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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MusicReal Estate – In Mind
While the wind of change may be blowing through their native East Coast, in the world of New Jerseyans Real Estate very little seems to have altered for a ba... Read more »| 13 Mar 2017 -
Music
ANOHNI – Paradise EP
After releasing one of the most overtly political albums of the year just nine months ago, it's no surprise that, with the precarious state of contemporary g... Read more »| 13 Mar 2017 -
FilmBaby Driver trailer: Ansel Elgort burns rubber
Bullets fly and tyres roar in the first trailer for Edgar Wright’s crime thriller starring Ansel Elgort Read more »| 12 Mar 2017 -
FilmSong to Song
Terrence Malick returns with another blindingly beautiful and formally distinctive piece of cinematic magic, this time set within the Austin music scene Read more »| 11 Mar 2017 -
TheatreCity of Glass @ HOME, Manchester
Paul Auster's meta-noir City of Glass is brought to the stage via the high-tech wizardry of 59 Productions. The visuals are dazzling, but the adaptation fails to capture the nightmarish dread of the cult novel Read more »| 10 Mar 2017 -
Comedy
The Comedic Benefits of Postmodern Jukebox
As Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox's European tour swings through the UK, we assess how their comedic take can refresh our appreciation of old and new tracks Read more »| 10 Mar 2017
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Music
Guest Selector: Wild Beasts
The band's Tom Fleming on the songs behind Boy King Wild Beasts returned last year with Boy King; an album that saw the Kendal-formed quartet examine the se... Read more »| 10 Mar 2017 -
Music
Adults Only: Desperate Journalist interviewed
We speak to north London alt-goth-rockers Desperate Journalist about growing up and their sophomore album, the aptly named... Grow Up “Can I ask you a... Read more »| 10 Mar 2017 -
Art
Leith tram depot to become a creative hub
The site of an old tram depot from Edinburgh’s original tram system is being turned into a hub for artists, communities and businesses Read more »| 10 Mar 2017 -
Music
LUCIA – Saturday Is Dead: Video Premiere
Watch the new video from LUCIA, filmed in her hometown of Glasgow Read more »| 10 Mar 2017 -
TheatreJackie Wylie introduces Take Me Somewhere
Take Me Somewhere's Artistic Director Jackie Wylie on her new performance festival and the loss of The Arches Read more »| 10 Mar 2017 -
Music
Sweet Tempest – Colourful Rain: Track Premiere
Listen to the new track from the Danish dream pop duo Read more »| 10 Mar 2017 -
Film
Watch the foreboding teaser for Game of Thrones series 7
The date for the latest series of the popular fantasy series has been revealed… in the daftest way possible Read more »| 10 Mar 2017 -
Clubs
Club nights in Liverpool this week: 9-16 Mar
Get your hip fix at Buyers Club this weekend with Ross From Friends and Bristol's Banoffee Pies team, or get real mucky at 24 Kitchen Street with Blawan. Or, you know, do both. Read more »| 09 Mar 2017 -
Clubs
Club nights in Leeds this week: 9-16 Mar
Hang out and chill out in Leeds this weekend with a free party at Distrikt from the Brass Tacks crew bringing in Molly (no, not that one), or Berlin-via-Korea's Peggy Gou at Wire. Read more »| 09 Mar 2017