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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MusicLive music in Liverpool this week: 12-18 Oct
Another hectic week for live music in Liverpool: Johnny Foreigner, Gorgon City and MØ number among the highlights, but that's merely the tip of the iceberg... Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
FilmJustin Kelly on gay porn drama King Cobra
We speak to filmmaker Justin Kelly about true-crime tale King Cobra, in which James Franco stars as a porn producer ready to kill to work with the hottest ne... Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
FilmSully
Tom Hanks stars in Clint Eastwood's stirring true-life tale of heroism Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
Music
Swans @ The Ritz, Manchester, 9 Oct
Swans aren’t a band that come out and play the hits. The last 30 years have seen them push genre boundaries and explore countless styles – n... Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
MusicPity Sex @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 7 Oct
An evening of squalling alt rock? Best pack your earplugs. Local boys Claw The Thin Ice set the tone in more than capable fashion, with guitars fli... Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
Music
Scottish Gig Highlights: 12-18 Oct
October, as ever, is one of the busiest months on the gigging circuit – we’ve jumped headfirst into what Edinburgh and Glasgow have to offer this... Read more »| 12 Oct 2016
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Art
Protests at London Science Museum Wonderlab opening
Protesters slam Science Museum's oil sponsorship of new children's gallery, Wonderlab, and the gallery's ‘elitist’ admission charges Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
Clubs
Edinburgh Clubbing Highlights: 12-18 October
Grime superstar Kano hits the capital this Wednesday, while Nightvision host a heavy bass party at La Belle Angele and the annual Oxjam Edinburgh Takeover celebrates clubbing with a conscience Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
Clubs
Glasgow Clubbing Highlights: 12-18 October
Red Bull Music Academy returns to Glasgow this weekend with a string of shows, lectures and workshops - elsewhere, Hieroglyphic Being plays a live set at The Art School, and Trouw resident Job Jobse joins Red Axes at Sub Club Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
Film
Manchester Queer Media Festival reveals programme
The full programme has been announced for the third annual Queer Media Festival, which will take place at HOME, Manchester on 5 November. Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
ComedyMonkey Barrel: Comedy Spotlight
Monkey Barrel Comedy has rolled into its own home on Blair Street, and here Ben Verth tells us about his plans for Edinburgh's new comedy club Read more »| 11 Oct 2016 -
Music
Architecture and Chirality: Meet XamVolo
One of the most hotly-tipped acts in Liverpool right now, singer/producer XamVolo's star continues to rise steadily. We chat sunglasses and architecture with a true R'n'B original Read more »| 11 Oct 2016 -
Film
Watch a Where You're Meant to Be deleted scene
Watch Aidan Moffat at his foul-mouthed best as he prepares to give a performance at the Faslane peace camp in a scene that didn't make it into Where You're M... Read more »| 11 Oct 2016 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: 11-17 Oct
It’s another busy week in Glasgow and Edinburgh with new exhibitions, a director’s talk at the Fruitmarket, film screenings at the CCA and GFT, and performance at Platform Read more »| 11 Oct 2016 -
Music
Kate Tempest – Let Them Eat Chaos
Kate Tempest is becoming iconic in numerous artistic worlds, including hip-hop, spoken word and literature, with a Mercury Music Prize nomination for debut E... Read more »| 10 Oct 2016