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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MusicChaz Bundick Meets The Mattson 2 – Star Stuff
Chaz Bundick is a chameleon. Pioneering the chillwave epoch of the early 2010s under the moniker Toro y Moi, he’s since tried his hand at funk, psyched... Read more »| 27 Mar 2017 -
TheatreLliam Paterson on Bluebeard's Castle & The 8th Door
Ahead of a new collaboration with Glasgow's Vanishing Point, Scottish Opera’s composer-in-residence Lliam Paterson tells us about reviving and reinventing a seminal Hungarian opera Read more »| 27 Mar 2017 -
FilmMulholland Drive gets new trailer for its rerelease
Turn-of-the-millennium masterwork Mulholland Drive is coming back to cinemas, and its new trailer takes us back inside David Lynch’s ravishing nightmar... Read more »| 27 Mar 2017 -
Music
Sharing Stories: Martha interview
As Durham's finest prepare to play Manchester Punk Festival, Nathan Stephens-Griffin tells us about punk in 2017, the death of subculture and the importance of indie labels like Fortuna POP! Read more »| 24 Mar 2017 -
MusicElvis Costello @ Festival Theatre, 18 Mar
After a couple of years on the road, Elvis Costello is bringing his run of Detour shows to a close. The show operates as a sort of intimate retrospective; Co... Read more »| 24 Mar 2017 -
Clubs
Edinburgh Clubbing Highlights: 23-29 Mar
Karnival celebrate 11 years in the capital with Chicago legend Derrick Carter, Manchester's Paleman headlines Headset, plus Denis Sulta celebrates all things Jurassic Park Read more »| 24 Mar 2017
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ClubsGlasgow Clubbing Highlights: 24-30 Mar
The BBC Radio 6 Music Festival Fringe brings some big names to Glasgow this weekend, including radio veteran Gilles Peterson and dynamo British producer Bonobo, plus Blackout's 11 hour techno marathon is here... Read more »| 24 Mar 2017 -
Film
Nicolas Winding Refn remaking Maniac Cop
A modern adaptation of 1988 cult slasher Maniac Cop is in the works, with Nicolas Winding Refn and his partner Lene Børglum producing Drive and Neon ... Read more »| 24 Mar 2017 -
Film
Watch the action-packed Ghost in the Shell opening
Scarlett Johansson kicks arse in this exhilarating opening scene from the upcoming live-action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell The opening scene from the m... Read more »| 24 Mar 2017 -
Music
Drake @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 23 Mar
Drake has been a chart presence on both sides of the Atlantic for years now and, as such, he's able to draw from a deep catalogue of hits, only bolstered by ... Read more »| 24 Mar 2017 -
Clubs
Club nights in Leeds this week: 23-30 Mar
It's finally time for Lena Willikens' On Rotation night, and we're excited! Plus, the Leeds clubs scene is generous to you this week with a free party on Tuesday at the Old Red Bus Station. Read more »| 24 Mar 2017 -
Film
First images from the new Twin Peaks series
It's almost here! The first images from the set of the new series of Twin Peaks have been published by Entertainment Weekly. Here are some of our favourites images from the set Read more »| 24 Mar 2017 -
Film
Check out Three Billboards' foul-mouthed trailer
In Bruges director Martin McDonagh’s new black comedy sees the brilliant Frances McDormand start a one woman war in her town Warning! This trailer is ... Read more »| 24 Mar 2017 -
Clubs
Elrow Glasgow @ SWG3, 18 Mar
The first day of Elrow is upon Glasgow, and as much as the organizers want to showcase their Ibiza-esque pomp with an Amazonian jungle themed extravaganza, t... Read more »| 23 Mar 2017 -
Comedy
Brass Eye doc to screen at Manchester TV festival
Pilot Light TV Festival will screen Chris Morris’s seminal comedy Brass Eye in full, alongside a new documentary on the show from director Michael Cumming Read more »| 23 Mar 2017