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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MusicJulianna Barwick @ The Deaf Institute, 23 Aug
When The Deaf Institute has all its audience sitting down in chairs, you know you’re in for a dignified evening. That’s exactly what we can expec... Read more »| 29 Aug 2016 -
Music
Frankie Cosmos' BandCamp treasure chest
We pick out five of our favourite tracks from the extensive Frankie Cosmos BandCamp back catalogue... Read more »| 29 Aug 2016 -
MusicUniversal Joys: Frankie Cosmos Interviewed
Greta Kline tells it like it is: the native New Yorker behind Frankie Cosmos conjures universal truths from minute details of daily life Read more »| 29 Aug 2016 -
FilmThings to Come
Isabelle Huppert stars as a philosophy professor going through a crisis in the new work from Eden director Mia Hansen-Løve “I’m luc... Read more »| 29 Aug 2016 -
Film
Hangmen Also Die!
Fritz Lang collaborates with Bertolt Brecht in this ripped-from-the-headlines account of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. Like all Lang films, it's rich with atmosphere, paranoia and suspicion Read more »| 29 Aug 2016 -
Music
Neu! Reekie! Celts: Full line-up revealed
The full line-up for Neu! Reekie!'s late night party at the National Museum of Scotland has been unveiled. Welsh soprano turned pop activist Charlotte Churc... Read more »| 29 Aug 2016
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FilmSid & Nancy
A 30th anniversary restoration of Alex Cox’s cult movie, detailing the doomed romance of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen Read more »| 29 Aug 2016 -
Books
Dear Mr M by Herman Koch
Mr M is a writer, and he’s being stalked by his neighbour. The stalker, our narrator, really doesn’t like Mr M. He watches the writer with contem... Read more »| 26 Aug 2016 -
Books
The Glue Ponys: Short Stories by Chris Wilson
Of all the elements of a book which might kindle our interest, the positioning of an author’s biography rarely so much as prompts a raised eyebrow. But... Read more »| 26 Aug 2016 -
Music
Come Together – Shield Patterns Interviewed
With Mirror Breathing, the Manchester-based duo enrich their electro template with fuller arrangements and an intimate, affecting narrative. They talk us though the creative development behind their second album Read more »| 26 Aug 2016 -
Music
Liverpool and Psychedelia: A Brief History
The Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia returns to expand our consciousness once more this September. We look at the city's long relationship with this most far-reaching of musical explorations Read more »| 26 Aug 2016 -
Film
Best film screenings in the North (26 Aug-1 Sep)
The best film events happening in Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester this week, including Paris is Burning at FACT, the final film from Chantal Akerman at Hyde ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2016 -
Clubs
Club nights in Leeds this week: 25-31 Aug
Pace yourself this bank holiday weekend, with a casual start on Friday from the good heads at Audio Chronicles through to a fitting finale on Sunday from Carl Craig Read more »| 25 Aug 2016 -
Music
Green Man 2016: Festival Review
We brave the downpour in the Brecon Beacons to take in the splendour of another triumphant Green Man... Read more »| 25 Aug 2016 -
Clubs
Club nights in Liverpool this week: 25-31 Aug
No vegging out on the sofa for you this Sunday: the bank holiday dictates you must never stop, with parties from mUmU feat. Mind Against, Tuff Love Soul Club and Liverpool Disco Festival Read more »| 25 Aug 2016