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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MusicTeenCanteen – Say It All With A Kiss
Never ones to deny us of a singalong chorus, TeenCanteen’s debut album Say It All with a Kiss is packed full of infectiously catchy, sing-into-you... Read more »| 05 Sep 2016 -
Film
Scalarama 2016 Highlights
Born out of nostalgia for scurrilous London rep house the Scala, Scalarama has become one of the highlights of the UK's cinema calendar. We pick out some of the best screenings happening in Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester Read more »| 02 Sep 2016 -
BooksHollie McNish's Charlotte Church factfile
Ahead of Charlotte Church's Late Night Pop Dungeon headlining this month's Neu! Reekie! Celts night at the National Museum of Scotland, poet Hollie McNi... Read more »| 02 Sep 2016 -
MusicSubcity Radio: September Selectors
University of Glasgow's Subcity DJs pick three tracks from Glasgow-based bands and producers to see in the new semester National Handbag – Leath... Read more »| 02 Sep 2016 -
MusicThe Wedding Present – Going, Going...
Whether they’re drafting in Steve Albini to produce, cranking out a new single every month or releasing an album in which every song has an accompanyin... Read more »| 02 Sep 2016 -
Music
Shield Patterns – Mirror Breathing
'Touch me lightly, share / How you hate me and all the ways you care,' sings Claire Brentnall on Dusk, the opening track on the follow-up to Shield Patterns'... Read more »| 02 Sep 2016
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Film
Ira Sachs on Little Men
Ira Sachs is proving to be one of the most humane voices in American cinema. We catch up with him ahead of the release of his sixth film, Little Men Ira Sac... Read more »| 02 Sep 2016 -
Film
Hell or High Water
Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine and Ben Foster star in Hell or High Water, a gripping crime drama from David Mackenzie Read more »| 02 Sep 2016 -
Music
Rewilding: The Pictish Trail interviewed
The Skinny visits Johnny Lynch on the Isle of Eigg to explore how The Pictish Trail turned turmoil and anger in to Future Echoes Read more »| 02 Sep 2016 -
Music
Fantastic Fur: Super Furry Animals interviewed
Since they got back together in 2015, Super Furry Animals have been on a roll. Now, as the Welsh heroes prepare to headline Liverpool Psych Fest, guitarist Huw Bunford looks back on their formative years and a glorious summer for Gareth Bale Read more »| 01 Sep 2016 -
Comedy
Crystal Baws: September 2016 Horoscopes
ARIESOur God is a nerd god – the universe He made is all about geek subjects like mathematics and science. Not like the cool Gods out there who built e... Read more »| 01 Sep 2016 -
Books
Poetry News: Edinburgh Book Festival recap
Our poetry columnist looks back on her favourite events during Edinburgh's Festival month, being inspired particularly by the merging of forms, crossing cultural borders and breaking down barriers Read more »| 01 Sep 2016 -
Music
Angel Olsen – My Woman
'Is it me you're thinking of, when you're thinking of me?' This time around, Angel Olsen asks the big questions and supplies punchlines to match: 'Or is it y... Read more »| 01 Sep 2016 -
Clubs
Club nights in Leeds this week: 1-8 Sep
It's all about the drum'n'bass this weekend in Leeds as The Old Red Bus Station hosts three rooms of big ones. Plus: book ahead for Butter Side Up's birthday with Sonja Moonear, and Red Bull Music Academy comes to Leeds for the first time. Read more »| 01 Sep 2016 -
Clubs
Club nights in Liverpool this week: 1-8 Sep
Some of Liverpool's most interesting producers get together for a night at 81 Renshaw this Friday, while there's lots to book ahead for with the news that RBMA will visit Liverpool for the first time this October. Read more »| 01 Sep 2016