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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ClubsClub nights in Manchester this week: 3-10 Nov
It's a cracker this bonfire weekend (woah!) as Michael Mayer, Derrick Carter, Mr Scruff and Helena Hauff all deliver fiery (wheyyy!) performances across Manchester. Plus, art collective Generic Greeting celebrate their sixth birthday with treats aplenty. Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
ClubsClub nights in Leeds this week: 3-10 Nov
It's all about Wire this week in Leeds, as the club hosts Gerd Janson, Iration Steppas and Maurice Fulton in a series of stellar parties. Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
MusicDinosaur Jr @ Liverpool Music Week, 27 Oct
It was legendary Joy Division producer Martin Hannett who told Ian Curtis and co, "I want you to play that again…only this time make it faster, but sl... Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
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Clean Cut Kid @ Liverpool Music Week, 29 Oct
Clean Cut's performance at the Arts Club demonstrates that there's much more to come from these fast-rising local heroes Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
MusicA League of Her Own: Sad13 interview
Taking a break from her work in Massachusetts guitar manglers Speedy Ortiz, Sadie Dupuis goes solo and scores one of the year's most important albums in the process. Here she tells us about the importance of refocussing pop's male-centric narrative Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
MusicAmber Arcades @ Liverpool Music Week, 29 Oct
The Utrecht indie-poppers deliver a sublime performance at the Arts Club Loft Read more »| 03 Nov 2016
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Music
Live music in Liverpool this week: 3-8 Nov
Liverpool Music Week may be drawing to a close, but there's still a heap of local bands launching records across the city's music venues this week Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
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John Carpenter @ Liverpool Music Week, 28 Oct
The Horror Master heads to Liverpool's Olympia for a truly memorable evening Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
Theatre
The Rebirth of Chrysalis Festival
Scotland's forward-thinking youth theatre festival returns, bigger and better, for a second year Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
Film
Paterson
Adam Driver stars in Jim Jarmusch's Paterson as a New Jersey bus driver who secretly writes poetry about everyday life Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
Film
Watch the first full Trainspotting 2 trailer
Trainspotting is back. And it looks like Renton, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie still have a lust for life Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
Books
Vampire in Love by Enrique Vila-Matas
This collection of short stories is bizarre, and that’s entirely the point. We witness a dinner party with Margeurite Duras, our narrator hopelessly in... Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
Music
Biffy Clyro on Ellipsis and their UK tour
Ben Johnston of Biffy Clyro discusses the making of the band's new album Ellipsis, and the eclectic influences that fed into the record It may be an ugly wo... Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
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Live music in Manchester this week: 2-8 Nov
It’s a week of bonafide legends from across the board this week, as Manchester welcomes PJ Harvey, The Cinematic Orchestra and Sister Sledge, along with news that John Cale is set to perform Velvet Underground & Nico live in full next year. Read more »| 02 Nov 2016 -
Music
The Japanese House – Swim Against the Tide
First Pools to Bathe In, then Clean and now Swim Against the Tide: Amber Bain never fails to disappoint, and her Imogen Heap-esque harmonies, dreamy und... Read more »| 02 Nov 2016