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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MusicMuse of the World: Kristin Hersh interview
Kristin Hersh formed seminal alt rock act Throwing Muses when she was 14. With the band still a well-loved draw, and with Hersh set to tour her new solo work, she explains why her audience's loyalty is at the root of her ongoing creativity Read more »| 04 Nov 2016 -
MusicSimian Mobile Disco – Welcome To Sideways
Released on Simian Mobile Disco’s Delicacies label, which boasts work by the likes of Alex Niggeman, Roman Flugel, Bicep, and Agoria, this new album is... Read more »| 04 Nov 2016 -
ArtCurvaceous Drama: Ella Kruglyanskaya
Latvian painter Ella Kruglyanskaya presents her second solo show in Glasgow, and brings together paintings from across her career. Visually punchy and dramatic, she paints mainly curvy woman often on or surrounded by rich fabric Read more »| 04 Nov 2016 -
ComedyTape Face on America's Got Talent, Trump and more
It's been a funny old year for duct-taped mime Sam Wills, aka Tape Face, who made it to the finals of America's Got Talent 2016. He breaks his silence to cha... Read more »| 04 Nov 2016 -
Music
Goat @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 22 Oct
Some events are kind of unthinkable, right up until just before they happen. Having long since sold out, that fact that the Albert Hall isn’t just fill... Read more »| 04 Nov 2016 -
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Virginia Wing – Forward Constant Motion
Anyone who picked up Virginia Wing’s springtime EP Rhonda won’t be surprised to learn that the duo’s full-length return offers a complete r... Read more »| 03 Nov 2016
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Music
Jay Rolex & MC Almond Milk – Smell the Audi
'Hi, I’m Scotland’s best rapper,' is how James Scott aka MC Almond Milk introduces himself on his debut LP. 'Like Blue Lagoon are Scotland’... Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
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Revolution Girl Style Now: Girls That Gig
"Inspiring women in music" serves as both motto and remit for the Girls That Gig project – we chat to the pioneering duo behind it Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
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Loscil – Monument Builders
Do we have any control over our own realities? Can beauty exist amid wanton destruction? If so, should we enjoy it? On Monument Builders, ambient maestro Los... Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
Clubs
Club nights in Liverpool this week: 3-10 Nov
It's a relatively quiet week for clubbing in Liverpool – best get yourself along to some fireworks instead, eh? – but if there's still ... Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
Clubs
Club 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 -
Clubs
Club 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 -
Music
Dinosaur 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 -
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A 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