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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TheatreEast Is East @ Manchester Opera House
In 1996 Ayub Khan-Din’s East Is East first appeared on stage. Loosely based on the writer’s own experiences, the play depicts the day-to-day life... Read more »| 09 Jan 2015 -
FilmNot Another Teen Movie: Charlie Lyne on Beyond Clueless
Ever wish your favourite teen movie got the same critical cred afforded worthy art films? Charlie Lyne – the voice behind irreverent film blog Ultra Culture – celebrates this most maligned of sub-genres with his debut feature Beyond Clueless Read more »| 09 Jan 2015 -
Music
Idlewild share new track 'Come On Ghost'
Much-loved Scottish indie rock band Idlewild have unveiled Come On Ghost, the first single from their new album due out next month. The track is taken f... Read more »| 08 Jan 2015 -
TheatreEdward Scissorhands @ Liverpool Empire Theatre
To this day, Edward Scissorhands remains the film closest to Tim Burton’s heart. Conceived during Burton’s teenage years, Scissorhands was a refl... Read more »| 08 Jan 2015 -
Music
Belle & Sebastian discuss their electronic renaissance
The inimitable Belle & Sebastian talk shop about their propulsive new album, recording in Atlanta, song-based infographics and existential epiphanies Read more »| 08 Jan 2015 -
Art
Hope Springs: The Northwest Art Scene in 2015
From the Whitworth reopening to a triple whammy of great shows at the Bluecoat, our Art ed previews the upcoming season's exhibition calendar Read more »| 07 Jan 2015
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Clubs
DJ Chart: D-Ribeiro
The young Rotterdam producer Ranie Ribeiro Fortes donates a clutch of tracks, past and present, that informed the sound of his prodigious Meda Fury EP Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
Music
Siskiyou – Nervous
This third album from the Canadian ensemble led by Colin Huebert continues largely where 2011's Keep Away the Dead left off. Its feather-light constituents (... Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
Art
Victoria Morton @ The Modern Institute
Seeing the small flyer for Victoria Morton’s show in Aird’s Lane, without any sense of scale the shiny reproduction gives the sense that the work... Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
Music
The Decemberists – What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
The Decemberists have long since ascended to indie rock royalty despite a history of prog influences and obtuse lyrics – usually anathema to the mainst... Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
Music
Funeral for a Friend – Chapter and Verse
Difficult to believe it’s been more than ten years since Funeral for a Friend first broke through, but Chapter and Verse provides a handy opportun... Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
Comedy
Robin Williams: A Remembrance
Comedian Will Franken reflects on a friendship with the late, great standup and actor, whose passing last year shook the comedy world Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
Books
The Brontë Sisters: Feminist Trailblazers?
As we approach the 160th anniversary of Charlotte Brontë’s death, Liverpool University will this month explore the works of the three Brontë sisters in a series of events. We were inspired to consider their feminist legacy Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
MusicThe Phantom Band – Fears Trending
Comprised mainly of offcuts from last year's Strange Friend (five of the seven tracks here were recorded during those sessions), it’s temptin... Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
MusicMamuthones & Evil Blizzard – Collisions Vol. 4
Volume 4 in Rocket Recordings' Collision series pits Italian psyche stalwarts Mamuthones against Brit space rock revivalists Evil Blizzard. It's a case of tu... Read more »| 07 Jan 2015