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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MusicRestless Natives: Tim Hecker / Blanck Mass @ St Luke's
If there's one unanimous consensus that can be drawn from tonight's gig, the finale of the week-long Restless Natives festival, it's that earplugs are essent... Read more »| 18 May 2016 -
MusicBat for Lashes @ Manchester Cathedral, 13 May
Natasha Khan doesn’t do concept albums by halves. Brighton’s most mystical singer-songwriter has always enjoyed conjuring tales, and after a few ... Read more »| 18 May 2016 -
ArtECA Degree Show 2016: Past Alumni
You may not know it, but you’ve probably already seen the work of ECA graduates – it’s everywhere. Read more »| 18 May 2016 -
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Going Nuclear: Malcolm Middleton on Summer of '13
With Summer of ’13 – the first album under his own name in seven years – about to hit the streets, Malcolm Middleton tells us why he went a... Read more »| 18 May 2016 -
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ECA Degree Show 2016: Sculpture
Following changes to the school building, ECA's newly shaken-up Sculpture department is all set for a display of fresh ideas and pushed boundaries Read more »| 18 May 2016 -
MusicTim Hecker @ Academy 3, Manchester, 16 May
Tim Hecker’s eighth album Love Streams encouraged widespread acclaim on its release back in March; the Canadian maestro's masterful ambient m... Read more »| 18 May 2016
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LeithLate 2016 programme revealed
The programme for this year's LeithLate arts festival has been announced ahead of the 2016 festival next month. Read more »| 18 May 2016 -
FilmX-Men: Apocalypse
X-Men: Apocalypse is plagued with problems but the new blood shine, even if some of the old guard (Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence) look pretty bore... Read more »| 18 May 2016 -
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ECA Degree Show 2016: Painting
A new setting provides 2016's Painting graduates with an opportunity to deviate from the norm – we look at what's on display in the upcoming show Read more »| 17 May 2016 -
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ECA Degree Show 2016: Photography
Whether through modern digital means or good old-fashioned film, Photography offers a blurring of boundaries between disciplines and ideas Read more »| 17 May 2016 -
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ECA Degree Show 2016: Intermedia
From sci-fi to retail via extreme music, the wide range of disciplines on display in Intermedia gives us cause to consider an even broader base of ideas and concepts Read more »| 17 May 2016 -
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ECA Degree Show 2016: Landscape Architecture
This year's crop of Landscape Architecture students are all set to disprove the art student stereotypes with a dynamic and ambitious show Read more »| 17 May 2016 -
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ECA Degree Show 2016: Graphic Design and Illustration
There's a wealth of eclectic ideas flowing forth from ECA's Graphic Design and Illustration students – we throw ourselves headlong into the melee for a closer look... Read more »| 17 May 2016 -
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Emma Pollock @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 13 May
"I'll try not to talk too much tonight," says Emma Pollock before she's even played a note. "More time for, you know, the actual songs." Generous in performa... Read more »| 17 May 2016 -
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ECA Degree Show 2016: Architecture
As the Architecture Degree Show looms closer, step into the studio and take a behind-the-scenes look at the work that will be on display Read more »| 17 May 2016