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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ClubsThe Test of Time: Erol Alkan
Erol Alkan has meant a lot of things to a lot of different people, and that’s just the way he likes it Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
ClubsClubbing Highlights Scotland – August 2014
This month we point you in the direction of Dopplereffekt, Max Graef and Awesome Tapes From Africa Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
ClubsNorthwest Clubbing Highlights – August 2014
It’s National Lemon Meringue Pie Day on 15 Aug, here are some other juicy dates to plan your month around Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
Music
Celebration – Albumin
Celebration was born in 2004, when Katrina Ford, Sean Antanaitis and David Bergander dropped the name Birdland for something with more of a triumphant tone. ... Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
ClubsJuju & Jordash Music Playlist: Under the Infuence
Gal Aner and Jordan Czamanski pit the finer nuances of their respective tastes against each other to form a titillating collage of jazz, techno, dub and krautrock Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
ArtReal Dreaming: Working in the Arts
In a climate of cuts, routes into the arts are varied. A writer, a creative game developer and an art researcher share their stories Read more »| 29 Jul 2014
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Art
Andrew Gilbert @ Summerhall
Andrew Gilbert returns to the motherland for his colonial-inspired exhibition at Summerhall Gallery. Littered with trinkets from the contemporary past a... Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
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Graham Fagen: National Treasures
Showing across the country in no fewer than seven projects this summer, artist Graham Fagen talks cultural identity and breaking the rules of the gallery Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
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Jessica Harrison: Feminist Figurines
Arriving in Jupiter Artland this month, in a pink plinthed and painted room, are a series of twisted ceramic ladies. Sculptor Jessica Harrison tells us about their genesis, feminism, and going viral Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Film
The Deer Hunter
Long, roughly edited, and with an almost dragging realism, The Deer Hunter continues to resonate divisively since its original 1978 release. Naively heroic, ... Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Music
The Ramona Flowers – Dismantle and Rebuild
There’s a particular seam within the current indie strata that’s all but been mined out. The mass hunger for sweeping, fist-pumping anthemics, ho... Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Film
Fresh Perspectives: Pride at the Pictures
We take a look at the pleasingly eclectic film programme at this year's Liverpool Pride festival Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Music
Owl John – Owl John
The Frightened Rabbit frontman continues his adventures in songwriting with a more experimental but hugely enjoyable solo LP Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Music
Soft Walls – No Time
Confession time. When Cold Pumas dropped their debut in 2012, this hack was thoroughly unimpressed. I said as much via a clumsy whine on a reputable reviews ... Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Music
Adult Jazz – Gist Is
There's something reluctant about Adult Jazz's debut LP. The four-piece, Leeds Uni alumni and students of Joanna Newsom, Van Morrison and Animal Collective, ... Read more »| 29 Jul 2014