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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ComedyCrystal Baws: October 2014 Horoscopes
ARIESWith a sense of inevitable resignation you realise you’ve been using your flatmate’s bumhole toothbrush for the past week. Still, if you wil... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
MusicWampire – Bazaar
The first sound heard on Bazaar is cackling laughter – the kind that might punctuate dastardly villainy of one shade or another. It serves as a droll r... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Music
A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Atomos
A Winged Victory for the Sullen’s self-titled debut predetermined its melancholic mood via evocative track titles (Requiem for the Static King, Steep H... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
MusicInsect Heroes – Apocalypso
Technically, releasing music these days is a bit of a doddle: fire it online and job’s a good 'un. But getting people to seek out and actually lis... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – October 2014
From the hypnotic Lone to soundtrack maestro Clint Mansell, and the New Jersey jangle of Real Estate to a virtuoso St. Vincent, it’s an eclectic and excellent month Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Books
The Surfacing by Cormac James
We start with the colour of mud and mustard – streams running through the white-out of the icy universe in which we encounter The Impetus for the first... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014
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Music
Flying Lotus – You're Dead
You spend most of a certain fellow Warp producer’s exile gaining a rep as one of the most forward-thinking producers around, nipping off for a quick si... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Film
Tony Benn: Will and Testament
“Life is like a pebble dropped in a pool.” So muses Tony Benn near the start of this heartfelt look back on his life. If this is true, the late M... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
MusicJohnny Marr – Playland
There's a freewheeling vitality to Marr's second solo venture that not only lifts the weight of history but makes a mockery of the musical bed-hopping that's... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Theatre
Dracula @ Contact, Manchester, 10-11 Oct
Turning a book into a dance piece is never easy; with Bram Stoker's Dracula, it is doubly difficult. A long, twisting tale told through newspaper fragme... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Film
Northwest Film Event Highlights – October 2014
Unsurprisingly, horror dominates this month's film happenings: The Exorcist, Beetlejuice and Hocus Pocus liven up Halloween, the Ghostbusters are back on the big screen after three decades and gorehounds make their annual pilgrimage to Grimmfest Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
BooksIDP: 2043
Commemorating the Edinburgh International Book Festival's 30th Birthday, IDP: 2043 harnesses the talents of ten acclaimed writers and artists to tell the sto... Read more »| 29 Sep 2014 -
Music
New look Idlewild return from hiatus
Much-loved Scottish indie band Idlewild look set to announce their full-scale return next month following a lengthy hiatus. The band – whose 100 Broke... Read more »| 29 Sep 2014 -
Music
Owls @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 17 Sep
“Sorry for the mind games!” Tim Kinsella blinks. In the customary fashion, Owls have just returned to the stage following the climax of their mai... Read more »| 29 Sep 2014 -
Music
First Aid Kit @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 20 Sep
Tonight's opener, Jo Rose, has thankfully recovered from his on-stage collapse at the start of this tour, although his guitar hasn’t. Having ... Read more »| 29 Sep 2014