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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BooksDavid Keenan on This is Memorial Device
Author Andrew O'Hagan suggested he wouldn't like anyone who doesn't love it, claiming it 'the sound of young Scotland distilled' – This is Memorial Dev... Read more »| 30 Jan 2017 -
Music
Modern Studies @ The Glad Cafe, 26 Jan
While its modest capacity and friendly atmosphere lend every gig at The Glad Cafe a sense of community spirit, tonight’s performance has a markedly fam... Read more »| 30 Jan 2017 -
MusicDuke Garwood – Garden of Ashes
If you knew nothing about Duke Garwood and heard this record for the first time without knowing who had created it, it's possible you'd think either you were... Read more »| 30 Jan 2017 -
Music
Sampha – Process
'I didn’t really know what that lump was,' Sampha recalls on Process opener Plastic 100°C, referring to a literal lump in his throat. Even after nu... Read more »| 30 Jan 2017 -
Music
Margo Price @ Leaf, Liverpool, 21 Jan
If you were going to design a country singer by committee you could do a lot worse than use Margo Price as the model. Blonde and beautiful, with a hint ... Read more »| 30 Jan 2017 -
FilmStranger Things star gives anti-Trump speech at SAGs
As the Netflix show picked up a Screen Actors' Guild award, David Harbour give a barnstorming anti-Trump speech Read more »| 30 Jan 2017
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Film
Mike Mills: “Grief can be really empowering”
Thumbsucker and Beginners director Mike Mills is back mining his own life for his art with 20th Century Women. He gives us some background on his very person... Read more »| 30 Jan 2017 -
MusicRyan Adams plays surprise show in Manchester
Fans pack out Soup Kitchen following Twitter announcement Read more »| 28 Jan 2017 -
Music
Tinderbox Orchestra – Quetzalcoatl: Track Premiere
Listen to Quetzalcoatl by the Tinderbox Orchestra Read more »| 27 Jan 2017 -
Art
Erotic rock climbing, anyone?
Liverpool romantics can celebrate Valentine’s day by getting to grips with with grope mountain Read more »| 27 Jan 2017 -
Music
The Rural Alberta Advantage @ Broadcast, 24 Jan
On record, The Rural Alberta Advantage are a force of precision, of measured restraint and efficiency. Live, they're a freewheeling, weaponized unit. Their t... Read more »| 27 Jan 2017 -
Clubs
Glasgow Clubbing Highlights: 26 Jan-1 Feb
Disco don David Barbarossa and London's Maribou State make up Glasgow's best club picks this week, plus catch Dutch duo Detroit Swindle for their Melting Pot debut Read more »| 27 Jan 2017 -
Clubs
Edinburgh Clubbing Highlights: 26 Jan-1 Feb
Grime prodigy Shogun hits the capital in this week's Edinburgh clubbing highlights, plus Fractal Club welcome Berlin mainstay Nick Höppner and Tweak host a super special secret location party Read more »| 27 Jan 2017 -
Film
How Hollywood joined the anti-Trump resistance
Shia LaBeouf scrapping with neo-Nazis, Alec Baldwin riffing on the President and Madonna dropping the F-bomb on the White House – the revolution might not be televised, but you can catch it on Netflix Read more »| 27 Jan 2017 -
Film
Donnie Darko's writer-director plans a sequel
Richard Kelly says it’ll be “much bigger and more ambitious” Read more »| 27 Jan 2017