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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MusicThe Coathangers – Nosebleed Weekend
We've somehow reached a decade since Atlanta noisemongers The Coathangers first appeared, emerging from scrappy beginnings to become firm favourites of garag... Read more »| 04 Apr 2016 -
FilmMidnight Special
Jeff Nichols delivers an unsettling piece of genre cinema that's undermined by its overblown finale Read more »| 04 Apr 2016 -
FilmHirokazu Kore-eda on Our Little Sister
With films like I Wish and Nobody Knows, Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda has proven himself the modern master of quiet family dramas. His latest, Our Littl... Read more »| 04 Apr 2016 -
MusicWoodpigeon – T R O U B L E
Mark Andrew Hamilton has enjoyed an impressively prolific ten years performing under the sometimes-solo moniker Woodpigeon – but he came within in... Read more »| 01 Apr 2016 -
Music
Ash Koosha – I AKA I
Iranian born, London based Ash Koosha has certainly led a captivating life. At 30 years of age the multi-instrumentalist and electronic musician has battled ... Read more »| 01 Apr 2016 -
Music
Clint Mansell @ The Royal Concert Hall, 29 Mar
A world away from his bombastic Pop Will Eat Itself days, former lead singer Clint Mansell has returned to Scottish shores as a metamorphosed man, after a le... Read more »| 01 Apr 2016
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Music
New Albums This Week: Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai
Our round-up of the best new music released this week, including the return of Explosions In The Sky, and the latest record from Mogwai. Read more »| 01 Apr 2016 -
FilmWhy so serious? The death of comic relief in film
We used to go to blockbusters to be thrilled and to giggle. But modern Hollywood seems to have lost its sense of humour, with depressing YA adaptations and morose superheroes dominating our movie screens. We mourn the death of the comic relief. Read more »| 01 Apr 2016 -
Music
Autolux – Pussy's Dead
A few weeks before their third record, Pussy’s Dead, was due to hit the shelves, Autolux settled in for a Reddit AMA: “If NASA offered you the op... Read more »| 01 Apr 2016 -
Art
GIasgow International 2016: After Dark Events
GI's gearing up for memorable events from Turner nominees Marvin Gaye Chetwynd and Jedrzej Cichosz, along with temporary lounge area Châteaux Double Wide, the Fantom Cinema and roller rink choreography from Asparagus Piss Raindrop Read more »| 01 Apr 2016 -
Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – April 2016
Kaleidoscopic creatives Animal Collective, raucous rockers Ought and sensitive souls Money are among our gig picks this month Read more »| 01 Apr 2016 -
Clubs
Harvey Sutherland's favourite LPs: Guest Selector
Ahead of a live date at Soup Kitchen this month, one of Melbourne's finest lines up six of his all-time fave LPs – rippers all round Read more »| 01 Apr 2016 -
Music
The Last Shadow Puppets – Everything You've Come To Expect
There is no lift-off: we're only aware that we've been flying. The sound that opens Everything You've Come To Expect, the long-demanded follow-up to The Last... Read more »| 01 Apr 2016 -
Books
Northwest Book Highlights – April 2016
Kate Tempest returns to the Northwest this month with her first novel in hand, while crime fiction, Shakespeare and uncertainty are also up for discussion Read more »| 01 Apr 2016 -
Music
Explosions in the Sky – The Wilderness
As with any Explosions in the Sky record, it’s difficult to arrive at the right words. The adjective palette feels curiously lacking, similes are out o... Read more »| 01 Apr 2016