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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MusicTuff Love's Suse Bear on Outskirts Festival 2017
We chat to Tuff Love's Suse Bear about her collaboration with Errors' Steev Livingstone for this year's Outskirts festival in April Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
MusicRaoul Vignal – The Silver Veil
We meet Raoul Vignal during a moment of revelation. The French guitarist has noticed a ray of sunlight peering through the branches, and as he light passes a... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
ClubsClub nights in Leeds this week: 6-13 Apr
KMAH Radio celebrate their second year of broadcasting with a special party at the HiFi this week, while Sub:terranea welcome John Heckle to Wire. Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
MusicLlorca – The Garden
15 years ago, Ludovic Llorca was an up and comer in the French house scene but also somewhat adjacent to it, pulling his samples from low-key jazz instead of... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Film
Watch the moving trailer for new Heath Ledger doc
I Am Heath Ledger features home movie footage shot by The Dark Knight star, as well as interviews with Naomi Watts, Ben Mendelsohn and Ang Lee A new documen... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Clubs
Club nights in Manchester this week: 6-13 Apr
Manchester starts ramping things up in preparation for the Easter bank holiday with a string of great nights taking you right through to Thursday, from Omar S at Hidden to a 12-hour party from Love Dose. Read more »| 05 Apr 2017
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Music
Live music in Liverpool this week: 5-11 Apr
Brass-soaked party bands, former Spice Girls and a smattering of punk and metal make up your gig highlights for the week. Get involved Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Clubs
Club nights in Liverpool this week: 6-13 Apr
It's all about the techno in Liverpool this week as the Melōs crew bring their fifth Wake Deeper party to 24 Kitchen Street, and a few days later Hamburg's Oliver Huntemann goes deep with Jolt. Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Music
Haley @ Night & Day, Manchester, 29 Mar
What's in a name? Everything and nothing. Haley Bonar's recent decision to continue under her christian name alone was borne of both courage and pride. Her r... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Music
AbiChan @ The Magnet, Liverpool, 31 March
Soulful as Aretha herself, Queen Abi Harding takes to the Magnet for her debut gig as AbiChan – the first new music we've heard from the saxophonist si... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Music
R. Stevie Moore / Jason Falkner – Make It Be
For a rock/punk/spoken word/experimental hybrid, Make it Be sounds surprisingly… just like you would expect it to. A collaboration between 60s DI... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
FilmPilot Light TV Festival: Mad Men, Brass Eye & more
Manchester's television festival returns with celebrations of Brass Eye, Mad Men, Sugar Rush and contemporary web series Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Books
Mariana Enriquez: Black Magical Realism
Things We Lost in the Fire could be the most dark and thrilling short story collection you ever encounter, blending the sociopolitical horrors of dictatorshi... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Music
Sun Ra Arkestra @ Band on the Wall, Manchester, 2 Apr
With their sequin-ridden costumes winking under the lights, the thoroughly seasoned Sun Ra Arkestra file onstage with an air of immense calm, shortly before ... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Film
What to Watch this Week (3-10 Apr)
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including the college cannibalism movie Raw, new Terence Davies joint A Quiet Passion and Netflix teen tragedy 13 Reasons Why Read more »| 05 Apr 2017