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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ArtDouble Indemnity @ Cornerhouse, Manchester, 14 Sep-5 Jan
When Phyllis (Barbara Stanwyck) comes into your life, everything changes. Don’t believe us? Then see for yourself at Cornerhouse’s autumn exhibit... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Art
Tim Hetherington: You Never See Them Like This @ Open Eye Gallery
Infidel. A person who does not believe in religion, or who adheres to a religion other than one's own. The word has become synonymous with the so-called War ... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
BooksThe Sorrow of Angels by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
Longlisted for the European Prize for Literature, The Sorrow of Angels is the second book in the tragi-comic trilogy from Icelandic author Jón Ka... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
FilmThe Great Hip Hop Hoax
A follow-up to Sound It Out, her 2011 documentary about a Teesside record shop, Jeanie Finlay forays into darker aspects of the music industry with... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Art
Art Pistol: Aimed at Your Walls
Introducing Art Pistol - a new website and pop-up gallery showcasing the best of the UK's up-and-coming artists Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
FilmAin't Them Bodies Saints
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints might ultimately be a triumph of craft over content, but when the craft is this impressive it seems churlish to complain. Davi... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013
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Music
Hookworms' MJ on transcending "rubbish garage bands"
Following the release of their debut album Pearl Mystic and ahead of their appearance at Liverpool Psych Fest, Hookworms' MJ talks – or tries not to – about noise and necessity Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Books
The Art of Science: Jane Rogers & Ailís Ní Ríain
Ahead of their performances at Manchester Literature Festival, we talk to writer Jane Rogers and playwright and composer Ailís Ní Ríain about their recent work and the relationship between science and art Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
MusicThundercat @ The Poetry Club, Glasgow, 24 August
Marrying the far-flung explorations of cosmic jazz with contemporary innovation in electronica is an ambitious project, but that’s what Stephen Bruner ... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Music
Scotland Gig Highlights – September 2013
A whirlwind tour of the coming month's must-see live shows, with Eels, Fuck Buttons, Neon Neon, 65daysofstatic, the Human Is Not Alone project, an epic 3-day experimental music shindig, and a boatload more Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – September 2013
With bands back in business after a summer spent glugging grog in ditches, and with the return of The Warehouse Project, September brings the big guns in all genres, from Dinosaur Jr. to James Blake – and goddammit if we're gonna ignore Paramore Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Clubs
Northwest Clubbing Highlights – September 2013
Fresher? Addled second-year? Panicking third-year? Either way, order your books second-hand and instead blow your loan on Plastician, Bondax, Seth Troxler and Auntie Flo Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Books
The Guts by Roddy Doyle
Since we first encountered Jimmy Rabbitte, the godfather of The Commitments has acquired a wife, four kids, a dog called Messi and bowel cancer. Characterist... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Music
O2 Love Music Column – September 2013
September brings with it a sense of riddim, at least at the ABC; but before we get to the more rasta-inclined of what's on offer over the next four weeks, we... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
Theatre
If these spasms could speak @ Pleasance
Robert Softley's play If these spasms could speak tells the story of day-to-day life for people with disabilities through their eyes. It explores the di... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013