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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MusicSaul Williams – MartyrLoserKing
2015 was the year hip-hop grew up… again. But ever since 2001’s Amethyst Rock Star (even five years prior, during his time as a slam poet of som... Read more »| 12 Jan 2016 -
Music
Cross Record – Wabi-Sabi
Two years ago, husband and wife team Dan Duszynski and Emily Cross, otherwise known as Cross Record, decamped to rural Texas, where Cross, emboldened by the ... Read more »| 12 Jan 2016 -
MusicMONEY – Suicide Songs
2013's The Shadow of Heaven saw MONEY become a worthy addition to Manchester’s rich bloodline of musical mavericks. Bewitching melodies, lyrical dexter... Read more »| 12 Jan 2016 -
Art
What Next! 2016 in Scottish Contemporary Art
Christen your new diary with all the latest plans for the year ahead in Scottish contemporary art. It's a blockbuster year with exceptional festivals Glasgow International and British Art Show 8 of particular note Read more »| 11 Jan 2016 -
ComedyNew Year, New Comedians
We talk to Alex Boardman, one of Manchester's finest promoters, and the man responsible for giving pretty much every comedian in our Spotlight section their break Read more »| 11 Jan 2016 -
MusicThe Altered Hours – In Heat Not Sorry
Debut albums, however raw (and sometimes that’s very raw indeed) are as much about future promise as the here and now. Take Irish five-piece The Altere... Read more »| 11 Jan 2016
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Art
CCA Highlights – January/February 2016
Artists, musicians and documentarians mobilise against the January blues: we select some gems for the disenfranchised from the CCA's bulging brochure Read more »| 11 Jan 2016 -
Books
Helen McClory discusses On the Edges of Vision
We begin a new year with a new author. Helen McClory's otherworldly short fiction recently won the Saltire Society First Book award, and she chats here about how her fiercely original collection On the Edges of Vision came to be born Read more »| 11 Jan 2016 -
Film
Adam McKay on The Big Short
Will Ferrell's regular collaborator Adam McKay gets serious with The Big Short, a star-studded and angry look back at the financial meltdown of 2008. We're pleased to report his latest film still has plenty of laughs. McKay talks comedy and the crash Read more »| 11 Jan 2016 -
BooksHollie McNish: parents, poetry & the power of art
As she prepares to gig in Liverpool for the first time, poet and performer Hollie McNish discusses her new book of poetry about parenthood and the excitement of playing on mixed bills Read more »| 11 Jan 2016 -
Music
Northwest Music News – 8 Jan: Manchester Punk Fest
Our latest missive from the Northwest includes a new and possibly final Working For A Nuclear Free City album, as well as new acts for the Manchester Punk Festival, a new discovery in Banana Frequency and more. Read more »| 08 Jan 2016 -
Theatre
Tracks of the Winter Bear @ Traverse, Edinburgh
The Traverse’s double bill Tracks of the Winter Bear is far removed from the typical pantomime hi-jinx of the Christmas season. Instead, it i... Read more »| 08 Jan 2016 -
Books
Black Widow by Chris Brookmyre
In Black Widow, Chris Brookmyre's latest installment in his Jack Parlabane series, the investigative journalist is tasked with unearthing the mysteries behin... Read more »| 08 Jan 2016 -
Art
Enrico David @ The Hepworth, Wakefield
I am standing face to face with a tip-toeing bronze figure. Its bodily length, hands behind back, is leaning against the gallery wall, and it seems to be lis... Read more »| 08 Jan 2016 -
Music
The Last Word: Henry Rollins
The punk icon talks leaving music behind, his love of radio and his first lead film role ahead of his first UK tour in four years Read more »| 08 Jan 2016