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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ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: 19-25 April
This weekend's guide to the best club nights in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee, featuring Midland, Dr. Rubinstein, DJ Bone, Nightwave and DJ Seinfeld Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
Music
Jess Morgan – Edison Gloriette
Upon first hearing Jess Morgan back in 2013, this writer was totally won over by the quality of her storytelling and her spikey, claw-hammer guitar style. Sh... Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
Music
BNQT – Volume 1
BNQT is an indie super-group made up of members of Midlake, along with the frontmen from Band of Horses, Franz Ferdinand, Grandaddy and Travis. Taken se... Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
MusicMaxïmo Park – Risk to Exist
The Geordie stalwarts return to make sense of turbulent times with their sixth LP Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
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Live music in Liverpool this week: 19-25 Apr
Wrong Festival, Geno Washington and Happyness are among this week's highlights – hey, even Chris de Burgh makes an appearance Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
MusicColonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 – Freedom for the Children (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Freedom for the Children by Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 Read more »| 19 Apr 2017
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Film
Katell Quillévéré on Heal the Living
The French director's third feature is her most ambitious yet: an emotion-filled melodrama concerned with the physical, emotional and the metaphysical side side of love Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
Music
Pink Kink @ Castle Hotel, Manchester, 14 Apr
The hype surrounding Pink Kink is fast reaching fever pitch. The five-piece band, whose members each hail from different European countries, have managed to ... Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
MusicCameron Avery @ Deaf Institute, Manchester, 12 Apr
It’s hard not to feel that spending the majority of last year in the company of Alex Turner and Miles Kane has done Cameron Avery more harm than good. ... Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
Music
Record Store Day 2017: Manchester events guide
Special releases! Live performances! Food and drink! Yep, all this and more, as we look at the special events taking place in Manchester for RSD 2017 Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
Music
Record Store Day 2017: Leeds events guide
Vinyl kingpins Crash and Jumbo open their doors for Record Store Day shenanigans, while a live showcase at The Key Club highlights some of Leeds' rising local talent Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
MusicRecord Store Day 2017: Liverpool events guide
Probe and 3B are taking part as usual, but here we take a look at the newer outlets and additional events as we welcome RSD 2017 to Merseyside Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
Music
Lee Southall – Iron In The Fire
Enough time has passed now to consider that maybe the noughties didn't herald the great guitar-band revival we thought they did at the time, and that, in fac... Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
Music
Joe Goddard – Electric Lines
As a member of both Hot Chip and The 2 Bears, and as a multi-faceted musician involved in production, songwriting and DJing, Joe Goddard has earned his music... Read more »| 18 Apr 2017 -
Music
Sylvan Esso interview: Reaching Through the Static
We catch up with North Carolina-based duo Sylvan Esso to talk anxieties, joys and annoying habits ahead of the release of sophomore album, What Now “T... Read more »| 18 Apr 2017