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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ArtExtra-ordinary: Leeds College of Art degree show
Explore the best of Leeds' emerging creative talent with Extra-ordinary, Leeds College of Art's end of year degree show spanning work by illustrators, animators, sculptors, fashion designers and more Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
MusicBushido on Red Bull Studios Riddim Rally
We talk to Glasgow-based producer Bushido as he prepares to battle it out for the title of Red Bull Studios' Riddim Rally UK Champion Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
Film
3 reasons US cinema needs David Lynch back
It's been eleven long years since David Lynch's last movie – the blistering Inland Empire. But 2017 sees him back with a vengeance with the resurrectio... Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
ComedyFollowing a Star: Katy Brand interview
Katy Brand chats about religion and space travel as she tours her hit Fringe show, while also writing her next one Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
Music
FEST EVOL @ Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool, 30 Apr
Liverpool's Fest Evol, hosted by local promoter EVOL, was originally conceived as a way to fill the void for urban gig-goers as the summer festival season be... Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
ComedyVictoria Wood to be celebrated with Bury statue
The late, great comedian will be honoured with a statue in her hometown of Bury Read more »| 15 May 2017
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Music
Last Days – Seafaring
The oceans continue to be a chief source of inspiration for the Northumberland-born, Edinburgh-based composer Graham Richardson, who titled his 2006 debut Se... Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
Music
Pumarosa – The Witch
Pumarosa have a flair for the dramatic. While gothic, 4AD artists from the '80s may be the most obvious touchstones, Pumarosa imbue this icy style with a lot... Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
MusicMogwai return with new track Coolverine & new album
Mogwai's ninth studio album Every Country's Sun drops this September; listen to new track Coolverine below Recorded with Come On Die Young and Roc... Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
Art
New exhibition depicts lost Manchester and Salford
Photographs by Shirley Baker capture communities living in Manchester and Salford during the years of urban clearance Read more »| 12 May 2017 -
Music
Jamie Lenman @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 6 May
Looking back on Jamie Lenman’s winding career path it seems relevant to compare him to his old friend and collaborator Frank Turner. Both are singer-so... Read more »| 12 May 2017 -
Clubs
Ten Questions for Sven Väth
Ahead of his headline show at Glasgow's Electric Frog & Pressure Riverside Festival, the great 'Papa' Sven answers ten questions about his long and remarkable career Read more »| 12 May 2017 -
Music
Flesh and Blood: Pumarosa interview
We speak to Pumarosa frontwoman Isabel Munoz-Newsome about touring, history, spirituality, and the release of their debut album, The Witch Read more »| 12 May 2017 -
Music
The Physics House Band @ Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 8 May
The Hug & Pint have thought everything through this evening – earplugs sit in a plastic pint glass where fans are stamped in as they wander downsta... Read more »| 12 May 2017 -
Film
XX and the rise of female horror filmmakers
As XX, a wry horror anthology from four women directors, comes to DVD, we look at the pleasing trend of female filmmakers putting their stamp on the horror genre Read more »| 12 May 2017