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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FilmBest film screenings in the North (26 Aug-1 Sep)
The best film events happening in Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester this week, including Paris is Burning at FACT, the final film from Chantal Akerman at Hyde ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2016 -
ClubsClub nights in Leeds this week: 25-31 Aug
Pace yourself this bank holiday weekend, with a casual start on Friday from the good heads at Audio Chronicles through to a fitting finale on Sunday from Carl Craig Read more »| 25 Aug 2016 -
MusicGreen Man 2016: Festival Review
We brave the downpour in the Brecon Beacons to take in the splendour of another triumphant Green Man... Read more »| 25 Aug 2016 -
Clubs
Club nights in Liverpool this week: 25-31 Aug
No vegging out on the sofa for you this Sunday: the bank holiday dictates you must never stop, with parties from mUmU feat. Mind Against, Tuff Love Soul Club and Liverpool Disco Festival Read more »| 25 Aug 2016 -
Clubs
Club nights in Manchester this week: 25-31 Aug
Bank holiday weekend is always a biggie in Manchester, and 2016 proves no exception with numerous ways to never go home: a 12-hour rave from Lost Control, a 14-hour birthday marathon at Hidden, a daytime party with Josh Wink, and tons more. Read more »| 25 Aug 2016 -
MusicWatch Angel Olsen's new video for Sister
Angel Olsen reveals a dramatic, dusty video for Sister, ahead of new album MY WOMAN Read more »| 24 Aug 2016
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Music
Bovine Intervention: An Interview with Cowtown
One of the many jewels of Leeds' diverse DIY scene, post-punk idiosyncrats Cowtown return with new album Paranormal Romance. Here they share their thoughts o... Read more »| 24 Aug 2016 -
Clubs
Edinburgh Clubbing Highlights: 24-30 August
Fleetwood Mac, a Chicago house super power, and a local-led Fringe closing party make for an eclectic week of clubbing in the capital Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
Clubs
Glasgow Clubbing Highlights: 24-30 August
The return of Pressure, new resident DJs at the Berkeley Suite and a bank holiday blowout from Sub Club feature in this week's Glasgow clubs guide. Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
Music
Sigur Rós @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 15 August
As ever with Sigur Rós, the group's ethereal performances are as much about the visual as the aural. The gilt and plush scarlet surrounds of Edinburgh... Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
Music
Live music in Liverpool this week: 25-30 Aug
Stuck for live music this bank holiday? From rap superstars to punk weekenders, it's another busy week on Liverpool's ever-hectic gig circuit Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: 23-29 August
It's the final official week of the Edinburgh Art Festival, so head through for a last-chance look; meanwhile Glasgow has new openings, publication launches and events, while Dundee revisits ancient Athenian Xanthippe. Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
Film
What to Watch this Week (22-29 Aug)
The best films to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including the pilot of I Love Dick, the new film from Pedro Alm... Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
Music
Broken Records @ Summerhall, 20 Aug
Like returning comets, Broken Records shows don’t come around so often these days. Perhaps it’s the lesser-spotted nature of their live appe... Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
Music
Separation Anxiety: Preoccupations on their rebirth
Preoccupations, the Canadian post-punk quartet formerly known as Viet Cong talk reinvention, forward movement and personal politics Read more »| 23 Aug 2016