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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MusicTeho Teardo – Ballyturk
An accompaniment to Enda Walsh’s play of the same title, Teho Teardo’s latest offering is a beguiling, befuddling and downright captivating work.... Read more »| 26 Nov 2014 -
ArtManchester arts hub HOME to open on 21 May 2015
HOME, the new creative arts hub formed in the merger of Manchester’s Library Theatre and Cornerhouse, has revealed the details of its opening programme... Read more »| 26 Nov 2014 -
Music
Neu Gestalt – Inside The Rain Chamber
For Neu Gestalt’s third record, he found inspiration in recalling a year-long stay in Singapore, where his Uncle was stationed with the RAF, and in cla... Read more »| 25 Nov 2014 -
MusicThe Phantom Band announce new album 'Fears Trending'
The Phantom Band are set to release their second album in the space of just seven months, announcing today that a new LP titled Fears Trending is due in... Read more »| 25 Nov 2014 -
MusicCaribou, Ride, Patti Smith lead Field Day 2015 line-up
Caribou and Patti Smith have joined the reuniting Ride on the bill for next summer’s Field Day weekender in London. Dan Snaith and co headline on Sat ... Read more »| 25 Nov 2014 -
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Books, building websites, and Turner Prize build-up: This week in Scottish Art
From David Shrigley's lecture in the GFT to library sculptures sited around the country, this week's accidental theme in Scottish contemporary art is books Read more »| 25 Nov 2014
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Film
Oscars 2015: The Early Front Runners
With the awards season about to kick off in earnest, we take an early look at the runners and riders in this year’s Best Picture Oscar race Read more »| 25 Nov 2014 -
Music
The Jesus and Mary Chain @ Barrowland, Glasgow, 23 November
Sibling rivalry has powered many great bands, but few have matched the intensity of the Reids. Prowling front man Jim, with the piercing stare of Robert Patr... Read more »| 25 Nov 2014 -
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Bosco Rogers – Googoo EP
Bosco Rogers are alt-punk duo Barth and Del (aka the ordinarily named Barthélémy Corbelet and Delphinius Vargas), hailing from Albion’s b... Read more »| 25 Nov 2014 -
Books
Stone Soup by Paula Rego and Cas Willing
Uncountable variations already exist of this tale of supposed Portuguese origins, with popular retellings coming from China and Ireland and ‘Nail Soup&... Read more »| 24 Nov 2014 -
Film
Spione (Spies)
At a breakneck pace, Spione, Fritz Lang’s follow-up to Metropolis, lays out the template for all spy actioners that would follow. Rudolf Klei... Read more »| 24 Nov 2014 -
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Warpaint reveal Daughter remix from Record Store Day 2015 EP
Warpaint have shared their remix of Daughter track ‘Winter’, ahead of the release of a split remix EP from the two bands on Record Store Day next... Read more »| 24 Nov 2014 -
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Ben Frost @ Gorilla, Manchester, 14 November
With his searing sci-fi effort A U R O R A, Aussie-Icelandic electronic composer Ben Frost is aiming to take us to a laser-scorched future. There’s an ... Read more »| 24 Nov 2014 -
Music
Cristobal and the Sea – Peach Bells EP
Wryly labelling themselves as “tropicalia pop” (“apparently”, says their Facebook), London-based Cristobal and the Sea (aka CATS) don... Read more »| 24 Nov 2014 -
Music
Firestations – Never Closer
Firestations are yet another band unwittingly or otherwise carrying the ‘psych’ tag despite being about as mind-expanding as the slight buzz prov... Read more »| 24 Nov 2014