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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MusicAndrew Hung on Fuck Buttons' future and Beth Orton
The Skinny interrupts Andrew Hung's holiday in Hong Kong to find out what makes the prolific Fuck Buttons man tick. Read more »| 09 May 2016 -
TheatreThe Invisible Wind Factory opens in Liverpool
We go behind the scenes at the Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool's new arts venue from the team behind The Kazimier, and enter the world of spectacular ... Read more »| 09 May 2016 -
Art
Liverpool LightNight 2016
Liverpool's annual late-night festival LightNight features a bumper number of new commissions this year. Our Art editor explores the 13 interactive art works... Read more »| 09 May 2016 -
ArtScottish Art News: May 2016
May sees some leftovers from last month's spectacular Glasgow International, as well as new exhibitions on the dark Scottish consciousness, a new edition of the Satellites programme from Collective, events from Transmission and more... Read more »| 09 May 2016 -
Art
Scottish Endarkenment: postwar art at Dovecot
Bill Hare and Andrew Patrizio open their new curation and art historical project Scottish Endarkenment this month. Bill Hare talks here about his new take on postwar Scottish Art Read more »| 09 May 2016 -
Art
Duncan Marquiss on Copying Errors and his DCA show
Duncan Marquiss presents a solo show at DCA, with moving image, drawings and paintings. He discusses his take on radical evolutionary science and its relationship with American pop music charts Read more »| 09 May 2016
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Music
65daysofstatic @ O2 Academy 2, Liverpool, 28 Apr
The Sheffield noiseniks bring a short live hiatus to an end in resounding fashion in Liverpool Read more »| 09 May 2016 -
MusicArbor Labor Union – I Hear You
Grizzled riffs that – across nine sprawling tracks – deliberately shun any hint of sophistication, the debut from Georgia-based four-piece Arbor ... Read more »| 06 May 2016 -
MusicRadiohead confirm new album with new track
Radiohead have confirmed a release date for their ninth album, as well as sharing the video for brand new track Daydreaming. The eagerly-awaited new album, ... Read more »| 06 May 2016 -
Theatre
Ask Auntie Trash: Dealing with celebrity deaths
Everyone's favourite Auntie is back to answer more of your problems. This month, what to do with grief in the face of celebrity death? We know, we've had a word with 2016 too, but this advice might just be worth holding on to Read more »| 06 May 2016 -
Music
Eagulls – Ullages
So angry and vitriolic was Eagulls’ 2014 self-titled debut that there was a temptation to head for Leeds, make them a cup of tea and suggest maybe they... Read more »| 06 May 2016 -
Music
Book Group – The Great Indoors
American college rock by way of Edinburgh’s backstreet dives shouldn’t work – and, inevitably, almost never does – but there’s ... Read more »| 06 May 2016 -
Clubs
Recloose's Detroit favourites: Guest Selector
Recloose – Detroit native Matt Chicoine – uncovers eight incredible LPs from the Motor City ahead of his latest, long-awaited record Read more »| 06 May 2016 -
Film
Jeremy Saulnier on punks v nazis movie Green Room
Jeremy Saulnier follows up revenge thriller Blue Ruin with Green Room, a nail-biting punks v nazis siege movie. He muses on punk rock, genre labels and casti... Read more »| 06 May 2016 -
Books
Joe Hill on new novel The Fireman
Joe Hill – aka Joseph Hillstrom King – has followed up his hit novels Horns and NOS 4R2 with the post-apocalyptic tale The Fireman. Ahead of its ... Read more »| 06 May 2016