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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MusicHot 8 Brass Band @ Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 11 Apr
The Hot 8 Brass Band arrive in Edinburgh this evening to a busy and excited crowd at The Liquid Room. Touring their new album, On the Spot, the group origina... Read more »| 17 Apr 2017 -
MusicMonkoora – Nuclear BB
Nuclear BB is a daft and delightfully chaotic clutch of songs that touch upon identity, political responsibility and memory against a multi-coloured tan... Read more »| 17 Apr 2017 -
Books
Poetry News – Scotland, April 2017
We run through the Ted Hughes Award nominees, while Neu! Reekie ask us all a big question Read more »| 17 Apr 2017 -
Music
Justin Walter – Unseen Forces
Never mind unseen forces, it’s the subconscious ones you’ve got to watch out for. Justin Walter’s second LP avoids the visceral to drift al... Read more »| 17 Apr 2017 -
MusicLive music in Manchester this week: 13-18 Apr
Chelsea Wolfe, Laetitia Sadier and The Paperhead are all among our highlights for the week... and that's before we even get into Salford's Fat Out Fest... Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
MusicGallops: Under The Influence
Mark Huckridge talks us through his musical influences, from first getting into music to his cross-genre love for signature sounds Read more »| 13 Apr 2017
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Music
The Imagineers – Californians Drive All Day (In the Sunshine): Video Premiere
Watch the new music video for Californians Drive All Day (In the Sunshine) by The Imagineers Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
Music
Twelfth Day @ Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 7 April
For a few reasons, Glasgow's Hug & Pint is the perfect venue for Scottish folk duo Twelfth Day to launch their new album. The room is cosy and intimate, ... Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
Film
Cannes 2017: Coppola, Haneke and Ramsay in competition
Also competing for the Palme d'Or: Todd Haynes, Noah Baumbach, Bong Joon-ho, and places for David Lynch's Twin Peaks and Jane Campion's Top of the Lake in the Cannes lineup Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
Clubs
Warehouse Project throw a Haçienda pool party this Easter
Fancy an acid house party in a beautiful Grade II listed pool? The Warehouse Project and Boiler Room have the party for you Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
Film
David Lynch releases more Twin Peaks ‘clues’
Immerse yourself in Angelo Badalamenti's dreamy Twin Peaks theme music while you try to crack David Lynch's latest puzzle Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
Music
Pulled Apart by Horses @ Sound Control, Manchester, 6 Apr
The reviewing ideal? A detached and humble scribe at the back of a sweaty room scratching at a pad (or tapping at a phone) – pure head, no heart, ... Read more »| 12 Apr 2017 -
Clubs
Live At The Top: KiNK interview
Bulgarian live maestro KiNK opens up about forthcoming albums, his love of a good sampler, and his plans for 2017 Read more »| 12 Apr 2017 -
Music
British Sea Power @ Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 9 Apr
The audience are packed like gingham-clad sardines in a tin as we wait for the arrival of British Sea Power. The stage is dressed as though we’ve enter... Read more »| 12 Apr 2017 -
ClubsThe Refuge to host huge May Bank Holiday party
The Unabombers will take over The Refuge for an epic weekender of music, food and drinks Read more »| 12 Apr 2017