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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MusicMJ Guider – Precious Systems
There’s something deliciously stranded about Melissa Guion’s debut LP. A sense of hinterland; of viewing things from afar, each brooding chord ba... Read more »| 07 Jul 2016 -
Music
Dirty Three @ Summerhall, 5 July
We’re barely halfway through the second song, and Warren Ellis has already climbed the venue’s speaker stack to scream into the Edinburgh night. ... Read more »| 07 Jul 2016 -
MusicJherek Bischoff – Cistern
Just your average cinematically orchestral exploration of an empty, subterranean two-million-gallon water tank? Well, composer/multi-instrumentalist Bischoff... Read more »| 07 Jul 2016 -
Music
Live music in Manchester this week: 6 - 12 Jul
Portland surf-pop, harmony heavy psych-folk and a visit from country troubadour Sturgill Simpson all feature in your guide to Manchester music this week Read more »| 06 Jul 2016 -
MusicLive music in Liverpool this week: 8 - 14 July
Funk-tinged electronica from a Prince collaborator? Brass-infused hip-hop? Scottish guitar noise? Here's your gigging schedule for the week... Read more »| 06 Jul 2016 -
Music
Premiere: The Notwist – Live at Le Guess Who?
As Utrecht's finest experimental music festival gears up for a banner year, Le Guess Who? bring us three stirring tracks from the shape-shifting veterans' se... Read more »| 06 Jul 2016
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Art
In Design: Young graphic design & animation studio
In the first of a new series looking at great design in the North, we speak to Young, a graphic design studio focusing on animation. Read more »| 06 Jul 2016 -
Music
MSTRKRFT – Operator
Pity that Operator, the comeback offering from Canadian electronic duo MSTRKRFT, doesn't sound more like its fifth track, the lasciviously titled Playing Wit... Read more »| 06 Jul 2016 -
Music
T Break 2016: Five bands to watch
The T Break tent is the place every up-and-coming band in Scotland wants to be come July. But who are the pick of the acts booked to play Strathallan this month? Let us be your guide Read more »| 05 Jul 2016 -
ArtThis Week in Scottish Art: 5-11 July
There's a whole list of new art events and openings to see this week, beginning and ending with art band gigs. Read more »| 05 Jul 2016 -
Film
Northwest Film Event Highlights – July 2016
This month's best film events include a Nicolas Winding Refn-curated season at HOME, Manchester and more Studio Ghibli magic at FACT, Liverpool Read more »| 05 Jul 2016 -
Clubs
Guest Selector: Rebecca Vasmant
The jazz-inspired Ministry of Sound tour resident gives us a peek inside her record bag and shares her ten favourite tracks of the moment Read more »| 05 Jul 2016 -
Theatre
Ask Auntie Trash: A Case of EdFringe Cringe
This month Auntie Trash helps a troubled soul who's worried they might hate their friend's Fringe show Read more »| 05 Jul 2016 -
Music
Strange Collective @ Invisible Wind Factory, 2 July
Liverpool's Strange Collective celebrate the release of their Super Touchy EP with an all-dayer comprising some of the best new bands in the city. We roll up... Read more »| 04 Jul 2016 -
Theatre
Theatre and Conflict: Queens of Syria at LAAF
From humble beginnings in Jordan, Queens of Syria – a retelling of The Trojan Women by a group of Syrian refugees – has attracted ... Read more »| 04 Jul 2016