legendary... Read more »| 28 Oct 2016