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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MusicLand of Talk – Life After Youth
There’s a certain kind of rock song that seems to envelop you in its own little bubble. For three minutes or so, everything outside slows to a crawl wh... Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
MusicDo Make Say Think – Stubborn Persistent Illusions
Constantly underrated next to their peers Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Broken Social Scene, Toronto's Do Make Say Think have always been more than just th... Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
Music
Peter Silberman @ Headrow House, Leeds, 19 Apr
The Antlers frontman brings his quietly devastating solo album to West Yorkshire Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
ArtExtra-ordinary: Leeds College of Art degree show
Explore the best of Leeds' emerging creative talent with Extra-ordinary, Leeds College of Art's end of year degree show spanning work by illustrators, animators, sculptors, fashion designers and more Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
Music
Bushido on Red Bull Studios Riddim Rally
We talk to Glasgow-based producer Bushido as he prepares to battle it out for the title of Red Bull Studios' Riddim Rally UK Champion Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
Film
3 reasons US cinema needs David Lynch back
It's been eleven long years since David Lynch's last movie – the blistering Inland Empire. But 2017 sees him back with a vengeance with the resurrectio... Read more »| 15 May 2017
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Comedy
Following a Star: Katy Brand interview
Katy Brand chats about religion and space travel as she tours her hit Fringe show, while also writing her next one Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
Music
FEST EVOL @ Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool, 30 Apr
Liverpool's Fest Evol, hosted by local promoter EVOL, was originally conceived as a way to fill the void for urban gig-goers as the summer festival season be... Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
Comedy
Victoria Wood to be celebrated with Bury statue
The late, great comedian will be honoured with a statue in her hometown of Bury Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
Music
Last Days – Seafaring
The oceans continue to be a chief source of inspiration for the Northumberland-born, Edinburgh-based composer Graham Richardson, who titled his 2006 debut Se... Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
Music
Pumarosa – The Witch
Pumarosa have a flair for the dramatic. While gothic, 4AD artists from the '80s may be the most obvious touchstones, Pumarosa imbue this icy style with a lot... Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
Music
Mogwai return with new track Coolverine & new album
Mogwai's ninth studio album Every Country's Sun drops this September; listen to new track Coolverine below Recorded with Come On Die Young and Roc... Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
ArtNew exhibition depicts lost Manchester and Salford
Photographs by Shirley Baker capture communities living in Manchester and Salford during the years of urban clearance Read more »| 12 May 2017 -
Music
Jamie Lenman @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 6 May
Looking back on Jamie Lenman’s winding career path it seems relevant to compare him to his old friend and collaborator Frank Turner. Both are singer-so... Read more »| 12 May 2017 -
ClubsTen Questions for Sven Väth
Ahead of his headline show at Glasgow's Electric Frog & Pressure Riverside Festival, the great 'Papa' Sven answers ten questions about his long and remarkable career Read more »| 12 May 2017