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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BooksVisualising Scotland's Future
A collaborative graphic novel – involving the diverse talents of writers and artists from Irvine Welsh to Pat Mills – IDP: 2043 aims to paint a picture of Scotland's future and strike a blow against anyone viewing the form as any sort of literary lesser Read more »| 01 Oct 2014 -
MusicScottish Gig Highlights – October 2014
Happy October! The leaves have gone all tertiary on you, and you've probably just spent a month guiltily realising your autumnal aspirations for productivity... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Books
Only If...: Bill Ryder-Jones at Manchester Literature Festival
Poet Michael Pedersen talks with Bill Ryder-Jones ahead of the singer-songwriter's live performance of his landmark solo debut, If..., with the Manchester Camerata as part of the Manchester Literature Festival Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Art
Scottish Art Events - What Not to Miss in October 2014
Jim Lambie, Martin Boyce and Gregor Wright all feature in our bumper monthly Scottish art news round-up Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Film
Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena discuss zombie comedy Life After Beth
Best known for US sitcom Parks and Recreation, Aubrey Plaza goes from deadpan slacker to braindead zombie with her new film Life After Beth. Here she and writer-director Jeff Baena discuss bloody break-ups, cult indie hero Hal Hartley, and... stoves Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Music
Premiere: United Fruit return with 'Open Your Eyes'
Debuting exclusively on The Skinny, Glaswegian post-hardcore band United Fruit today launch their new single Open Your Eyes ahead of a UK tour next month. T... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014
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Music...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – IX
Funny thing, perspective. Sometimes a band’s most spectacular achievements come so early that memory renders them frozen in the moment, as with ...Trai... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
BooksRoaring the Gospel: Kate Tempest at Manchester Literature Festival
From the Ted Hughes award to a Mercury nod, Kate Tempest's star is in ascendance, but the young poet, rapper and playwright remembers what got her into this in the first place – the thrill of performance Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Film
Queen Kitsch: Peaches Christ brings Bearbarella to Manchester and Glasgow
A wicked knife-wielding villain called The Great Tireda plans to take over the Queerniverse – only Bearbarella can stop her. Welcome to the world of Peaches Christ and her cult movie extravaganza Midnight Mass Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Comedy
Crystal Baws: October 2014 Horoscopes
ARIESWith a sense of inevitable resignation you realise you’ve been using your flatmate’s bumhole toothbrush for the past week. Still, if you wil... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Music
Wampire – Bazaar
The first sound heard on Bazaar is cackling laughter – the kind that might punctuate dastardly villainy of one shade or another. It serves as a droll r... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Music
A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Atomos
A Winged Victory for the Sullen’s self-titled debut predetermined its melancholic mood via evocative track titles (Requiem for the Static King, Steep H... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Music
Insect Heroes – Apocalypso
Technically, releasing music these days is a bit of a doddle: fire it online and job’s a good 'un. But getting people to seek out and actually lis... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – October 2014
From the hypnotic Lone to soundtrack maestro Clint Mansell, and the New Jersey jangle of Real Estate to a virtuoso St. Vincent, it’s an eclectic and excellent month Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Books
The Surfacing by Cormac James
We start with the colour of mud and mustard – streams running through the white-out of the icy universe in which we encounter The Impetus for the first... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014