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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MusicZola Jesus & JG Thirlwell – Versions
Zola Jesus, aka experimental musician and songwriter Nika Rosa Danilova, collaborated with veteran producer Foetus, aka JG Thirlwell, on these neo-classical ... Read more »| 06 Aug 2013 -
MusicPinkunoizu – The Drop
There’s more than a whiff of prog about The Drop, the second LP from this Danish quartet, from the disorienting, pitch-bent synths of opener The Great ... Read more »| 06 Aug 2013 -
Music
Kill the Captains – Sounds Mean
Pleasingly difficult to pin down, Kill the Captains’ second album Sounds Mean skips around pigeonholes dextrously and with a discernible sense of humou... Read more »| 06 Aug 2013 -
BooksWhat the River Washed Away by Muriel Mharie Macleod
Life as a black woman in 1920s Louisiana, battling the double-barreled bigotry of race and gender, African-American, but without a true home in either, torn ... Read more »| 05 Aug 2013 -
FilmFoxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang
An adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ feminist novel Foxfire might seem like an unlikely choice for Laurent Cantet, but the material actually feels like ... Read more »| 05 Aug 2013 -
Clubs
No Grand Narrative: Sync In Squares
With no fixed abode, an apparent disregard for any notion of genre and a commitment to only that which is 'forward-thinking', Sync In Squares present a series featuring Just Blaze, Thundercat, Andrés and DJ Haus Read more »| 05 Aug 2013
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Film
The Lone Ranger
Bloated, hubristic and an awkward mish-mash of wildly conflicting tones, it’s easy to see why US critics lined-up to give Gore Verbinski’s The Lo... Read more »| 05 Aug 2013 -
Books
The Gardener from Ochakov by Andrey Kurkov
The Gardener from Ochakov is the latest offering from Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov. The darkly comic novel centres on the misadventures of Igor Andreevna w... Read more »| 05 Aug 2013 -
Film
Neil and Rob Gibbons on writing Alan Partridge's big screen debut
This month Norfolk’s premier broadcaster, Alan Partridge, makes his debut on the big screen in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa. We speak to Neil and Rob Gibbons, the writing duo responsible for Partridge's glorious comeback Read more »| 02 Aug 2013 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase: Mikey Cook
Showcase: Mikey Cook Mikey Cooke graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 2013 with a BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting and Printmaking. "A Sy... Read more »| 02 Aug 2013 -
Music
The Bulletin: Weekly Arts & Culture News Roundup | 31 July
In this week's Bulletin: Are summer blockbusters too big to fail? Nirvana's In Utero reissued for 20th anniversary; plus new music from Nine Inch Nails, Sebadoh, Trail of Dead, Four Tet, Daedelus and more; plus a look at Breaking Bad's final season Read more »| 02 Aug 2013 -
Film
Only God Forgives
While it’s the success of Drive that will stoke most interest in this director/star reunion (drenched like its forebear in slick neon, and with Ryan Go... Read more »| 02 Aug 2013 -
Music
The Yawns on their 'HTA' work ethic and embarking on a European tour
The four guys and one girl that make up The Yawns have all paid their dues on the UK circuit with numerous other bands over the years, so what is it that makes this particular group of flatmates so special? Read more »| 01 Aug 2013 -
Music
SoundLAB: Emma Pollock introduces year three of Chem19's studio engineering course
As Chem19's SoundLAB prepares to take in a new batch of students to their practical studio engineering course, we speak to Emma Pollock, course leader, former Delgado, and co-founder of Chemikal Underground Read more »| 01 Aug 2013 -
Music
Super Adventure Club search for a feel good hit of the summer
On a day off from recording, Bruce Wallace and Mandy Clarke of Super Adventure Club battle hangovers and heatwaves to debate the summer’s singles. “The horse will be here in 5 minutes,” Bruce casually explains, “but we can get started…” Read more »| 01 Aug 2013