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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MusicLive music in Liverpool this week: 5-11 Apr
Brass-soaked party bands, former Spice Girls and a smattering of punk and metal make up your gig highlights for the week. Get involved Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
ClubsClub nights in Liverpool this week: 6-13 Apr
It's all about the techno in Liverpool this week as the Melōs crew bring their fifth Wake Deeper party to 24 Kitchen Street, and a few days later Hamburg's Oliver Huntemann goes deep with Jolt. Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
MusicHaley @ Night & Day, Manchester, 29 Mar
What's in a name? Everything and nothing. Haley Bonar's recent decision to continue under her christian name alone was borne of both courage and pride. Her r... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
MusicAbiChan @ The Magnet, Liverpool, 31 March
Soulful as Aretha herself, Queen Abi Harding takes to the Magnet for her debut gig as AbiChan – the first new music we've heard from the saxophonist si... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Music
R. Stevie Moore / Jason Falkner – Make It Be
For a rock/punk/spoken word/experimental hybrid, Make it Be sounds surprisingly… just like you would expect it to. A collaboration between 60s DI... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
FilmPilot Light TV Festival: Mad Men, Brass Eye & more
Manchester's television festival returns with celebrations of Brass Eye, Mad Men, Sugar Rush and contemporary web series Read more »| 05 Apr 2017
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Books
Mariana Enriquez: Black Magical Realism
Things We Lost in the Fire could be the most dark and thrilling short story collection you ever encounter, blending the sociopolitical horrors of dictatorshi... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Music
Sun Ra Arkestra @ Band on the Wall, Manchester, 2 Apr
With their sequin-ridden costumes winking under the lights, the thoroughly seasoned Sun Ra Arkestra file onstage with an air of immense calm, shortly before ... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Film
What to Watch this Week (3-10 Apr)
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including the college cannibalism movie Raw, new Terence Davies joint A Quiet Passion and Netflix teen tragedy 13 Reasons Why Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Theatre
Ask Auntie Trash: This Review is Bad
Our theatrical agony aunt takes on the thorny topic of negative reviews, and what to do about them Read more »| 04 Apr 2017 -
Music
Scottish Gigs of the Week: 4-10 April
This week's Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee gig guide, featuring The Ninth Wave, Counterflows Festival and visits from Stormzy, British Sea Power and Pulled Apart by Horses Read more »| 04 Apr 2017 -
Art
Engine House launch Mystery Tubes Islington Mill project
The Engine House collective are launching a special Mystery Tubes art project raising money for Islington Mill, with a vending machine and accompanying art exhibition at Fred Aldous this April. Read more »| 04 Apr 2017 -
Music
Johnny Flynn @ La Belle Angèle, Edinburgh, 27 Mar
Spring may have only just sprung, but it is HOT in La Belle Angèle this evening. Even before the support had finished, the tropical punch that is... Read more »| 04 Apr 2017 -
Music
Feature – Banishing Ritual
There’ll come a point during Feature’s debut album where you’ll pause for breath and realise what an amazing time you’re having. Mayb... Read more »| 04 Apr 2017 -
Music
Jens Lekman @ Saint Luke's, Glasgow, 1 Apr
The hushed, melancholic tones of The Dove & The Wolf, along with the sparse decoration of the refurbished church, make for an interesting mood between se... Read more »| 04 Apr 2017