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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MusicWoodenbox – Foreign Organ
Occupying similar nouveau folk territory to the likes of Aberfeldy or Admiral Fallow, Woodenbox’s third full-length sees Ali Downer's men in contemplat... Read more »| 02 Jun 2015 -
MusicHudson Mohawke – Lantern
Six years separate Ross Birchard's effervescent debut Butter and his thirstily-awaited follow-up Lantern. His 808-obsessed work in the meantime with TNGHT an... Read more »| 02 Jun 2015 -
Film
The Look of Silence
The prospect of crafting a worthy successor to the phenomenal The Act of Killing is a daunting one, but with The Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer has rise... Read more »| 02 Jun 2015 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights – June 2015
June's offerings include DJ TLR, Tiger & Woods and PLO Man Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
ArtLeonora Carrington @ Tate Liverpool
When the featured artist of an exhibition is a Lancashire-born Mexican surrealist, you can almost guarantee you'll encounter some wonderful weirdness. It's s... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Comedy
The Skinny Comedy Spotlight returns at Greater Manchester Fringe
Danny Sutcliffe, Will Setchell and Jayne Edwards are among the comics lined up for our second comedy showcase, as part of this year’s Greater Mancheste... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015
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Film
Portrait of the Artist as an Abhorrent Young Man: Alex Ross Perry on Listen Up Philip
Alex Ross Perry is one of the most exciting names in American indie cinema. We chat to the 30-year-old writer-director about his latest film, Listen Up Philip, a caustic comedy centred on an obnoxious young novelist played by Jason Schwartzman Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Film
Scotland Film Event Highlights – June 2015
Cinephiles needn’t wait 'til EIFF to get their flick kicks, as Martin Scorsese leads a veritable Polish invasion to our shores, the Filmhouse introduces a brand-spanking new monthly queer cinematic showcase and Glasgow Comic Con takes over Glasgow's CCA Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Music
Listen: Flamingods' Supersonic podcast
As a prelude to this year's Supersonic Festival in Birmingham (running 11-14 June), we present this cosmic podcast carefully crafted by Flamingods. The... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Art
Eastern Exchanges @ Manchester Art Gallery
The scale and scope of Eastern Exchanges is imposing, with three vast galleries filled with quintessential East Asian works of craft, art, fabric and built s... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – June 2015
Three idiosyncratic songwriters (Waxahatchee, Natalie Prass and Jenny Hval), two outsiders (Ariel Pink and Dan Deacon), a fond farewell (Cyril Snear) and a one-off homecoming (Outfit). That's your month's gig highlights Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Music
Listen: Woodenbox premiere new album Foreign Organ
Ahead of its release on 8 June via Glasgow's Olive Grove Records, Americana imbued sextet Woodenbox share an early listen of their latest LP Foreign Organ, e... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
ComedyWill Duggan: Comedy Spotlight
Will Duggan talks beating up Pop Idol contestants, making 15 minutes last 40 and being guided by ghosts. Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Music
Mew @ The Ritz, Manchester, 19 May
If anything's to brighten this sticky city night, Mew should manage it. Marking 20 years since they got together at school, the recent release of their sixth... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Books
The Good Dark by Ryan Van Winkle
There are certain buttons a writer can push for any individual reader that initiate a simple, powerful 'yes to this' response and pretty much destroy the pot... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015