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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TheatreJulia Taudevin on Blow-Off and Dario Fo
Returning to Edinburgh with her ‘guerrilla gig theatre’ piece Blow Off as part of a political theatre season to mark Dario Fo’s 90th birthday, Julia Taudevin talks to The Skinny about domestic terrorism, female rage and music Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
MusicCrowning Glory: Introducing Spring King
The ever-restless Manchester band tell The Skinny about the community and competition behind their success Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Clubs
Fortunate Son: Jasper James interview
Glasgow DJ royalty Jasper James talks touring and accolades ahead of his SWG3 appearance this month Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
MusicPhantogram – Three
Difficult to argue with Three's convincing lead track, the radio-friendly extravagance that is You Don't Get Me High Anymore. How it whips itself into a dizz... Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Music
C Duncan – The Midnight Sun
2015 was a time of reckoning for C Duncan; his debut record Architect was swallowed by critical acclaim, headline tours and a Mercury Prize shortlist media f... Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
ClubsClub nights in Liverpool this week: 29 Sep - 6 Oct
The Red Bull Music Academy tour touches down in Liverpool this week with a focus on soul and hip hop, while a new series of electronic experiences, ENRG, kicks off at Invisible Wind Factory. Plus, two of techno's best come to 24 Kitchen Street. Read more »| 30 Sep 2016
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Music
On The Trail: Tenement TV Turns Five
Tenement TV mark a whopping half a decade of DIY live music sessions in their West End flat with Tenement Trail, a one day, 50+ band Glasgow spectacular Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Music
The Ocean Party – Restless
Restless has the kind of chiming guitar lines you last heard on a Chills album, and the vocals are high enough in the mix to tell you THIS IS A POP... Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Music
Gang of Four - Live... In the Moment
The algorithm runs like this: for every great live album, there are 50 or more that are bad ideas. Periodically, though, you have a band that are seen a... Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Music
Merchandise - A Corpse Wired For Sound
On new record A Corpse Wired For Sound the Florida post punks revert to a trio collaborating over long distance, following their brief expansi... Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Film
The Greasy Strangler
Gross-out humour and grease is what's on offer with this surrealist former Sundance film Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Film
The Hills Have Eyes 1977
Wes Craven's 70s B movie cult horror classic finally gets the Blu-ray treatment it deserves Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Clubs
Club nights in Manchester this week: 29 Sep-6 Oct
It's a crammed club calendar in Manchester this weekend as The Warehouse Project gets into gear, Andy Stott and Demdike Stare play a Modern Love showcase and Hidden welcomes Blawan. Read more »| 29 Sep 2016 -
Music
Don't Call It A Revival: Emo in 2016
We look at the past, present and future of emo Read more »| 29 Sep 2016 -
Music
Peripheral Vision: Mitski Interviewed
The Skinny meets Mitski to talk about Björk, the power in sad pop music and feeling like an outsider – even when your music's hit the mainstream Read more »| 29 Sep 2016