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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BooksNed Beauman: Granta Best of Young British Novelists
We sat down with Ned Beauman, the youngest author on Granta's once-a-decade Best of Young British Novelists list and chatted about inclusion, his work and the international appeal of 'coke rap' Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Art85A: Chernozem and Renegade Maskerrade
Just as smells have the power to thrust you back into a place you haven’t been for years, so certain sounds can arouse instant, primal emotion. The wor... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
MusicThe Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 1 May
Mike D and Ad-Rock plan Beastie Boys biography; Boards of Canada album details emerge; new tracks from Mount Kimbie, Neon Neon, Quickbeam and Discopolis; William McIlvanney reads from Laidlaw; plus the latest festival news from Download, Bestival and OFF Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
ArtFirst Person: Drawing at a Gig
Jon Barraclough of Liverpool art freesheet Drawing Paper describes joining collectives Deep Hedonia and The Royal Standard – and Japanese techno producer NHK'Koyxen – to provide an evening of audio-visual collaboration Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Music
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead pan for gold
Nursing epic hangovers from the night before, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead's Jason Reece and Jamie Miller debate whether they need pure punk rock or "a modern day Phil Collins" to take the pain away Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Art
Raqib Shaw @ Manchester Art Gallery, until 26 May
The Manchester Art Gallery has, since Valentine’s Day, been host to that which lurks in the murky depths of the human unconscious – in a collecti... Read more »| 01 May 2013
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ArtMichael Landy: Four Walls @ Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, until 16 Jun
Michael Landy's Four Walls brings together a handful of 2004 works paying homage to the artist's father, Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Music
Ghostface Killah & Adian Younge – Twelve Reasons To Die
Leaving aside the elaborate concept behind Twelve Reasons To Die, and just examining the music, it's pretty much all in the win column. Adrian Younge, using ... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Music
Patterns @ The Roadhouse, Manchester, 13 April
Do you remember your fifth birthday? No, me neither, but I presume it was dire; someone will have thrown a tantrum and it was most probably a wholly regretta... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Books
Writing on the Wall: Pressure Points
Tackling issues of class, division, and protest, this year's Writing on the Wall literature festival combines a timely theme with opinionated speakers Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Books
Indian Nocturne by Antonio Tabucchi
Indian Nocturne follows a nameless man as he searches for his lost friend Xavier among the squalid streets and luxury hotels of India. At just over a hundred... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase: Aliyah Hussain
Showcase: Aliyah Hussain Aliyah Hussain's practice encompasses photography, printmaking and performance. She experiments with the performative and technical... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Books
Hawthorn & Child by Keith Ridgway
It begins with a shooting in North London, with detectives Hawthorn and Child trying to work out what’s happened. Early on, though, Ridgway derails the... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Books
The Humans by Matt Haig
Any writer who can fuse maths and peanut butter in his opening paragraph is a certified genius in his own right. In his book, Matt Haig introduces us to a ch... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Comedy
Adam Buxton: Plug In, Bug Out
As he prepares to bring his Best of BUG and BUG Radiohead shows to Manchester, broadcaster, comedian and writer Adam Buxton traces the development of his fascination with pop culture into a touring phenomenon Read more »| 01 May 2013