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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MusicScottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award longlist announced
The longlist for the third annual Scottish Album of the Year Award has been unveiled today, with recognition for Mogwai, Frightened Rabbit, Edwyn Collins, Adam Stafford, Hector Bizerk and Kid Canaveral, among others Read more »| 24 Apr 2014 -
ArtArt News: Spring Fling brings urban art to rural Scotland; Buzzcut Festival returns
Spring Fling brings urban art to rural Scotland - we speak to artist Fraser Gray about his mural; the return of Glasgow's performance art-focuses Buzzcut Festival; plus opportunities for artists, the latest exhibitions and launches, and more Read more »| 23 Apr 2014 -
MusicEx-Easter Island Head @ Kazimier, Liverpool, 20 Apr
Liverpool-based group Ex-Easter Island Head are in a celebratory mood, having released two highly acclaimed minimalist records in the past 12 months. The mos... Read more »| 23 Apr 2014 -
Music
First Person: Ten Years of Sounds from the Other City
Organiser Mark Carlin reflects on a decade of Salford's Sounds from the Other City festival, which brings together local promoters and fierce DIY principles and celebrates its 10th anniversary this year Read more »| 23 Apr 2014 -
Clubs
Bugged Out Weekender @ Pontins, Southport, 7-9 Mar
The attraction of a full English by the seaside isn’t the only reason why over six thousand punters would choose to set up camp at Southport's Pontins ... Read more »| 22 Apr 2014 -
Film
Film News: Ryan Gosling and more for Cannes 2014, Marc Webb talks Spiderman 2
A round-up of film news, including the first announcements for Cannes 2014, Marc Webb on Spider-Man 2, Quentin Tarantino gives The Hateful Eight script a public airing, plus the latest casting rumours and trailers Read more »| 21 Apr 2014
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MusicGeorge Clinton @ The Ritz, Manchester, 17 April
George Clinton has spent the best part of the last 40 years orchestrating the freakiest gang of funkateers known to mankind. How freaky you ask? The answer l... Read more »| 21 Apr 2014 -
Film
That Sinking Feeling
‘The action of this film takes place in a fictitious town called Glasgow. Any resemblance to any real town called Glasgow is purely coincidental.&rsquo... Read more »| 21 Apr 2014 -
Film
Wrinkles
From recent efforts like The Illusionist and Up to 1986’s When the Wind Blows, animation as a medium has served elderly protagonists particularly well;... Read more »| 21 Apr 2014 -
Film
Exhibition
After two impressive features that established Joanna Hogg as a distinctive voice in British cinema, her third film, Exhibition, finds the filmmake... Read more »| 18 Apr 2014 -
Music
Cloud Sounds #13: The Roots, Golden Teacher, Krokodil, Eno & Hyde and more
Our weekly playlist also includes new tracks from Chris & Cosey, Echo & the Bunnymen, WIFE, Four Tet as Percussions, Twin Shadow, and The Afghan Whigs Read more »| 17 Apr 2014 -
Comedy
Comedy Spotlight: Liam Bolton
Meet a comedian who knows what he hates Read more »| 17 Apr 2014 -
Art
Art News: Jupiter Artland's 2014 programme unveiled, John Moore's Painting Prize longlist announced
A round-up of art news, including the announcement of the 2014 programme at Jupiter Artland, and the longlist for the John Moore's University Painting Prize; plus exhibitions at Glasgow International and Liverpool's Baltic Creative, and more Read more »| 16 Apr 2014 -
Music
Record Store Day 2014 – Events Guide
We take a look at events happening near you on Record Store Day (19 April), featuring live performances from Sacred Paws, Stanley Odd, Ubre Blanca, Broken Records, LAW and a whole host of others Read more »| 15 Apr 2014 -
Music
This Could Be The Last Time: The Twilight Sad in the Studio
James Graham from The Twilight Sad tells us why he wrote the band’s fourth album as if it could be their last, looks back on ten years of touring, and the imminent reissue of their classic debut, Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters Read more »| 15 Apr 2014