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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BooksKiss Me First by Lottie Moggach
Leila is a socially isolated young woman who lives alone after the death of her mother. When the charismatic leader of an internet forum contacts her with a ... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
BooksThe Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. by Adelle Waldman
A product of a post-feminist, politically-correct upbringing, Nathaniel Piven is conscientious, intellectual and successful. He is also self-absorbed, snobbi... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
MusicToby Gale – Starfruit EP
The debut release from this South London producer is an admirably concise affair: over four tracks, totalling only 12 minutes, Gale flits rapidly through rea... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
Music
Shangaan Electro @ The Kazimier Garden, Liverpool, 20 Jul
One! Eight! Seven! One! Eight! Eight! One! Eight... NINE! It's a sweltering day's dusk and Shangaan Electro's Nozinja is hyping a crowd decked... Read more »| 22 Jul 2013 -
MusicNETVERK Podcast: July 2013
Exploring the world of netaudio, the NETVERK podcast returns to The Skinny, with tracks from The Jet Age of Tomorrow, Sole, and Run The Jewels Read more »| 22 Jul 2013 -
Art
Tomorrow Never Knows @ CCA
Tomorrow Never Knows at CCA brings to Glasgow the work of two artists commissioned by the Jerwood/Film and Video Umbrella Award. Ed Atkins and Naheed Raza re... Read more »| 22 Jul 2013
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Film
One. Two. One
In an Iranian society that places heavy emphasis on beauty regarding a woman’s worth, Ava (Amiri) finds herself the victim of an acid attack to the fac... Read more »| 22 Jul 2013 -
Film
Runaway Train
A surprise contender at the 1986 Academy Awards, Andrei Konchalovsky’s thriller Runaway Train transcends its potentially trashy B-movie premise with co... Read more »| 22 Jul 2013 -
Books
Office Girl by Joe Meno
Joe Meno's sixth novel might act as an effective acid test for determining hipster tolerance: one protagonist spends his time recording the sounds made by sn... Read more »| 20 Jul 2013 -
Music
David Yow – Tonight You Look Like a Spider
Fourteen years on from the Jesus Lizard’s demise (excluding reunion tours), David Yow has finally released a solo debut which was purportedly conceived... Read more »| 19 Jul 2013 -
Music
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture Roundup | 19 July
In this week's Bulletin: T in the Park and Kelburn Garden Party in review; a look forward to Wickerman and Doune The Rabbit Hole; Thom Yorke disses Spotify; David Lynch on his second album; new tracks from Bishop Nehru and Daughn Gibson and much more! Read more »| 19 Jul 2013 -
Music
T in the Park 2013: Saturday, 13 July
Dundee band Seams have sensibly brought a large number of fans from their home town, who fill the front two rows of the T Break tent and make a lot... Read more »| 18 Jul 2013 -
Art
Anri Sala @ French Pavilion, Venice Biennale
The French pavilion's exhibition Ravel Ravel Unravel by Albanian-born artist Anri Sala is situated in the German pavilion, as the two nations have swapped pr... Read more »| 18 Jul 2013 -
Music
Youth Lagoon @ Gorilla, 16 July
Given that the past few years have seen Manchester's self-proclaimed 'promoters extraordinaire' Now Wave inch towards a monopoly over the city's most excitin... Read more »| 18 Jul 2013 -
Film
Me and You
Taken as a whole, Bernardo Bertolucci’s filmography is testament to his more than passing interest in incest. As a precocious 24-year-old, he made Befo... Read more »| 18 Jul 2013