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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MusicPurity Ring announce new album ‘another eternity’
Canadian electronic pop duo Purity Ring have revealed details of their second album another eternity, as well as sharing a second track from the new LP. Meg... Read more »| 13 Jan 2015 -
Books
Poetry in Image: Jenni Fagan on taking The Panopticon to the screen
The Skinny speaks to Jenni Fagan in the pause between the 2013 publication of her outstanding and controversial debut novel and the release of its film adaptation - hopefully with controversy still to come. Read more »| 13 Jan 2015 -
MusicWray – Wray
The illusion of continuity: that’s the way Wray choose to bring up the curtain on this debut effort. Blood Moon’s nagging two-note jangle fades i... Read more »| 13 Jan 2015 -
MusicTrack premiere: The Lucid Dream – 'Cold Killer'
Carlisle psych-rockers The Lucid Dream have unleashed 'Cold Killer', the first track taken from their forthcoming second album – listen to it excl... Read more »| 12 Jan 2015 -
Music
Django Django share new track ‘First Light’
Scots-Anglo-Irish art-rockers Django Django have unveiled First Light, the first track from the highly anticipated follow-up to their Mercury-nominated ... Read more »| 12 Jan 2015 -
Music
Track premiere: The Earth ft Gruff Rhys – Married 2 Me
We’re pleased to premiere ‘Married 2 Me’, a brand new Valentine’s Day collaboration between Gruff Rhys and Welsh rockers The Earth. ... Read more »| 12 Jan 2015
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TheatreIn Good Company: Imitating the Dog
They may have been around for a while, but this visually exciting company continues to attract a dedicated following with their cinematic approach to theatre. Artistic director Andrew Quick talks of their forthcoming production of The Mist in the Mirror Read more »| 12 Jan 2015 -
Art
The Skinny Showcase: Helen Wheeler
Showcase: Helen Wheeler Helen Wheeler is an artist based in Manchester. Apocalypse, the sublime, health and science are all areas of research that inform he... Read more »| 12 Jan 2015 -
Film
Whiplash
It’s rare in cinema to have an experience that's equally physically exhausting and intellectually nourishing; to walk away drained, dumbstruck, by the ... Read more »| 12 Jan 2015 -
Film
Wild
Jean-Marc Vallée has certainly been keeping busy, with this adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s bestselling memoir sandwiched between last year&rsquo... Read more »| 12 Jan 2015 -
Music
BadBadNotGood, Ghostface Killah share new track Ray Gun
Toronto instrumental hip-hop trio BadBadNotGood and Wu-Tang luminary Ghostface Killah have shared a new track, featuring DOOM, from their new collaborative L... Read more »| 09 Jan 2015 -
ClubsLocating Point G
Gregory Darsa lifts the lid on Live Season 1, painting, and the feel of French Touch Read more »| 09 Jan 2015 -
Music
Heart of a Wrestler: BC Camplight Interviewed
Depressed and losing a battle against drugs and alcohol, BC Camplight left Philadelphia to die in the North. But now he's never felt so alive Read more »| 09 Jan 2015 -
Film
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Birdman, The Theory of Everything lead BAFTA nominations
The nominations for the 2015 British Academy Film Awards have been announced, with Wes Anderson’s comic caper The Grand Budapest Hotel picking up eleve... Read more »| 09 Jan 2015 -
Comedy
Rapper Laughs: An Introduction to Crapbattles
Naturally neurotic and filled with self-loathing, standup comedians might not be the most likely of rap battlers – but the link between comedy and hip-hop is stronger than you might think, as Liverpool's upcoming Crapbattles demonstrate Read more »| 09 Jan 2015