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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MusicHoly Oysters – Holy Oysters EP
You might feel like all bands this year are psychedelic, but Parisian hipsters Holy Oysters tread a nice line between Phoenix-lite synthpop and slightly more... Read more »| 10 Oct 2016 -
MusicThe Radio Dept. – Running Out Of Love
Swedish dream pop band The Radio Dept’s fourth album Running Out Of Love sees the band looking to make up for lost time. After a six-year absence enfor... Read more »| 10 Oct 2016 -
MusicChristian Löffler – Mare
The German artist's second album is a lovingly sculpted and likeable collection of electro moodworks. Recorded in a log cabin on the Darss peninsula in the n... Read more »| 10 Oct 2016 -
Clubs
Ivan Smagghe and Tim Paris on It's A Fine Line
We catch up with French production duo Ivan Smagghe and Tim Paris to discuss their eclectic London-based collaboration It's A Fine Line, ahead of their upcoming show at The Berkeley Suite Read more »| 10 Oct 2016 -
Music
Oozing Wound – Whatever Forever
These Chicagoan metallers have been referred to as ‘the Nirvana of thrash’, but if that means ‘mainstream breakout certainties&rs... Read more »| 10 Oct 2016 -
Books
Manchester Literature Festival: Stories from Korea
This year's Manchester Literature Festival hosts two writers from the Korean peninsula: Sungju Lee, whose memoir Every Falling Star relates his experiences a... Read more »| 10 Oct 2016
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MusicTeenCanteen / BooHooHoo @ Sneaky Pete's, 30 Sep
Sneaky Pete's is extremely sold-out. It's TeenCanteen's party – and an album launch party, at that – so it's only right that they ... Read more »| 10 Oct 2016 -
Clubs
Back to Basics' new venue Church opens in Leeds
In their 25th year, Leeds' longest-running club night Back to Basics unveil their very own venue, Church. Read more »| 07 Oct 2016 -
MusicMitski / Trust Fund @ The Deaf Institute, 5 Oct
Such is Ellis Jones’ prolific approach to songwriting, Trust Fund scarcely revisit a city without bringing a handful of new songs with them. This time,... Read more »| 07 Oct 2016 -
Music
Mura Masa @ The Art School, 4 October
We’re in a new paradigm of music dissemination. Artists begin in bedrooms, upload demos to platforms like Soundcloud, trade loops with collaborators ov... Read more »| 07 Oct 2016 -
Clubs
Ben UFO @ The Bongo Club, Friday 30 Sep
A sold out Bongo Club, a top-tier imported sound system, a 5am license, and Ben UFO. Even on paper these symbolise all the right ingredients for an incredibl... Read more »| 07 Oct 2016 -
Books
Recurring Nightmare: Hans Fallada’s Lost Work
Nightmare in Berlin, the lost work of Hans Fallada – addict, womanizer, jailbird and thief – is finally published in English. Its trans... Read more »| 07 Oct 2016 -
Film
Kate Plays Christine
Robert Greene's provocative film about Christine Chubbuck is non-fiction filmmaking by way of psychological thriller Read more »| 07 Oct 2016 -
Music
Alsarah & The Nubatones - Manara
East African retro pop scores a thrilling showcase here on Alsarah & The Nubatones' second album. The young Sudanese singer and her Brooklyn-based troupe... Read more »| 06 Oct 2016 -
Music
NxWorries [Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge] - Yes Lawd!
Historians may judge 2016 as an annus horribilis, but you won’t find a trace of misery on the ever-smiling face of Anderson .Paak. Enjoying a long-awai... Read more »| 06 Oct 2016