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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MusicNew Albums This Week (6 Nov): Floating Points & more
Our weekly round-up of the best new albums released this Friday, including new records from Floating Points, USA Nails, Found and !!! (Chk Chk Chk). Read more »| 07 Nov 2015 -
Art
The Skinny Gift Guide: Northwest Experiences
Objects are so 2014. It's all about the journey, man! With that in mind, we've put together a selection of experiential gift ideas, from foraging for mushrooms to, uh, scrambling up an ice wall, for the adventurous loved one in your life Read more »| 06 Nov 2015 -
Clubs
Hidden: Shaking up Manchester's clubbing scene
In a UK-wide climate of club closures, one writer takes a look at the impact (so far) of Manchester's newest music and arts hub, Hidden, and what it might mean for the city's clubbing scene Read more »| 06 Nov 2015 -
ComedyThe Stand-Up Archive: Interview with Dr Oliver Double
The British Stand-Up Comedy Archive's Dr Oliver Double on archiving something as ephemeral as live performance Read more »| 06 Nov 2015 -
ArtNational Galleries Surveys Woman Artists 1885-1965
The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art gives attention to women artists not appreciated by a male-dominated narrative of Scottish art at the turn of the 20th century until the 1960s. Read more »| 06 Nov 2015 -
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CCA Highlights – November/December 2015
The CCA lives up to its name this autumn with a fine spread of contemporary art, music, and film events – we big up some faves Read more »| 06 Nov 2015
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FilmSean Baker on Tangerine and shooting on an iPhone
Tangerine is the most exciting and invigorating indie film of the year. Its director, Sean Baker, talks us through the ins and outs of creating this vivid slice-of-life comedy about two transgendre LA sex workers and capturing it all on an iPhone lens Read more »| 06 Nov 2015 -
Art
Ai Weiwei @ Royal Academy of Art, London
It’s Friday 23 October and I'm sat on a train from Manchester to London; I'm travelling to see an exhibition of work by China’s most recognisable... Read more »| 05 Nov 2015 -
Film
Tangerine
"Merry Christmas Eve, bitch!" So goes the opening line of Tangerine, a single-night screwball set on the West Hollywood strip that comes at you like a Jim Ja... Read more »| 05 Nov 2015 -
Art
Too Much Fun Club: The Skinny Showcase
The Too Much Fun Club (The TMFC) is a Visual Art Collective based in Edinburgh with connections worldwide. Read more »| 05 Nov 2015 -
Art
Life in A Chinese Art Village: Julian Tolhurst
Glasgow-based Canadian artist Julian Tolhurst discusses his three and a half years living, teaching and working as an artist in China Read more »| 05 Nov 2015 -
Music
Rustie releases new LP EVENIFUDONTBELIEVE
Glasgow producer Rustie has released his third album EVENIFUDONTBELIEVE online, after dropping a pair of tracks from the new record earlier this we... Read more »| 05 Nov 2015 -
Clubs
Slimzee: DJ Chart
Ahead of his appearance for Electrikal at Edinburgh's Bongo Club, the grime don flags up 10 tracks that rarely leave his bag. Read more »| 05 Nov 2015 -
Music
The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle on Beat the Champ
As The Mountain Goats return to UK shores to promote wrestling-themed concept album Beat The Champ, John Darnielle tells us about morality and inspiration Read more »| 05 Nov 2015 -
Music
East India Youth / PIXX @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 28 Oct
Hannah Rodgers, recent 4AD signing operating as PIXX, opens our Wednesday escape with her dreamy, folksy psychedelia. Backed by a guitarist and another singe... Read more »| 04 Nov 2015