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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TheatreWelcome HOME: A look at HOME's site-specific theatre programme
Manchester's newest cultural venue announces a site-specific theatre season, including Romeo and Juliet at Victoria Baths, that acts as a prologue to its opening Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
MusicTobacco – Ultima II Massage
A growling, distorted bass hums, a pitch-bent synth wobbles, clashing live drums shudder and lurch. "RIDE," commands a distorted, vocoder-destroyed voice, "R... Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
MusicSwans – To Be Kind
Swans have consistently offered the most brutal of listening endurance tests with the maniacal Michael Gira spitting blood and venom at the wheel. This lauda... Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
Film
Northwest Film Event Highlights – May 2014
Eccentrics make up the bulk of this month's film events, with a season of Studio Ghibli and their surreal worlds, Crispin Glover bringing the strange to FACT and Garth Marenghi's Darkplace getting a resurrection... again. Plus the return of Screenfields Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
Music
Scottish Gig Highlights – May 2014
This coming May, a visit from duelling techno behemoths Fuck Buttons, psychedelic visionaries Flaming Lips, industrial juggernauts Nine Inch Nails, and a look at the boundary-pushing Tectonics Festival, featuring Thurston Moore, Bill Wells and many more Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
Books
Incarcerated Words
As the battle over Chris Grayling's book ban rages on, The Skinny looks at prison prose and a selfish reason for allowing access to literature on the inside Read more »| 30 Apr 2014
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Music
O2 Love Music Column – May 2014
Glasgow is bringing its mightiest of spring flings Stag & Dagger to the Bank Holiday on Sunday 4 May. Now in its sixth year, the concept is sim... Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
Music
Drifting Up: Jon Hopkins interviewed
Master producer Jon Hopkins talks pot, instant snacks, and why David Lynch's coffee isn't all it's cracked up to be Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Clubs
DJ Chart: Francis Inferno Orchestra
Eight selections from Melbourne's one-man orchestra Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Clubs
From Chicago with Love: Derrick Carter
Ahead of his appearance in Glasgow, house legend Derrick Carter shares his thoughts on life, art and his love for his hometown Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Clubs
Inside the Imaginarium: Tea with Mr. Scruff
He may enjoy a good slipper and term himself an "old fart", but Mr. Scruff is still innovating, with a new album and the 15th anniversary of clubnight Keep It Unreal on the way. He gives us an insight into his world of tea, tunes and potato men Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
MusicCloud Sounds #14: with Mastodon, CHVRCHES, Mr Scruff and more
Our Music team's weekly playlist also features new tracks from Odd Future mavericks Trash Talk; Sub Pop indie heroes Constantines; Tri-Angle grime producer SD Laika; post-metal pioneers ISIS; and Bristol dubstep don Joker Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Music
In Tribute: Robbie Cooper 1977-2014
A eulogy to the courageous musician, who sadly passed away on the 23rd of April Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Music
Hero Worship: Albert Hammond Jr. on Christopher Hitchens
As Albert Hammond Jr. prepares to headline Glasgow's Stag & Dagger festival, he tells us about his early experiences at Sunday school, the awe and wonder of the universe, and his admiration for atheist firebrand Christopher Hitchens Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Music
Brain Box: John Schmersal goes pop with Vertical Scratchers
With Brainiac and Enon, John Schmersal embodied outside-the-box thinking. Kinks-inspired duo Vertical Scratchers squeeze back in Read more »| 29 Apr 2014