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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ClubsClub nights in Manchester this week: 25-31 Aug
Bank holiday weekend is always a biggie in Manchester, and 2016 proves no exception with numerous ways to never go home: a 12-hour rave from Lost Control, a 14-hour birthday marathon at Hidden, a daytime party with Josh Wink, and tons more. Read more »| 25 Aug 2016 -
MusicWatch Angel Olsen's new video for Sister
Angel Olsen reveals a dramatic, dusty video for Sister, ahead of new album MY WOMAN Read more »| 24 Aug 2016 -
MusicBovine Intervention: An Interview with Cowtown
One of the many jewels of Leeds' diverse DIY scene, post-punk idiosyncrats Cowtown return with new album Paranormal Romance. Here they share their thoughts o... Read more »| 24 Aug 2016 -
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Edinburgh Clubbing Highlights: 24-30 August
Fleetwood Mac, a Chicago house super power, and a local-led Fringe closing party make for an eclectic week of clubbing in the capital Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
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Glasgow Clubbing Highlights: 24-30 August
The return of Pressure, new resident DJs at the Berkeley Suite and a bank holiday blowout from Sub Club feature in this week's Glasgow clubs guide. Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
MusicSigur Rós @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 15 August
As ever with Sigur Rós, the group's ethereal performances are as much about the visual as the aural. The gilt and plush scarlet surrounds of Edinburgh... Read more »| 23 Aug 2016
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Live music in Liverpool this week: 25-30 Aug
Stuck for live music this bank holiday? From rap superstars to punk weekenders, it's another busy week on Liverpool's ever-hectic gig circuit Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
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This Week in Scottish Art: 23-29 August
It's the final official week of the Edinburgh Art Festival, so head through for a last-chance look; meanwhile Glasgow has new openings, publication launches and events, while Dundee revisits ancient Athenian Xanthippe. Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
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What to Watch this Week (22-29 Aug)
The best films to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including the pilot of I Love Dick, the new film from Pedro Alm... Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
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Broken Records @ Summerhall, 20 Aug
Like returning comets, Broken Records shows don’t come around so often these days. Perhaps it’s the lesser-spotted nature of their live appe... Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
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Separation Anxiety: Preoccupations on their rebirth
Preoccupations, the Canadian post-punk quartet formerly known as Viet Cong talk reinvention, forward movement and personal politics Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
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Frank Ocean, Kanye West and the art of the surprise album
We want new music, and we want it now! But what's worse? Frank Ocean's ridiculously postponed record drop, or Kanye's confusion over The Life of Pablo? ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2016 -
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Camille Bernard: The Skinny Showcase
Filmmaker, set designer, painter: Camile Bernard certainly keeps herself busy, and in the work showcased here, she explores a certain disfigured innocence Read more »| 22 Aug 2016 -
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Best film screenings in the North (19-26 Aug)
The best film events happening in Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester this week, including The Passenger at HOME, Suspiria at FACT and Thelma & Louise a... Read more »| 19 Aug 2016 -
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Taxidermy collection profiled in Safestore video
A £40,000 collection of dozens of stuffed and taxidermied animals is among the obscure private collections featured in a new video series. London-base... Read more »| 19 Aug 2016