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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MusicEsmerine – Lost Voices
The fifth album from the Montreal chamber rock collective is a beguiling mass of dialled-down post-rock, classical figures and exploratory soundscapes. Led b... Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
MusicRoots Manuva – Bleeds
'The TVs and magazines keep them kinda hopeful that one day, in some way, they’ll get a lucky break, in the meantime that plant food provides a cheap e... Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
MusicKilling Joke – Pylon
Accomplished, you'd expect, but switched on and inspired? Neither is a given for a band fast approaching its fourth decade. In keeping with the blackened, ra... Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Music
Blank Realm @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 28 Sep
“Thanks for coming out on a Monday night.” Singer/drummer Daniel Spencer smiles bashfully, staring at his fingers before counting the band in. Su... Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Music
Dutch Uncles @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, Glasgow, 26 Sep
A case of the curious support. It’s not that power pop five-piece Schnarff Schnarff or the robust, angst-rock flavours of United Fruit are unwelcome; t... Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Music
WOMPS @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 25 September
With its low ceilings and tight walls, tonight’s host seems tailor-made for such nights. The Hug & Pint might be new, but it carries off the late 8... Read more »| 07 Oct 2015
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MusicWolf Alice @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 25 September
Ellie Rowsell, when she spoke to The Skinny back in March, was about to step on stage at the O2 Arena, but her greater concern was not that Alt-J support slo... Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Film
Pan
The enduring popularity of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan character stems from a desire to reject the painful necessity of growing up, to retain innocence in the face of responsibility and compromise Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Music
Joanna Newsom – Divers
Joanna Newsom’s last album, Have One On Me was a three-disc, 18-track, two-hour odyssey. Album number four is perhaps more modest in scale – ... Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Theatre
Blanche McIntyre interview: Why we need ancient drama
As this year’s third major production of The Oresteia opens, this time in Manchester, The Skinny speaks to director Blanche McIntyre about Ancient Greek theatre, modern-day politics and being part of HOME’s debut season Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
FilmThe Lobster
The cinematic worlds that Yorgos Lanthimos creates are defined by their rules and codes of behaviour, and the drama in them comes from the consequences faced... Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Music
EL VY – Return to the Moon
Members of the National and Menomena combine on a record that strikes a happy medium between the two Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Film
Taxi Tehran
Ingeniously circumventing the Iranian state’s ban on his filmmaking, Jafar Panahi’s Golden Bear winner Taxi Tehran is filmed almost entirely with... Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Books
Northwest Book Highlights – October 2015
Paul Mason, Iain Pears and Kathryn Williams feature in our round-up of literary events for October. Read more »| 06 Oct 2015 -
Theatre
What Goes Around @ The Tron, Edinburgh, 19 Sep
Liz Lochhead plays tribute to Arthur Schnitzler with the more contemporary style of What Goes Around. Read more »| 06 Oct 2015