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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MusicGrandaddy – Last Place
Eleven years ago, Jason Lytle pulled the plug on Grandaddy after four albums of intriguing and often wonderful indie rock music. They fused the archetypal 90... Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
ArtLightNight Liverpool returns with Time theme
Liverpool's annual late-night culture crawl LightNight returns for the eighth time on Fri 19 May with nine new commissions and over 100 free events. Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Music
Ibibio Sound Machine's Eno Williams on Uyai
With the release of West African highlife powerhouse Ibibio Sound Machine's new album Uyai due this month, we speak to the band's dynamic frontwoman Eno Williams about her diverse creative influences Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
ComedyA Guide to India's amazing Comedy Scene
Amazon Prime recently launched in India and promptly commissioned 14 comedy specials – but this is only the tip of the iceberg. Tamara Mathias explains why comedy is in such demand on the subcontinent and introduces a pick of breakthrough acts. Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
FilmMoonlight wins Best Picture Oscar after historic mixup
And the Oscar goes to... La La Land, by mistake, as Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty read out the wrong card for Best Picture Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Theatre
Paul Auster's City of Glass: Behind the Scenes
They've turned water into stone and 70,000 people into pixels: now, groundbreaking visual design company 59 Productions are bringing Paul Auster's debut nove... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017
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Music
Lost In France @ O2 ABC, 21 Feb
In 2015 a group of scene-defining Scottish musicians escaped from the present to travel almost two decades back to their past. With the space and distance to... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Clubs
Edinburgh Clubbing Highlights: 24 Feb-2 Mar
Theo Kottis rounds out FLY's 4th birthday celebrations this weekend, plus techno prodigy Happa and French producer UVB also feature in Edinburgh's highlights Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
ArtConor Kelly @ Queenspark Railway Club
Glasgow-based painter and installation artist creates an elegantly cluttered meditation on art-making as a parent and a middle-managed employee. Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Clubs
Recipe For Success: Eats Everything Interview
We catch up with Dan Pearce, aka Eats Everything, to chat about his Fabric mix, inspirations and his busy 2017 touring schedule Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Comedy
Fringe Dog on Kellyanne Conway's Stand-up
When Fringe Dog was asked to critique President Trump's strategist Kellyanne Conway's brief 1990s foray into stand-up, the happy canine critic finally discovered his dark side Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Film
Oscars 2017: Predictions in the main categories
And the Oscar (should) go to... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Clubs
Glasgow Clubbing Highlights: 24 Feb-2 Mar
Sub Club is the place to be in Glasgow this weekend, with a hard-hitting trifecta featuring Aussie wunderkid Mall Grab, a live show from deep house veteran Henrik Schwarz, and an all-night-long affair with Bristol's Eats Everything Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Comedy
Please Release Me: Hidden Comedy Classics Online
It's never been easier to find your favourite niche comedy on the net, but many cult series remain obscure or crying out for further development – and in many cases lack any official release at all. We unearth some comedy treasures buried online... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Books
The Book That Changed Me
Spring is book-ended by two celebrations of reading: World Book Day on 2 March, and World Book Night on 23 April. We asked The Skinny team to name the books ... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017