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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MusicPUP – PUP
Punk is pessimistic; it languishes in its own brash, self-deprecating defeatism. It’s no surprise then that Toronto-based four-piece PUP named themselv... Read more »| 01 Apr 2014 -
FilmNorthwest Film Event Highlights – April 2014
Hang on, how is it April already? Nevermind, there are films to watch, including classics at FACT, oddities at The Dancehouse and a live score weekend at Liverpool’s Philharmonic Read more »| 01 Apr 2014 -
FilmExistential Nightmare: Richard Ayoade on The Double
Richard Ayoade doesn't like himself very much. That's OK, though, ‘cause we think he's great. Here he is trying to downplay his considerable talents ahead of the release of his new film, The Double Read more »| 01 Apr 2014 -
Film
Agro-culture: Xavier Dolan on Tom at the Farm
French-Canadian wunderkind Xavier Dolan discusses his brilliant Hitchcockian thriller Tom at the Farm, and we’re surprised to find that at the time of making the film he hadn’t seen any Hitchcock Read more »| 01 Apr 2014 -
Film
Scotland Film Events Highlights – April 2014
There'll be screams this month as horror fest Dead by Dawn is resurrected at Filmhouse and Bowie's codpiece gets an airing at Cameo. But there's laughs too as That Sinking Feeling's new DVD release is launched at GFT Read more »| 01 Apr 2014 -
Theatre
The Events @ Everyman, Liverpool, 8-12 Apr
Edinburgh Fringe First Award-winner and the Guardian’s No. 1 play of 2013, David Greig’s quiet yet provocative drama The Events makes its way to ... Read more »| 31 Mar 2014
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Clubs
Northwest Clubbing Highlights – April 2014
Floating Points, The Revenge and DJ Nature are on hand to keep you in foolish cheer for the whole of April. There’s also The Skinny’s First Birthday Party! Hip hip… Read more »| 31 Mar 2014 -
Music
My Degeneration: Cloud Nothings' Dylan Baldi spills on Here and Nowhere Else
Cleveland trio Cloud Nothings are back to save angsty post-adolescents everywhere. Whisper it, but mainman Dylan Baldi might even be enjoying himself Read more »| 31 Mar 2014 -
Comedy
Brothers and Sisters, It's the Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III
“He’s a wrong ‘un, isn’t he?” a worryingly drunk punter gleefully imparts into my ear as we’re treated to a clunky rendit... Read more »| 31 Mar 2014 -
Music
Scottish Gig Highlights – April 2014
This month, we take an advance look at Glasgow in-the-city festival Stag & Dagger, featuring Forest Swords, The Hold Steady and East India Youth, plus gigs from The Cosmic Dead, Randolph's Leap, Manic Street Preachers and Ghana's King Ayisoba Read more »| 31 Mar 2014 -
MusicNorthwest Gig Highlights – April 2014
While Christians are celebrating the resurrection of their messiah this month, we’re looking forward to the arrival of some peeps who can walk on water in our eyes, including Kiran Leonard, Timber Timbre and George Clinton Read more »| 31 Mar 2014 -
MusicSOHN – Tremors
Having nabbed a 4AD signing off the back of his first EP The Wheel, the now-Vienna-based British (and former Trouble Over Tokyo) producer Toph Taylor –... Read more »| 31 Mar 2014 -
Film
Dark Side of the Sun: Biyi Bandele on his Struggle to Adapt a Modern Classic
Nigerian novelist and playwright (and now filmmaker) Biyi Bandele on his hard-fought adaptation of Orange Prize-winning novel Half of a Yellow Sun Read more »| 31 Mar 2014 -
Music
Randolph's Leap – Clumsy Knot
For those not already familiar with Randolph’s Leap, the lyric “living like a hermit / hermit the frog” could serve as a kind of acid test.... Read more »| 31 Mar 2014 -
Music
Evian Christ / Koreless / Lorenzo Senni / Visionist / TCF @ RNCM, Manchester, 29 March
Despite little being known about upcoming producer TCF, his lush acousmatic composition juxtaposed by gravelly digital decay has stunned audiences and got cr... Read more »| 31 Mar 2014