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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ComedyCrystal Baws: April 2015 Horoscopes
ARIESUpon entering my meditation tent, you must first remove any distracting items such as wallets, purses or phones and place them inside the gold container... Read more »| 13 Apr 2015 -
ClubsDJ Chart: Cobblestone Jazz
Tyger Dhula, the DJ arm of cerebral live outfit Cobblestone Jazz, runs us through a list of the trio's all-time choice tracks Read more »| 13 Apr 2015 -
MusicTrack Premiere: Ubre Blanca vs Errors – 'Genuflection'
Ubre Blanca – the Glasgow duo comprised of Remember Remember drummer Andy Brown and Joel Stone (formerly of cult dance-punks Shitdisco) &ndas... Read more »| 10 Apr 2015 -
Music
Idlewild release 'Every Little Means Trust' video starring Jay Baruchel
Idlewild have released the video for their new single Every Little Means Trust, featuring How To Train Your Dragon and This is the End star Jay Baruchel. Th... Read more »| 10 Apr 2015 -
Clubs
Patrice Scott Music Playlist: Guest Selector
The Detroit veteran settles on eight prize LPs in honour of his debut full-length album, Euphonium Read more »| 10 Apr 2015 -
Film
Lost River
Ryan Gosling draws on his favourite filmmakers to produce his debut as writer-director, an often dazzling and always thought-provoking modern fairy tale that... Read more »| 10 Apr 2015
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Music
SLUG – RIPE
Who needs rules? On first impressions, North East songwriter Ian Black’s new project SLUG certainly doesn’t. Debut album RIPE is a half-hour psyc... Read more »| 10 Apr 2015 -
MusicEnablers – The Rightful Pivot
Pete Simonelli is a remarkable wordsmith. Whether dissecting the discomfort of dysfunctional relationships, or simply amplifying the terror of a late-night e... Read more »| 09 Apr 2015 -
Comedy
David Trent @ Joshua Brooks
Usually a den for dirty basslines and other such dance terminology a comedy reviewer has no business dabbling in, Joshua Brooks was transformed into a baseme... Read more »| 09 Apr 2015 -
Music
Northwest Music News – 9 Apr: Other Worlds Festival, The Kazimier Closing and more
Other Worlds Festival – Five To Watch Blackpool isn't hugely renowned for its experimental music scene, but in curating the first ever Other Worl... Read more »| 09 Apr 2015 -
ArtAt Every Fading of the Stars @ Tramway
James Rigler reinvents the classic perception of architecture and ceramics in his new show At Every Fading of the Stars. The a... Read more »| 09 Apr 2015 -
Comedy
Tom Little: Comedy Spotlight
Sharing a Wikipedia page with Johnny Vegas and with a bottle of Prosecco to prove it, it's the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, everyone Read more »| 09 Apr 2015 -
Music
From Here To Infinity: Gnod Interviewed
Killing off psych rock, Gnod have returned with their boldest statement to date. The Skinny taps into the infinity machine Read more »| 09 Apr 2015 -
Film
School Daze: Carol Morley on The Falling
A fainting epidemic befalls a strict girls' school in 60s Britain in The Falling. Director Carol Morley invites you into this balmy world of teenage secrets and mass hysteria Read more »| 09 Apr 2015 -
Art
Penomania: A guide to pens
One graphic designer geeks out about classic pens. Welcome to The Skinny guide to writing implements Read more »| 08 Apr 2015