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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FilmThe Movie Dos and Don'ts of Studentdom
John Hughes movies might have told you that you've already come of age, but uni is where you really find yourself. Below are some college movies that reveal the dos and don'ts to follow over then next four years Read more »| 17 Sep 2012 -
FilmTo Rome With Love
Woody Allen attempts to replicate some of the magic from last year’s delightful Midnight In Paris by returning to a fabled old European city and addres... Read more »| 14 Sep 2012 -
Music
kNIFE & fORK – The Higher You Get the Rarer the Vegetation
From Magic Band member to stints backing the likes of PJ Harvey, Eric Drew Feldman’s CV exudes pedigree. For kNIFE & Fork – a collaboration w... Read more »| 12 Sep 2012 -
Music
Waxing Lyrical: WHY?'s Yoni Wolf on his favourite couplets
As a man who appreciates the form more than most, we asked Yoni Wolf to compile some of his favourite lyrical verses. "Feel free to edit the fuck out of this," he said. We never touched a thing... Read more »| 12 Sep 2012 -
Theatre
The Arches LIVE @ The Arches, 18-29 Sep
September usually brings a heavy dose of post-Fringe relief mixed with melancholy, because, despite our complaints about aching feet and lack of organisation... Read more »| 12 Sep 2012 -
Music
Mumps, Rhymes, and Life: WHY?'s Yoni Wolf in interview
After a few years out of the spotlight, WHY?'s Yoni Wolf steps inside the confessional booth, sort of Read more »| 11 Sep 2012
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Music
Introducing CHVRCHES: "We’re very aware of what we have to do"
As the hype machine attempts to propel them skywards, CHVRCHES explain why their feet remain clamped firmly to the ground Read more »| 11 Sep 2012 -
Music
Sun Goes Down: Five Festivals That Made Our Summer
At times it felt like we were storm chasing, but we wouldn't change a damn thing about festival season 2012. Tasteless holographic Tupac and all. Here's five of our highlights... Read more »| 11 Sep 2012 -
MusicThe Hot Club Nice n Sleazy Music Playlist: Guest Selector
As Nice'n'Sleazy's garage rock social turns 5, DJs Nobodaddy and Rafla present the soundtrack. "We pictured a dimly lit Lynchian drinking den with dirgy grimy body music playing," says Nobodaddy. "Five years later and we're still ruining people's lives.." Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
Music
Battery Face: Playing By Their Own Rules
Originally hailing from the northeast, Battery Face don't take themselves too seriously – instead they just want to play their own kind of "loud party rock" and make girls dance. But there's still a hard edge to this resolutely self-sufficient power trio Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
Clubs
The Warehouse Project, Trafford Park Road, Manchester, 28 Sep-1 Jan
At this time of year thoughts of winter once more begin to cloud our otherwise carefree minds but, as the sun makes its annual latitudinal shift southward, a... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
ClubsQabalala! with Dave Maclean (Django Django) @ The Third Door, 16 September
With live sets from Rudi Zygadlo and Auntie Flo getting things off to a smashing start back in April, Qabalala! returns this month for a much anticipated sec... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
Art
Holography Unit @ Glue Factory, 14 Sep-6 Oct
Do you remember the future? It took place some time between the late Victorian period and the invention of the internet and was a kind of cult led by prophet... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
Art
James McLardy @ The Duchy
James McLardy’s sculptures at The Duchy Gallery in Glasgow are familiar in shape, if not in scale. They resemble pieces of architecture or monuments. O... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
Film
Return to Goth: Simon Oakes explains Hammer Studio's revival
Hammer Studio chief Simon Oakes talks to The Skinny about the British institution's resurrection Read more »| 10 Sep 2012