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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MusicBoats – A Fairway Full of Miners
On third album A Fairway Full of Miners, Winnipeg’s Boats convey an array of unruly but endearing quirks that are liable to be manna to some,... Read more »| 07 May 2013 -
Music
Delta Mainline – Oh! Enlightened
The density of this debut album from Edinburgh's Delta Mainline is so great that it seems to hang heavy in the air long after the final track has ended. This... Read more »| 07 May 2013 -
MusicSaturday Looks Good to Me – One Kiss Ends It All
A four year gap between records is nothing in some circles, but in the world of Michigan's Saturday Looks Good to Me, it's almost an eternity. Driven by song... Read more »| 07 May 2013 -
Comedy
Tony Jameson: Football Manager Ruined My Life
Bright-eyed enthusiasm sees Tony Jameson through this wonderful hour. Ostensibly about his 20-year playing career with Football Manager, with this show we're... Read more »| 06 May 2013 -
Film
Hors Satan
No one goes to French filmmaker Bruno Dumont for easy answers or anything approaching ‘fun.’ His oeuvre is marked by an ascetic aesthetic, employ... Read more »| 06 May 2013 -
FilmHal Hartley: The Believable Truth
Hal Hartley, one of the most distinctive voices on the American indie film scene, talks to The Skinny ahead of the re-release of three of his early films on DVD and Blu-ray Read more »| 06 May 2013
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Clubs
The End of the Beginning: Producer Koreless in Interview
Returning with a new EP that marks a dramatic departure from his earlier work, Koreless explains how he has shed his skin and taken his sound forward Read more »| 06 May 2013 -
Film
A Hijacking
The understated manner in which the taking of a cargo ship occurs in A Hijacking is indicative of Tobias Lindholm's approach to the subject. He avoids the sc... Read more »| 06 May 2013 -
Theatre
A Wondrous Place @ Royal Exchange, Manchester, 11-22 Jun
Four new short plays offering altered perspectives on contemporary Northern cities come together in A Wondrous Place, a new production combining th... Read more »| 04 May 2013 -
Music
Primal Scream – More Light
Primal Scream are no strangers to robust political debate. This is a band that once planned to release a song entitled Bomb the Pentagon, and felt comfo... Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
MusicPost-Everything: Mount Kimbie's Kai Campos talks life beyond 'post-dubstep'
Newly signed to Warp and ready to release their staggeringly diverse second album, Mount Kimbie's Kai Campos discusses their myriad influences and creative recording techniques Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
Music
Talib Kweli – Prisoner of Conscious
Talib Kweli's new album features guest appearances from the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Busta Rhymes, with beats from a wealth of up and coming producers lik... Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
Books
Granta Best of Young British Novelists 4
Once a decade, since 1983, Granta has compiled a list of the 20 best British novelists under the age of 40. Accompanying the announcement is a volume featuri... Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
Music
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 3 May
RIP Jeff Hanneman; trailer emerges for new short scored by Flying Lotus; William Hazlitt essay prize launched; Cargo Publishing sign Mark Z. Danielewski; new music from MF Doom, Kim Deal; more additions for Melt, OYA and Electric Picnic Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
Film
Village at the End of the World
Many small-town teens dream of moving to the big city, but few experience as profound an isolation as 16-year-old Lars. Living in the remote Inuit settlement... Read more »| 03 May 2013