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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MusicDeath Grips @ SWG3, Glasgow, 14 Oct
An ominous buzzing emanates from the PA, welcoming tonight's sold-out SWG3 crowd, and it's the perfect indication of how intense the next hour and a half is ... Read more »| 18 Oct 2016 -
MusicThe Duke Spirit @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 14 Oct
By today's age-obsessed standards, many might regard The Duke Spirit as a vintage act. Formed in 2003, the London rockers, fronted by Liela Moss, flirted wit... Read more »| 18 Oct 2016 -
ArtThis Week in Scottish Art: 18-24 Oct
This exciting and packed week brings great new things including the latest episode of Arika, new performance work at the Glue Factory, two new all-female exhibitions, the Document film festival and much more besides ... Read more »| 18 Oct 2016 -
MusicThe Here and Now: Jagwar Ma Q&A
We chat with Jono and Gabriel of Jagwar Ma about recording their new album Every Now and Then, working with Earl Sweatshirt and Warpaint's Stella Mozgawa... ... Read more »| 18 Oct 2016 -
Clubs
Warehouse Project: NYE and final parties announced
The line-ups for this year's Warehouse Project closing parties have been announced. The Warehouse Project 2016 ends its 15-week run with a New Year's Eve pa... Read more »| 18 Oct 2016 -
Comedy
Living to Tell the Tale: Scott Gibson interview
Scott Gibson chats about winning Best Newcomer, The Hashtag Show podcast's anniversary and defying death to pursue a career in stand-up Read more »| 18 Oct 2016
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Music
Spring King @ Academy 2, Manchester, 14 Oct
You’ll oft see the word 'energetic' rear its head in live music reviews – one of the great overused adjectives. But considering Spring King&... Read more »| 18 Oct 2016 -
Film
What to Watch this Week (17-23 Oct)
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including Black Mirror and Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake Black ... Read more »| 17 Oct 2016 -
Music
TRUE - Wrapped In Air
In the spirit of their moniker, here are some true facts about this debut full length from Swiss synth-poppers Daniela Sarda and Rico Baumann: the album dabb... Read more »| 17 Oct 2016 -
Books
C'mon, Man! The Booker's biggest controversies
The prestigious Man Booker Prize is awarded on 25 Oct, with Scottish author Graeme Macrae Burnet's His Bloody Project an unexpected but deserving bookie's tip. In preparation, we look at the most controversial wins and near misses in the prize's history Read more »| 17 Oct 2016 -
Music
Sound Experiments: Manchester’s Women & Non-Binaries
Witchy noise echoes across buckled redbrick walls; Water are playing at Salford’s Islington Mill as part of an all-women line-up including Bruxa I... Read more »| 17 Oct 2016 -
Music
Scarlet. – Effigy
Difficult to decide on the best bit of this Liverpool band’s outrageously slick debut. The throbbing tension of Heart on a Line? The sheer pop thr... Read more »| 17 Oct 2016 -
FilmIn praise of the fearless Isabelle Huppert
With Things to Come and now Elle, French actor Isabelle Huppert is making a good case for being the best actor working right now. She discusses her craft at ... Read more »| 17 Oct 2016 -
Books
Irvine Welsh adapting novel Crime for TV
Irvine Welsh is set to adapt his 2009 novel Crime into a TV drama, with Scottish actor Dougray Scott lined up to star Irvine Welsh is currently adapting Cri... Read more »| 17 Oct 2016 -
Film
Best Film Screenings in the North (14-21 Oct)
The best film events happening in Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds this week, including two films by Ousmane Sembène and Anthony Minghella’s The ... Read more »| 14 Oct 2016