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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MusicBMX Bandits Album Launch @ St Luke's, Glasgow, 27 May
As the sun shines down on Glasgow and the bars of the Gallowgate hum with football fans celebrating and commiserating after this year's Scottish Cup final, S... Read more »| 30 May 2017 -
MusicLook Up: Pixx interviewed
Pixx chats confidence, her time at the BRIT School, and why we need to look up more, ahead of her debut record The Age of Anxiety Read more »| 30 May 2017 -
Music
Tinderbox Orchestra – Tinderbox (Album Premiere)
Hot on the heels of their two singles Quetzalcoatl and Bethany Lane, the Tinderbox Orchestra are back to celebrate the release of their self-titled debut alb... Read more »| 30 May 2017 -
Music
Broken Social Scene @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 23 May
There are times when music feels utterly inadequate. With the Manchester Arena bombing still at the forefront of everyone’s thoughts, Broken Social Sce... Read more »| 30 May 2017 -
MusicBenjamin Booker – Witness
By rights, Benjamin Booker’s second record should be a blistering, caustic affair. After all, the New Orleans singer-songwriter penned most of it in Me... Read more »| 29 May 2017 -
MusicSorry Songs for Lousy Lovers: Marika Hackman interview
We speak to Marika Hackman about leaving her old record label, relationships and sophomore album I'm Not Your Man Read more »| 29 May 2017
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Music
Beach Fossils – Somersault
In 2013’s Clash the Truth the Brooklyn band played with punk and New Wave influences. The result was more impressive than their self-titled debut, whic... Read more »| 29 May 2017 -
Music
Marika Hackman – I'm Not Your Man
On her debut record, 2015’s We Slept At Last, Marika Hackman emerged as a moody folk songwriter characterised by her literate lyrics and acoustic arran... Read more »| 29 May 2017 -
Music
Pixx – The Age of Anxiety
Try to imagine for a minute what it would sound like if Nico fronted an 80s synth band; now, stop imagining because that’s exactly what Pixx’s de... Read more »| 29 May 2017 -
Music
Hey Colossus – The Guillotine
London sextet Hey Colossus' latest is a barbed punch at the UK's current political climate. The band have been on a roll since 2015 when they ... Read more »| 29 May 2017 -
Music
Mind, Body & Spirit: Depeche Mode's Fletch interviewed
With a new album in the racks – not to mention a gig that’ll go down in Glasgow lore – we catch up with founding member Andrew Fletcher to plot just how a mere pop band from the early 80s became something approaching the iconic Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
Film
Happy End
Michael Haneke is back, along with his favourite actor, Isabelle Huppert, with family drama Happy Ending, which offers up plenty of the Austrian director's familiar themes Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
Music
The Great Escape 2017: The Review
Last week The Skinny arrived in Brighton to experience The Great Escape Festival. A three day, multi-venue affair, TGE has a strong focus on artist discovery... Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
Comedy
The Not So Late Show: Comedy Spotlight
Hosts of Leeds' premier live comedy chat show, Ross and Josh tell us about their biscuits, beefs and search for the perfect bowl of ramen Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
Music
Side Hustles in Seattle: Chastity Belt interviewed
We talk to Julia Shapiro about Chastity Belt’s unconscious maturing and finding inspiration in the banal on new album I Used to Spend So Much Time Alon... Read more »| 26 May 2017