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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MusicLive music in Liverpool this week: 29 Jun - 6 Jul
Stuck for gigs to go to this week? Strange Collective's EP launch, The Lapelles and a visit from Burt Bacharach should all be on your calendar Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
ClubsClub nights in Liverpool this week: 30 Jun - 7 Jul
Things get heavy in Liverpool this week with drum'n'bass from LTJ Bukem, plus a style-hopping, all-welcome party from the 303 crew. You'll want to look forward to Adam Shelton and a mUmU bash, too... Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
Music
Anna Meredith wins The SAY Award 2016
Anna Meredith was chosen ahead of CHVRCHES, Franz Ferdinand and Sparks supergroup FFS and folk veterans Lau at the Paisley Town Hall ceremony Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
Music
Saint Etienne/The Pastels @ The Art School, 23 June
So the referendum popped round and did a massive Brexit, right then and there on the living room carpet. It didn’t have to be this way, and both The Pa... Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
MusicBe Charlotte: Dundee's new pop revolutionary
It's a long way from Dundee to Austin, Texas, but that's just one career milestone that Charlotte Brimner has already taken in her stride. We talk to the inn... Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
Clubs
Club nights in Manchester this week (30 Jun-7 Jul)
From dancehall in Common to a full-on carnival in Ancoats, we've selected the parties you shouldn't miss this week. Read more »| 29 Jun 2016
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Music
Car Seat Headrest @ Broadcast, 23 June
James Hindle of The Pooches has left his bandmates at home for his opening set tonight. The songwriter has just an acoustic guitar for company, but fills the... Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
Books
12 books to read this summer
Looking for a good new book or three to take away with you this summer? The Skinny boards the #summerreads bandwagon... Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
Theatre
Joyce McMillan: Theatre and reflecting a nation
For the launch of her book, Theatre in Scotland: A Field of Dreams, we asked Joyce McMillan to choose key moments from her three decades as our most essential voice on the artform and its relationship to our social and political landscape Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
Books
The End of the World Running Club by Adrian J Walker
Popular fiction’s current dual fixations continue apace. Characters negotiate the dismal misogyny of elaborately plotted murder/abduction fantasies or ... Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
Music
Cold Pumas – The Hanging Valley
Ah, yes – indie pop. Swirling guitars, motorcycle bass, twee (in places) but also beholden to liveliness (and therefore life-affirming), zipping along ... Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
Books
Nemesis by Misha Glenny
Rocinha, a sprawling favela in Rio De Janeiro, compresses the population of a medium-sized city densely into a small town. Its weaving streets break off into... Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
Film
Rebecca Miller: Modern love in Maggie's Plan
Writer-director Rebecca Miller tackles modern life at its fullest in her new feature Maggie's Plan, starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawk and Julianne Moore Con... Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
Music
Ty Segall & The Muggers @ The Art School, 22 June
The trauma begins with the delinquent racket of Ausmuteants. The four-piece rip through a short, sharp support set heavy on primitive rhymes, synth blasts an... Read more »| 28 Jun 2016 -
Theatre
The Ladykillers @ Oldham Coliseum
The tradition of plays being adapted for film is nothing new, but over the last 20 years it’s been happening in reverse. Misery,&... Read more »| 28 Jun 2016