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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MusicMastodon – Once More ‘Round the Sun
“All my heroes, they’re all dead,” Troy Sanders bellows on Chimes At Midnight’s apocalyptic bridge. It’s another plunge into th... Read more »| 04 Jun 2014 -
FilmBlood on the Road: Tom Berninger on Mistaken for Strangers
You know Matt Berninger, frontman for The National. Now meet his brother Tom, the family misfit who followed his big bro on the road with a camera and a thirst for rock'n'roll excess. The result is the hilarious and touching doc Mistaken for Strangers Read more »| 04 Jun 2014 -
Comedy
Spotlight: Adam Staunton
The Liverpool comic and Maverick Renegade on naff last suppers and fighting small dogs Read more »| 04 Jun 2014 -
Film
Hard Cel: An interview with Disney Animator Floyd Norman
With the Blu-Ray release of Sleeping Beauty coinciding with the release of the live action reboot Maleficent, The Skinny caught up with veteran animator Floyd Norman to discuss his memories of making the film as a young artist Read more »| 03 Jun 2014 -
MusicEmbrace the Strange: The Phantom Band return
Three years in the making, Rick Redbeard and Duncan Marquiss talk up the compelling new Phantom Band record, and take the opportunity to renounce sorcery Read more »| 03 Jun 2014 -
Art
Opinion: Celebrating the Mac
Former Art editor and Glasgow School of Art graduate Andrew Cattanach talks to staff and students about the impact of last month's devastating fire Read more »| 03 Jun 2014
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ClubsSaine Music Playlist: Under the Influence
Contributing to the first release on Andy Hart's new label Voyage, out at the end of this month, Finnish producer Saine reckons with ten rekkids that have filtered in to his sound Read more »| 03 Jun 2014 -
Comedy
Crystal Baws: June 2014 Horoscopes
ARIESLike some sort of Hannibal Blumenthal you open the UK’s first human bell-end restaurant, blowing diners away with your exotic award-winning cuisin... Read more »| 03 Jun 2014 -
ClubsBeneath the Label: Head Front Panel
This month we talk to Tabernacle co-founder, Andrew Ingram, about the label's mysterious new techno venture Read more »| 03 Jun 2014 -
Clubs
Living the Nightmare: Nightmares on Wax Turns 25
Before the release of a career-spanning best of album, Nightmares on Wax reflects on his Silver Jubilee Read more »| 03 Jun 2014 -
Theatre
In Good Company: Quarantine
In the first of a new series circling in on theatre’s most exciting troupes and groups, we decide it’s time that daring company Quarantine, with a seasonal quartet of works commencing this month, were on your radar Read more »| 03 Jun 2014 -
Theatre
The Sweetest Revival: A Taste of Honey
Shelagh Delaney's 1950s masterpiece A Taste of Honey comes to the Lowry in a revival with Rebecca Ryan, star of TV's Shameless, in the lead role. We ponder the longevity of this 'magic play' Read more »| 03 Jun 2014 -
Clubs
Scotland Clubbing Highlights – June 2014
This month we clear space in the diary for Todd Edwards, Andy Stott, House of Traps and Demdike Stare Read more »| 03 Jun 2014 -
Comedy
Ask Fred: Religion
Unfazed by the perils of the job, this month our resident everything-expert gets spiritual... Read more »| 03 Jun 2014 -
Theatre
Ordinary Days @ The King's Arms, Salford, 16-21 Jun
Serendipity is the overriding theme of Adam Gwon’s refreshing new musical, Ordinary Days, which saunters into Salford’s King's Arms Theatre for a... Read more »| 03 Jun 2014