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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FilmLost 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 -
MusicSLUG – 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 -
Art
At 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
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ComedyTom 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 -
Books
Detroit '67 by Stuart Cosgrove
Stuart Cosgrove's immaculately researched account of a year in the life of the Motor City manages a delicate balancing act. While his love for the ... Read more »| 07 Apr 2015 -
Comedy
Found Footage Festival: The videos they wish they'd discovered
As the mighty Found Footage Festival returns to the UK with a selection of weird and wonderful VHS tapes, festival founder Nick Prueher laments some of the videos they wish they'd discovered Read more »| 07 Apr 2015 -
Music
Courtney Barnett @ Gorilla, 3 April
“We had the best meal of the tour so far.” That nugget of between-song stage chatter isn’t the only way in which Courtney Barnett flag... Read more »| 07 Apr 2015 -
Music
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress
"And what are you going to sing for us, Nathan?" "I'm going to sing Piss Crowns Are Trebled by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Simon." "Excellent. Well best of ... Read more »| 07 Apr 2015 -
Music
The Cathode Ray – Infinite Variety
OK, ‘infinite variety’ might be stretching things a little. Still, there’s plenty to digest on this Edinburgh quartet’s second album,... Read more »| 07 Apr 2015