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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MusicThe Pastels – Slow Summits
Slow Summits is being billed by some as The Pastels’ first album in sixteen years – a timescale that only fits if you discount their 2003 The Las... Read more »| 08 May 2013 -
MusicCocoRosie – Tales of a Grass Widow
It’s been three years since the Casady sisters’ last outing. Has anything changed? They’ve certainly come a long way since La maison d... Read more »| 08 May 2013 -
Clubs
Beneath the Label: Scenery Records
Stu Robinson gives us the lowdown on his new house, techno and electronic imprint – and first Cannibal Run clubnight Read more »| 07 May 2013 -
Clubs
DJ Chart: Circular Rhythms
Liverpool's Circular Rhythms takes us on a tour of his eclectic listening habits, from classical music to decayed tape Read more »| 07 May 2013 -
Music
Death Grips @ SWG3, 30 April
A question is circulating through the crowd – where is the drum kit? Unfortunately, the answer is probably 'Sacramento.' Zach Hill's barefoot... Read more »| 07 May 2013 -
ArtNocturnal Wonderland: Museums at Night and LightNight
Galleries, museums, art spaces and streets come alive late into the evening for Museums at Night and Liverpool's LightNight. Here's what not to miss Read more »| 07 May 2013
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MusicBoats – A Fairway Full of Miners
On third album A Fairway Full of Miners, Winnipeg’s Boats convey an array of unruly but endearing quirks that are liable to be manna to some,... Read more »| 07 May 2013 -
MusicDelta Mainline – Oh! Enlightened
The density of this debut album from Edinburgh's Delta Mainline is so great that it seems to hang heavy in the air long after the final track has ended. This... Read more »| 07 May 2013 -
Music
Saturday Looks Good to Me – One Kiss Ends It All
A four year gap between records is nothing in some circles, but in the world of Michigan's Saturday Looks Good to Me, it's almost an eternity. Driven by song... Read more »| 07 May 2013 -
Comedy
Tony Jameson: Football Manager Ruined My Life
Bright-eyed enthusiasm sees Tony Jameson through this wonderful hour. Ostensibly about his 20-year playing career with Football Manager, with this show we're... Read more »| 06 May 2013 -
Film
Hors Satan
No one goes to French filmmaker Bruno Dumont for easy answers or anything approaching ‘fun.’ His oeuvre is marked by an ascetic aesthetic, employ... Read more »| 06 May 2013 -
Film
Hal Hartley: The Believable Truth
Hal Hartley, one of the most distinctive voices on the American indie film scene, talks to The Skinny ahead of the re-release of three of his early films on DVD and Blu-ray Read more »| 06 May 2013 -
Clubs
The End of the Beginning: Producer Koreless in Interview
Returning with a new EP that marks a dramatic departure from his earlier work, Koreless explains how he has shed his skin and taken his sound forward Read more »| 06 May 2013 -
Film
A Hijacking
The understated manner in which the taking of a cargo ship occurs in A Hijacking is indicative of Tobias Lindholm's approach to the subject. He avoids the sc... Read more »| 06 May 2013 -
Theatre
A Wondrous Place @ Royal Exchange, Manchester, 11-22 Jun
Four new short plays offering altered perspectives on contemporary Northern cities come together in A Wondrous Place, a new production combining th... Read more »| 04 May 2013