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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FilmSomething Different & A Bagful of Fleas
Two early works by the great Czech filmmaker Věra Chytilová come to DVD from Second Run Read more »| 22 Mar 2016 -
MusicGIT Award shortlist for 2016 revealed
Liverpool music prize The GIT Award has revealed a twelve-strong shortlist for this year's award. Read more »| 22 Mar 2016 -
Comedy
BBC Three and the Future of Comedy Online
As on-demand services like Netflix and Amazon Prime change the TV landscape, where next for broadcast comedy? Our Northwest Comedy editor and Stuart Laws of ... Read more »| 22 Mar 2016 -
MusicAtomic: Living in Dread and Promise @ Glasgow CCA, 9 Mar
"Atomic nature isn't necessarily tragic – it's sublime, in a way." From Mark Cousins, the prolific Belfast-born film producer/director seated toni... Read more »| 21 Mar 2016 -
ComedyJenny Eclair @ Citizens Theatre, 18 March
The matters of the 'thigh gap' and tampon tax have been expertly dismantled by comedians in the last year or so. In How to be a Middle Aged Woman (Without Go... Read more »| 21 Mar 2016 -
Art
Hepworth Prize for Sculpture shortlist announced
The nominees for the inaugural Hepworth Prize for Sculpture have been announced by Wakefield's Hepworth gallery. Steven Claydon, Helen Marten, David Medalla... Read more »| 21 Mar 2016
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Music
SxSW Music Diary: Sugarmen, Fizzy Blood & Demob Happy
Sugarmen impress and Fizzy Blood deliver a manic set that will stand out as a high point of the conference, but Demob Happy underwhelm. The Roots jam session turns away hundreds of hopefuls, highlighting the problems of Sx's unchecked growth. Read more »| 20 Mar 2016 -
Music
SxSW Music Diary: Duncan Fellows, Joseph & Sylvan Esso
A lightning storm threatens to halt proceedings on a day where folk acts Joseph and Sylvan Esso are standouts, plus local band Duncan Fellows share their thoughts on surviving South-by craziness. Read more »| 20 Mar 2016 -
Music
SxSW Music Diary: CHVRCHES, KLOE & Earl Sweatshirt
CHVRCHES take time out to talk about returning to Austin, KLOE reflects on her first Austin experience, 2 Chainz liights up a rooftop party, and the enigmatic Earl Sweatshirt continues to struggle to find himself in a show at Moody Theater. Read more »| 19 Mar 2016 -
Music
New Albums This Week: Baauer, Iggy Pop + more
The best new music this week, including the debut from LuckyMe's Baauer and the return of rock royalty as Iggy Pop teams up with Queens of the Stone Age's Jo... Read more »| 18 Mar 2016 -
Music
ICHI – Maru
You might *think* you make eclectic music, but until you record an album based on field samples of your gurgling baby, the rustling of turning pages, Big Ben... Read more »| 18 Mar 2016 -
Film
Short Film Competition: Win €6000 with Nespresso
Think vertically with Nespresso Talents 2016 and your film could be showcased in a private screening during the Cannes Film Festival Cinema doesn’t si... Read more »| 18 Mar 2016 -
Music
Cosmosis Festival @ Victoria Warehouse, 12 Mar
Manchester's annual Cosmosis Festival returns beefed up and slicked up. Last year's sell-out event took over Rusholme's Antwerp Mansions with a savvy sourcin... Read more »| 18 Mar 2016 -
Music
Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression
The punk icon delivers a forward-thinking rumination on death and legacy with Josh Homme riding shotgun Read more »| 18 Mar 2016 -
Books
Matters of Life & Death: Sara Nović on Girl at War
Sara Nović pours herself into her central character in Girl at War: the ten-year-old Ana, caught up in the atrocities of the Balkan conflict. We speak t... Read more »| 18 Mar 2016