Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
-
ArtThe Skinny Showcase: Madeline Hall
Showcase: Madeline Hall Madeline Hall is an artist and former director of The Royal Standard, based in Liverpool. Alongside her practice Hall is working on ... Read more »| 10 Nov 2014 -
MusicSleaford Mods / Saint Max and the Fanatics @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 5 November
The Broadcast crowd don’t quite know what to make of Saint Max and The Fanatics. There’s a predictably enthusiastic response for a song called Gl... Read more »| 07 Nov 2014 -
Music
Gut Feelings: An Interview with MJ from Hookworms
With second album The Hum on the horizon, Hookworms' MJ explains why he’ll never listen to it again Read more »| 07 Nov 2014 -
ClubsBeneath the Label: 10 Years of Perc Trax
A decade into his industrial-leaning techno label venture, Perc discusses its hard-edged sound and looks to the future with the Slowly Exploding compilation Read more »| 07 Nov 2014 -
Music
Manic Street Preachers announce full details of The Holy Bible reissue
Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers are set to re-release classic LP The Holy Bible in time for its 20th anniversary, making the album available on vinyl fo... Read more »| 07 Nov 2014 -
MusicTrack premiere: Mogwai remix Metronomy – ‘The Upsetter’
Listen to an exclusive premiere of Mogwai guitarist John Cummings’ remix of ‘The Upsetter’, the new single from Metronomy. ‘The Upse... Read more »| 07 Nov 2014
-
Comedy
Spotlight: Jamali Maddix
Just because you've been booed offstage at a gig with your mum in the audience doesn't mean you can't win this year's Student Comedy Award Read more »| 07 Nov 2014 -
MusicSonic Youth's Thurston Moore on relocating to London, solo ambitions and never saying die
After three decades of pushing boundaries with the NYC art-rock revolutionaries, Thurston Moore sets about finding his groove with a new band and explains why he still craves more than consistency Read more »| 07 Nov 2014 -
Music
Death From Above 1979 announce February 2015 gigs
Toronto disco-metal duo Death From Above 1979 are set for a speedy return to the UK after their much-anticipated reunion, with a series of gigs announced for... Read more »| 07 Nov 2014 -
Books
Pulp Fiction: An Interview with Lawrence Block
With Liam Neeson bringing booze beaten ex-cop Matt Scudder to the screen in A Walk Among the Tombstones, we have coffee with bestselling author Lawrence Block in the New York diner which doubles as his fictional series setting, The Flame Read more »| 07 Nov 2014 -
Clubs
Clubbing Highlights Scotland – November 2014
Waxing lyrical about Pearson Sound, Matthew Herbert and Sterac Read more »| 06 Nov 2014 -
Art
Creative Edinburgh Awards shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year’s Creative Edinburgh Awards, which recognise the best contributions to the capital’s cultural scene, has been reveale... Read more »| 06 Nov 2014 -
Theatre
Othello @ The Lowry, Salford
Frantic Assembly reprise their highly acclaimed adaptation of Othello this month at The Lowry. The company has long been established as a vehicle for thrilli... Read more »| 06 Nov 2014 -
Music
The Orchids – Beatitude #9
The indie pop classicists return with their fifth album in an on-off, quarter century career. As with much of the smarter Scottish guitar pop that emerged in... Read more »| 06 Nov 2014 -
Film
Interstellar
Former King of the Blockbuster Steven Spielberg was originally attached to direct Interstellar, and we can only imagine what his innate humanism would h... Read more »| 05 Nov 2014