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: January 2014 Horoscopes
ARIES This month you invent an ingenious solar powered bulldozer for decimating the Amazon rainforest in a carbon-neutral manner. TAURUS Though you can some... Read more »| 13 Jan 2014 -
Music
Last chance to enter Liverpool's GIT Award
For the third year in a row, the GIT Award will be given to an emerging band from the Liverpool and Merseyside area in recognition of their achievements and potential Read more »| 13 Jan 2014 -
MusicStream Shackleton's Freezing Opening Thawing EP
Long regarded as one of the most inventive and talented producers to emerge from the nascent dubstep scene, Shackleton returns next week with a new EP, Freezing Opening Thawing, on his own Woe to the Septic Heart label Read more »| 13 Jan 2014 -
Music
Thurston Moore and John Cale to speak at Liverpool Sound City
The Velvet Underground's John Cale and Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore have been confirmed as the keynote speakers for the eventh annual Liverpool Sound City (1-3 May), it was announced this week Read more »| 13 Jan 2014 -
MusicCeltic Connections launches, featuring Mogwai, Aidan Moffat, Olive Grove, Bobby Womack and more
This year's Celtic Connections festival kicks off on 16 January, beginning an 18-day programme of gigs and concerts throughout Glasgow, with a focus on traditional, contemporary and innovative folk music from Scotland and around the world Read more »| 13 Jan 2014 -
Film
Film News: 12 Years a Slave and Breaking Bad lead Golden Globe winners; Quentin Tarantino's new western
A roundup of film news: 12 Years a Slave leads Golden Globe winners; Quentin Tarantino's new Western gets a title; the latest Star Wars cast and plot rumours; Joseph Gordon-Levitt talks The Sandman; plus trailers for Outlander and Game of Thrones Read more »| 13 Jan 2014
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ArtThe Skinny Showcase: Joseph Hulme
Showcase: Joseph Hulme Liverpool John Moores University graduate Joseph Hulme’s practice is, he says, tightly routed around the concept of failure. He... Read more »| 13 Jan 2014 -
Clubs
DJ Chart: Brian D'Souza (Auntie Flo)
To celebrate our 100th issue we decided to invite our first ever guest DJ, Brian D'Souza, back to share his current picks Read more »| 13 Jan 2014 -
Clubs
DJ Chart: Varoslav
The Paris native shares ten tracks that inform the sound of his fledgling label Rue de Plaisance Read more »| 13 Jan 2014 -
Music
Lacrosse – Are You Thinking of Me Every Minute of Every Day?
It’s been almost five years since Stockholm sextet Lacrosse last released an album, yet Are You Thinking of Me… demonstrates a Peter Pan-like re... Read more »| 13 Jan 2014 -
Music
Falling Off Maps – A Seaside Town in Winter
Debut albums can be statements of intent, an opportunity for artists to define themselves to an impressionable public. Nottingham indie quintet Falling Off M... Read more »| 13 Jan 2014 -
Art
Liverpool Art Prize: 2014 shortlist announced
The shortlist of artists nominated for the 2014 Liverpool Art Prize has been announced - the nominees are Brigitte Jurack, Tabitha Jussa, and Jason Thompson Read more »| 10 Jan 2014 -
Music
Music Language bows out of 2014's festival calendar
The Music Language Festival, Glasgow's experimental, multi-venue festival dedicated to emerging and experimental artists, will not run in 2014, say organisers Cry Parrot Read more »| 10 Jan 2014 -
Books
RIP Amiri Baraka, founder of the Black Arts Movement
A poet, novelist, activist and founding father of the Black Arts Movement, Amiri Baraka passed away yesterday at the age of 79 Read more »| 10 Jan 2014 -
Film
You're Next
Actors and directors from a certain subset of American independent cinema star in this knowing slasher film. The first of You're Next’s two genre twist... Read more »| 10 Jan 2014