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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FilmBest Film Screenings in the North (15-22 July)
The best film events happening in Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds this week Read more »| 15 Jul 2016 -
FilmFinding Dory
Pixar's belated follow-up to Finding Nemo isn't as sharp, smart or funny as the films we've come to expect from the animation studio Since 1994, Disney have... Read more »| 15 Jul 2016 -
ArtBloomberg New Contemporaries @ The Bluecoat, Liverpool
The UK's annual snapshot of emerging artists, this year featuring work by 46 graduates, comes to the Bluecoat in Liverpool Read more »| 14 Jul 2016 -
Music
LIMF 2016: Five acts to watch
From Sigma and Lianna La Havas to the Buzzcocks and Clinic, you won't find yourself short of things to see at LIMF this year. Still, you may be wondering where to begin with the vast array of up-and-coming local talent on display – allow us to help... Read more »| 14 Jul 2016 -
Film
The North's best indie cinemas
We all hate the multiplex, right? The smell of rancid nacho cheese, the jabbering patrons and, worst of all, the cookie cutter movies on screen. Luckily the North still has a few great indie cinemas putting film first Read more »| 14 Jul 2016 -
ClubsGlasgow clubbing highlights: 14-20 July
This week's Glasgow clubs round-up features nights at Berkeley Suite and La Cheetah, and a heads-up on a couple of big nights on the way in the coming months Read more »| 14 Jul 2016
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Clubs
Edinburgh clubbing highlights: 14-20 July
This week's Edinburgh clubs round-up takes a distinctly international flavour, with DJs from Uzbekistan and Canada on the decks Read more »| 14 Jul 2016 -
Music
The Wedding Present – Sprague: Track Premiere
Listen to a brand new track from The Wedding present's forthcoming album Going, Going… Leeds-based indie pioneers The Wedding Present return with the... Read more »| 14 Jul 2016 -
Music
Honeyblood to return with Babes Never Die
Edinburgh-raised grunge pop duo Honeyblood have announced their second album Babes Never Die, due for release via FatCat on 4 November. Today they... Read more »| 14 Jul 2016 -
Music
Live music in Manchester this week: 13-19 Jul
Enjoy classic alt-rock sounds from Seattle with Mudhoney, catch the first appearance from The Railway Children in well over two decades, before booking ahead for big names with dates looming later this year, including The Cinematic Orchestra and Hinds. Read more »| 14 Jul 2016 -
Clubs
Club nights in Manchester this week (14-21 Jul)
Banana Hill return to the Soup Kitchen basement with Boiler Room's Thris Tian in tow, plus Channel One Soundsystem, a free in-store party at Eastern Bloc and a mansion takeover. Read more »| 13 Jul 2016 -
Clubs
Club nights in Leeds this week (14-21 Jul)
One of Detroit's finest house and techno heads comes to Distrikt, while Yorkshire legends Back to Basics celebrate the imminent opening of their new venue, the Church. Read more »| 13 Jul 2016 -
Music
Live music in Liverpool this week: 13-19 July
Black metal, indie anthems and a thoroughly welcome visit from Father John Misty: we cast our eye across Liverpool's live music scene and come up trumps Read more »| 13 Jul 2016 -
Music
DJ Shadow on tech, El-P and The Mountain Will Fall
Master sampler DJ Shadow talks The Skinny through technical theatrics, Run the Jewels' inspirational power and the importance of keeping it fresh Read more »| 12 Jul 2016 -
Music
James Blackshaw / John Lemke @ Glasgow Platform, 9 Jul
There's a detectable melancholy in Easterhouse; the stark, sad, drifting beauty of James Blackshaw’s material compounded by the recent announcement mar... Read more »| 12 Jul 2016