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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MusicThe Proper Ornaments – Wooden Head
The brainchild of Max Claps, who deserves a round of applause for his (real) name alone and Veronica Falls’ James Hoare, Wooden Head is a lovingly imag... Read more »| 29 May 2014 -
MusicDot to Dot @ Various venues, Manchester, 23 May
The funny thing about the Manchester leg of Dot to Dot festival – now in its fifth year – is that while the event itself has gone from strength t... Read more »| 29 May 2014 -
ClubsSkinned #1: Andrew Ingram [Tabernacle]
This month we proudly launch our new mix series with the first exclusive contribution coming from Tabernacle co-founder Andrew Ingram Read more »| 29 May 2014 -
Music
Anathema – Distant Satellites
Anathema have gotten their sound down to a fine art by this point, having gradually evolved from established doom harbingers into atmospheric rock titans. Di... Read more »| 29 May 2014 -
MusicToumani Diabaté + Sidiki Diabaté @ St George's Hall, Liverpool, 27 May
As one of the most famous griot clans from Mali, the Diabaté family have been bringing West African folk music and the kora to a wider audience for de... Read more »| 29 May 2014 -
Art
DJCAD Degree Show 2014: Best in Show
This year's degree show season is in sombre mood, demonstrating an art world solidarity in reverence to the devastating events at GSA. 2014's graduate exhibitions kick off with Dundee's DJCAD Read more »| 29 May 2014
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Music
Bob Mould – Beauty & Ruin
Bob Mould’s been cranking out classics for 35 years, from Hüsker Dü’s deceptively-tuneful blitzkrieg to the heroic powerpop of Sugar, a... Read more »| 29 May 2014 -
Music
Tom Vek – Luck
Luck as an album title must surely be an ironic nod towards Tom Vek's curious history. Stardom beckoned a decade ago with a storming debut, but a six year de... Read more »| 29 May 2014 -
Music
O2 Love Music Column – June 2014
With a voice which allegedly impressed Johnny Cash back in the day, and a fifteen year musical career off the back of it, Canadian country songstress Tia McG... Read more »| 29 May 2014 -
Music
Prince and 3rdEyeGirl @ The SSE Hydro, 22 May
Whereas the first leg of this ‘Hit and Run’ tour arrived by stealth in the South, Glasgow was afforded a few more days to dust down its raspberry... Read more »| 28 May 2014 -
Film
Edge of Tomorrow
Based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s more memorably titled novel All You Need Is Kill, director Doug Liman's Edge of Tomorrow is basically a mash-up... Read more »| 28 May 2014 -
Theatre
Scottish Opera's Macbeth @ King's Theatre (Edinburgh)
For a relatively inexperienced opera-goer, the pared-back darkness of Dominic Hill’s Macbeth is an incredibly bracing experience Read more »| 28 May 2014 -
Music
Taylor McFerrin – Early Riser
Taylor McFerrin, eldest son of soul legend Bobby McFerrin, has signed to Brainfeeder, and it's an excellent fit; more to do with his carefully slack beat-wor... Read more »| 28 May 2014 -
Theatre
On Tour: Borderlands
To celebrate the 30th year of their existence, Dudendance take on the outdoors with their latest physical theatre production called Borderlands. As the title suggests, this involves a series of site-specific performances in the Scottish Borders Read more »| 28 May 2014 -
Music
clipping – CLPPNG
If you're eagerly anticipating the return of punk-rap terrorists Death Grips; if Kanye's Black Skinhead wasn't feral and intense enough to give you the feels, then LA's clipping are for you Read more »| 28 May 2014