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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FilmThe Lonely Island all-dayer comes to Manchester
Pilot Light TV Festival presents a day long tribute to YouTube and SNL favourites The Lonely Island Read more »| 28 Feb 2017 -
MusicS U R V I V E @ The Art School, 20 Feb
If live music is to be an experience, then S U R V I V E pull off exactly that at Glasgow’s Art School. Without a microphone in sight, it quickly ... Read more »| 28 Feb 2017 -
MusicScottish Gigs of the Week: 28 Feb – 6 Mar
This week, catch shows from Paws, Dutch Uncles, Tall Ships, and the first Glaswegian Record Fair Read more »| 28 Feb 2017 -
Music
Brian Wilson & Gary Numan play Liverpool in July
New series of shows unveiled for the city's 50 Summers of Love season, including the Beach Boys founder's last ever Pet Sounds show in the UK To mark 50 yea... Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Music
Foreignfox - Lights Off, Carry Me Home (Premiere)
Listen to the new Foreignfox track Lights Off, Carry Me Home Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Music
Shake It Off: The Little Kicks interview
We catch up with The Little Kicks' frontman Steven Milne to chat about their brand new album Shake Off Your Troubles and their ambitions for the future Sinc... Read more »| 27 Feb 2017
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Clubs
Nightvision add more names to Terminal V
Nightvision have added a host of new names to the line-up for their Terminal V all dayer in April New Jersey house hero Kerri Chandler, local ace Telfort, B... Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Music
Blanck Mass on new album World Eater
Benjamin John Power aims to "confuse and baffle" with his solo electronic project, Blanck Mass. As he prepares to release an anger-tinged third album, the producer tells The Skinny why he'll try anything once when it comes to making music Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Music
Start to End: Daft Punk's Discovery @ The Hug & Pint, 15 Feb
Daft Punk's Discovery done live from start to finish? If it sounds like an ambitious undertaking, it is, especially if The Hug & Pint's tiny stage set-up... Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
ArtIslington Mill: A Place to Call Home
Salford arts venue Islington Mill won its lengthy licensing dispute in February, but the fight is far from over. Like all independent spaces, it needs your support Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Theatre
Spring theatre highlights in the North
The best in theatre this season Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Music
WHY? – Moh Lhean
Somehow, we are approaching a decade since WHY?'s 2008 masterpiece Alopecia and since then time has not been kind to them. They rushed the popular-yet-f... Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Music
Grandaddy – Last Place
Eleven years ago, Jason Lytle pulled the plug on Grandaddy after four albums of intriguing and often wonderful indie rock music. They fused the archetypal 90... Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Art
LightNight Liverpool returns with Time theme
Liverpool's annual late-night culture crawl LightNight returns for the eighth time on Fri 19 May with nine new commissions and over 100 free events. Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
Music
Ibibio Sound Machine's Eno Williams on Uyai
With the release of West African highlife powerhouse Ibibio Sound Machine's new album Uyai due this month, we speak to the band's dynamic frontwoman Eno Williams about her diverse creative influences Read more »| 27 Feb 2017