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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FilmAudio Terror: Carnival of Souls at HOME
There are several great cinema screenings and events at HOME over its opening weekend, but perhaps the most innovative is one in which the film has been removed from the equation. Welcome to the audio-only adaptation of 1962 horror Carnival of Souls Read more »| 20 May 2015 -
MusicThe Catenary Wires – Red Red Skies
The first line of Red Red Skies is a bit of a giveaway. “Nothing ever comes between us,” they sing, almost rendering void the themes of relations... Read more »| 20 May 2015 -
FilmTimbuktu
One of the many memorable sequences in Abderrahmane Sissako's Timbuktu depicts a group of teenage boys playing football without a ball, as ball games have be... Read more »| 20 May 2015 -
Art
The Arches ‘taking legal advice’ over club closure
Glasgow multi-arts venue The Arches have stated they are “taking legal advice” on appealing a decision by the city’s licensing board to cut... Read more »| 20 May 2015 -
Music
No Joy – More Faithful
It won't change your life. It might not even change your day, but album number three from Jasamine White-Gluz and Laura Lloyd makes good on their original fi... Read more »| 20 May 2015 -
Art
Play, Discomfort and the Digital Panopticon: This Week in Scottish Art
In this week's round up there are talks from Graham Fagen and Owl Project, new work from some of Scotland's best graduates, and the chance to ask the question, "what is a video art?" Read more »| 19 May 2015
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Clubs
The Roadhouse: The End of Our Road
One of Manchester's best-loved venues, The Roadhouse, will close its doors for the final time in June – we catch up with owner Kate Mountain to discuss the ins and outs of the decision Read more »| 19 May 2015 -
Music
Holly Herndon – Platform
A dense, chaotic barrage of spatialised noise and chopped up, processed vocals, Holly Herndon’s second full length doesn’t so much require an ope... Read more »| 18 May 2015 -
MusicAdrian Younge and Ghostface Killah drop Return Of The Savage featuring Raekwon, RZA
Producer Adrian Younge has released a new track from his forthcoming collaboration with Ghostface Killah, with 'Return Of The Savage' featuring Ghostface&rsq... Read more »| 18 May 2015 -
Music
Jad Fair & Norman Blake – Yes
Half Japanese icon Jad Fair teams up with Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake for the first time since 2002’s Words Of Wisdom And Hope – pr... Read more »| 18 May 2015 -
Music
Super Furry Animals @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 6 May
Was there ever any doubt that the return of the Super Furry Animals wouldn't disappoint? Even in their absence, the band's constituent parts have continued t... Read more »| 18 May 2015 -
Music
The Arches nightclub ordered to close
Glasgow clubbing institution The Arches is set to close its doors after the city’s licensing board voted to limit the venue’s opening hours follo... Read more »| 15 May 2015 -
Theatre
CATS Scottish Theatre Awards Shortlist Announced
The shortlist for this year’s Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) has been announced, with Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre leading th... Read more »| 15 May 2015 -
Books
The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan
‘But when he said to her, we are the sea – that made the most perfect kind of sense. She was the sea, and so was everyone else. We all come from ... Read more »| 14 May 2015 -
Film
Past and Present: Olivier Assayas on Clouds of Sils Maria
Olivier Assayas's new film centres on a middle-age movie star (played by Juliette Binoche) who's reassessing her place in the showbiz world. The French director discusses this new feature, and working with Binoche and her co-star Kristen Stewart Read more »| 14 May 2015