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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BooksBooks News: New monthly award for self-published authors, plus events and opportunities for writers
The Guardian and Legend Times launch new monthly award for self-published authors; opportunities for writers with Freight Books, Philanthrobeats and others; Doug Johnstone launches his new novel; plus literary events, launches and opportunities near you Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
ClubsNorthwest Clubbing Highlights – May 2014
The sun is shining, and what better way to celebrate than to pack yourself into a dark room with hundreds of sweaty punters who are all clambering furiously for fresh air Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
ClubsPersonal Journey: Fatima reflects on Yellow Memories
With Floating Points on production duties, Eglo Records key player Fatima's long-awaited debut album, Yellow Memories, is a sumptuous listen. She discusses family, performance, and the importance of taking your time Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Art
ARTIST ROOMS: Bruce Nauman @ The Harris Art Gallery & Museum, Preston, until 24 May
In 2008, art dealer Anthony d’Offay gifted his contemporary and post-war collection to Tate and National Galleries of Scotland in the form of the ARTIS... Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
FilmFrank Filmmaking: Lenny Abrahamson on Frank
So you've got Michael Fassbender, one of the biggest stars on the planet, in your movie. What do you do? If you're Lenny Abrahamson, director of Frank, you make him wear an oversized papier-mâché head on his shoulders in every one of his scenes Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Music
The Horrors – Luminous
When Brian Eno said My Bloody Valentine made “the vaguest music ever to be a hit,” he noted a group rejecting the mainstream/underground dichotom... Read more »| 29 Apr 2014
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Music
Lykke Li – I Never Learn
The final part of a thematic trilogy that began with 2008 debut Youth Novels, I Never Learn takes Lykke Li’s work a shade darker and a notch glummer &n... Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Books
Ladies Who Lunge: Emma Jane Unsworth in interview
Emma Jane Unsworth discusses he second novel, “a filthy, funny story of friendship, love and animal instincts” set against a Rainy City backdrop Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Music
Kreidler – ABC
Düsseldorf's Kreidler are two decades deep, combining drifting ambient soundscapes with complex yet understated rhythmic patterns and richly-textured el... Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Music
Wussy – Attica!
If there’s one area where US music has always excelled, it’s depicting the dark underside to the nation’s sunny exterior. Country music exp... Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Art
David McLeavy: Funhaus @ Toast, Manchester, until 6 May
Interactivity is at the centre of Funhaus, a solo project from Sheffield-based artist David McLeavy at Toast, Manchester – his first in the city. From ... Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Music
Gruff Rhys – American Interior
Fresh from writing shiny electro-pop chronicling the life of Giangiacomo Feltrinelli as one half of Neon Neon, Gruff Rhys reverts to his own name to tell t... Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Theatre
Stories of Old: The Last Days of Troy
Can history's oldest narrative be revived for a contemporary audience? The involvement of Simon Armitage and Lily Cole is sure to help, right? Nick Bagnall discusses his latest production, The Last Days of Troy Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Comedy
Comedy Spotlight: Rachel Fairburn
This month's unflinching glare lands on Rachel Fairburn. A census taker once tried to test her. It didn't end well... Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Music
Killer Be Killed – Killer Be Killed
Killer Be Killed – a new collaboration featuring members of Soulfly, Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan and The Mars Volta – intelligently splic... Read more »| 29 Apr 2014