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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MusicJosephine Sillars & The Manic Pixie Dreams – Down (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Down by Josephine Sillars & The Manic Pixie Dreams Read more »| 23 Oct 2017 -
MusicThe LaFontaines – Common Problem
The second album from The LaFontaines tackles some big issues, with production that gives the music the punch its lyricism deserves. Read more »| 23 Oct 2017 -
MusicPrides – A Mind Like the Tide: Part One
A Mind Like the Tide: Part One is well worth the wait for fans of the Glasgow synth-pop band Read more »| 23 Oct 2017 -
Music
Julien Baker – Turn Out the Lights
Julien Baker's new album is universal in scope, although at times it becomes somewhat claustrophobic Read more »| 23 Oct 2017 -
Film
Watch the first trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread
Daniel Day-Lewis reunites with his There Will Be Blood director for 50s British drama Phantom Thread Read more »| 23 Oct 2017 -
MusicSt. Vincent @ O2 Apollo, Manchester, 18 Oct
With nothing more than a backing track for company, tonight's performance revolves around St. Vincent, who sits at the centre of her own solar system Read more »| 23 Oct 2017
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Tv Radio
Listen to Stranger Things 2's synthtastic soundtrack
Have a listen to Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein's dreamy and nightmarish score to Stranger Things season 2 Read more »| 23 Oct 2017 -
Music
Frightened Rabbit with the RSNO @ Paisley Abbey, 17 Oct
Frightened Rabbit round off a year-and-a-half of hard work in support of their fifth studio album, with an incredible sold-out show with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in the stunning surrounds of Paisley Abbey Read more »| 20 Oct 2017 -
Film
Perfect Blue
Satoshi Kon’s masterful anime thriller questioning self and celebrity is even more relevant today than it was 20 years ago on its initial release Read more »| 20 Oct 2017 -
Film
Quentin Tarantino 'knew about' Harvey Weinstein
“I knew enough to do more than I did,” said the Pulp Fiction director Read more »| 20 Oct 2017 -
Music
The LaFontaines: Under the Influence
With The LaFontaines' sophomore record – Common Problem – about to drop, the band let us in on some of the artists, albums and songs that helped inform the record Read more »| 20 Oct 2017 -
MusicFlat Worms – Flat Worms
Flat Worms' self-titled debut is an energetic and accomplished debut from a group of highly-seasoned musicians Read more »| 19 Oct 2017 -
Tv Radio
Stranger Things: Two soundtrack albums set for release
Ahead of Stranger Things season 2, Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein release the music for the new series this weekend, with a compilation of 80s hits heard in the show to follow Read more »| 19 Oct 2017 -
Film
Thor: Ragnarok
Taika Waititi's comic approach might give Marvel devotees whiplash, but it adds a welcome boost of vitality to the God of Thunder Read more »| 19 Oct 2017 -
Music
Blue Rose Code – The Water of Leith
The Water of Leith is an ode to forgiveness, to letting go of the past and holding on to hope – it's an astonishingly accomplished, pure and sincere record Read more »| 19 Oct 2017