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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ClubsModerat @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 7 Feb
The ornate architecture of Trof's prized new venue, the Albert Hall, presents an unusual problem for the gig-goer: the ability to peer directly over the stag... Read more »| 03 Apr 2014 -
ClubsMaurice Fulton / Space Dimension Controller @ Gorilla, Manchester, 1 Feb
Stevie Wonderland host a solid evening at Gorilla, dishing out tasty treats from a mixed bag Read more »| 03 Apr 2014 -
Music
Chain And The Gang – Minimum Rock N Roll
“What are you in here for?” croons Ian Svenonius dolefully; half-welcoming us back into his band’s secret universe, whilst also digging an ... Read more »| 03 Apr 2014 -
TheatreInvisible Empire on Tour
Company of Wolves tour their debut full-length theatrical work, entitled Invisible Empire. It tackles the human tendency to conform as well as to r... Read more »| 03 Apr 2014 -
Theatre
The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler @ Citizens
Vanishing Point, in collaboration with the National Theatre of Scotland, present The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler. Known as a poet, surrealist-humourist a... Read more »| 03 Apr 2014 -
Clubs
Red Bull Music Academy @ Gorilla, Manchester, 28 Jan
T Williams, Artwork and Greg Wilson talk shop Read more »| 03 Apr 2014
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Music
Tim Hecker / Julianna Barwick @ RNCM, Manchester, 1 April
For a festival concerned with all things digital, the organisers of FutureEverything couldn’t have put together a more innovative pair of musicians tha... Read more »| 03 Apr 2014 -
Music
Quiet Revolution: Slint's David Pajo and Brian McMahan revisit Spiderland
As Touch & Go prepare to release a remastered and expanded version of Slint's seminal 1991 album Spiderland, we speak to the band's David Pajo and Brian McMahan about their early career, the worth of nostalgia, and Louisville's special brand of craziness Read more »| 03 Apr 2014 -
Comedy
Opinion: In Defence of BBC Three
Comedian Liam Pickford takes a look at the lost legacy of the Beeb's brief dance with the next generation, and dreams of what might have been Read more »| 02 Apr 2014 -
Music
Future Shock: EMA Interviewed
With The Future’s Void set to expand her reputation and fan base, Erika M Anderson (aka EMA) talks to The Skinny about second album nerves and why artistic, rather than commercial, success is what drives her Read more »| 02 Apr 2014 -
ArtArt News: Glasgow International launch parties; The Lighthouse unveils Spring programme, and more
A round-up of art news, including a dizzying array of launch events and exhibitions for the start of Glasgow International, the unveiling of The Lighthouse Gallery's spring 2014 programme, and more Read more »| 02 Apr 2014 -
Books
Other People’s Countries: A Journey into Memory by Patrick McGuinness
Far removed from the current trend in celebrity biographies, Patrick McGuinness’ memoir is an unusual and striking foray into the past. The book is a collection of Proustian pieces, varying in length from a paragraph to a few pages Read more »| 02 Apr 2014 -
Comedy
Crystal Baws: April 2014 Horoscopes
ARIES In April the BBC commission a pilot of your ultra-realistic soap opera, where all the characters do is talk about all the soap operas they watched on T... Read more »| 02 Apr 2014 -
MusicTrack-by-Track: The Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli unveils Do to the Beast
16 years after The Afghan Whigs released the celebratory masterpiece that fans eventually came to embrace as their swansong, the reactivated Cincinnati outfit's principal offers a beginners guide to its soul searching latter-day sequel Read more »| 02 Apr 2014 -
Books
Gutter 10
Scotland’s leading literary magazine has marked its fifth birthday with a new layout, another fine selection of new Scottish writing, and an interview with Alan Bissett Read more »| 02 Apr 2014