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 (14-21 Jul)
Banana Hill return to the Soup Kitchen basement with Boiler Room's Thris Tian in tow, plus Channel One Soundsystem, a free in-store party at Eastern Bloc and a mansion takeover. Read more »| 13 Jul 2016 -
ClubsClub nights in Leeds this week (14-21 Jul)
One of Detroit's finest house and techno heads comes to Distrikt, while Yorkshire legends Back to Basics celebrate the imminent opening of their new venue, the Church. Read more »| 13 Jul 2016 -
Music
Live music in Liverpool this week: 13-19 July
Black metal, indie anthems and a thoroughly welcome visit from Father John Misty: we cast our eye across Liverpool's live music scene and come up trumps Read more »| 13 Jul 2016 -
MusicDJ Shadow on tech, El-P and The Mountain Will Fall
Master sampler DJ Shadow talks The Skinny through technical theatrics, Run the Jewels' inspirational power and the importance of keeping it fresh Read more »| 12 Jul 2016 -
Music
James Blackshaw / John Lemke @ Glasgow Platform, 9 Jul
There's a detectable melancholy in Easterhouse; the stark, sad, drifting beauty of James Blackshaw’s material compounded by the recent announcement mar... Read more »| 12 Jul 2016 -
Music
The Last Shadow Puppets @ Castlefield Bowl, 10 Jul
It’s not unlike The Last Shadow Puppets to be full of surprises – their return in itself, although rumoured for a while, came at the he... Read more »| 12 Jul 2016
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Art
This Week in Scottish Art: 12-18 July
Here's the next seven days of art openings, events and workshops across Scotland, including costume making, new group exhibitions and some good ol' naked drawing. Read more »| 12 Jul 2016 -
MusicOwen – The King of Whys
Mike Kinsella shares the reins of his Owen project for once, and the results are excellent – Bon Iver collaborator S. Carey’s production is ... Read more »| 12 Jul 2016 -
Music
Descendents – Hypercaffium Spazzinate
The godfathers of SoCal pop-punk are back! Ok, their first record in 12 years doesn’t sound much like progress. Karl Alvarez’ loping basslin... Read more »| 12 Jul 2016 -
Film
Liverpool Film Night: submissions now open
Are you a talented emerging filmmaker with a great short film up your sleeve? You could be screening it at FACT with Liverpool Film Night Read more »| 11 Jul 2016 -
Film
What to Watch This Week (11-17 Jul)
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including the new Ghostbusters reboot and the second series of Fargo... Read more »| 11 Jul 2016 -
Film
Ghostbusters
Trolls have had their claws out for Paul Feig’s all-female Ghostbusters reboot since it went into production. Can the comic firepower of Melissa McCart... Read more »| 11 Jul 2016 -
Film
The Neon Demon
With The Neon Demon, Nicolas Winding Refn delves into the depraved world of the LA fashion industry, creating a film with a beautiful sheen and dark core "B... Read more »| 08 Jul 2016 -
Art
Megan Hampton: The Skinny Showcase
Megan Hampton was born in South Africa in 1992, moving to the UK in 2005. She completed her foundation degree at Leeds College of Art in 2011 and graduated f... Read more »| 08 Jul 2016 -
Books
Above the Waterfall by Ron Rash
If Tommy Lee Jones’ character in No Country for Old Men had been able to see out his final days on the force without the interruption of a bowl-cut-wea... Read more »| 08 Jul 2016