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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ClubsMelody and Melancholia: Recondite Explores His Hinterland
From field recordings to video games via Metallica, we get to know what informs the sparse, seasonal sounds of Hinterland, the sophomore album from German techno head Recondite Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
ComedySpotlight: Liam Pickford
Comedian and ‘provincial gorgepot’ Liam Pickford identifies losing out to an Irish dancer at a talent show as the catalyst for his career Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
TheatreA Clockwork Orange @ The Lowry, Salford
We all know Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange, mainly for its necessary glossary and Malcolm McDowell’s insane glare – but rape, ultra-v... Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
Art
Jeremy Deller: All That Is Solid Melts Into Air @ Manchester Art Gallery, until 19 Jan
Like the lines of a family tree, Jeremy Deller uses artworks, objects and historical accounts to create a personal view of the cultural, sociological and tec... Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
Clubs
Northwest Clubbing Highlights – November 2013
Remember, remember, the fifth of November? With our guide to the month's top appearances, from Patrice Scott to Ben Pearce via Amir, we're afraid you probably won't Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
Music
T.R.A.S.E. – Tape Recorder And Synthesiser Ensemble
Given the current popularity of retro-futuristic synth music, it is a joy to hear this long-forgotten prototype from the early 80s, made with bedroom recordi... Read more »| 29 Oct 2013
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Music
Cate Le Bon – Mug Museum
You’d be forgiven for thinking Wales a sunny place, hearing Cate Le Bon’s third jaunty, psychedelic record Mug Museum. Wales isn't, of cours... Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
Music
Son Lux – Lanterns
Some albums wantonly thrust their virtues upon the listener; others guard them like a secret to be teased out over time. Lanterns, Ryan Lott’s third al... Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
Music
Steve Ignorant with Paranoid Visions – When...?
While much of the music which dominated the UK underground in the late 70s and early 80s holds an uncanny sway over current trends, anarcho-punk feels more d... Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
Music
Midlake – Antiphon
Stripping any band of a member will prompt doubts about the future, but in the case of these amiable Texans, it’s songwriter and lead singer Tim Smith ... Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
Music
L.B. Dub Corp – Unknown Origin
Luke Slater's dub-influenced moniker as L.B. Dub Corp does a convincing job of polishing up the dub techno sounds pioneered by the likes of Basic Channel and... Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
ArtI Want To Be Your Dog @ Glue Factory
The blurb for I Want To Be Your Dog proclaims it to be ‘an exhibition that isn’t about anything in particular.’ With a star-studded line-up... Read more »| 28 Oct 2013 -
BooksNicola White: Literary Prizefighter
Fending off competition from 350 other entrants, Nicola White's In the Rosary Garden is the winner of this year's Dundee International Book Prize. She discusses the road to success and the controversial themes of her novel Read more »| 28 Oct 2013 -
Music
Arcade Fire – Reflektor
If there was such a thing as Difficult Fourth Album Syndrome, Reflektor would typify and define it. It is Arcade Fire’s The Unforgettable Fire, their V... Read more »| 28 Oct 2013 -
Music
John Grant @ East Village Arts Club, Liverpool, 18 October
A tall, boxy figure, imposing yet with the gait of one unsure what to do with his strength and dimensions, John Grant stands centre stage in a room immobile ... Read more »| 28 Oct 2013