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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MusicChemikal Underground's East End Social will feature RM Hubbert, Neu! Reekie! and more
A look at the upcoming East End Social events promoted by Chemikal Underground, featuring gigs by RM Hubbert, Neu! Reekie! and Mungo's Hi-Fi, and a diverse programme of events, workshops and parties in Glasgow's East End Read more »| 10 Mar 2014 -
MusicWeathered Hands – A Warm Life in the Cold
Weathered Hands make urgent, post-hardcore infused rock which strives for the anthemic status of early 2000s bands like Funeral for a Friend and A Day to Rem... Read more »| 10 Mar 2014 -
Comedy
Real Life with Ben Kewin @ Gorilla, Manchester, 6 Mar
Playing the kind of overblown, hyper-confident (all be it severely misplaced) pompous buffoons you would associate with American character comics like Will F... Read more »| 10 Mar 2014 -
MusicA Classic Obsession: The War on Drugs' Adam Granduciel gets Lost in the Dream
As his War on Drugs prepares to unleash album number three, Adam Granduciel talks of his time-honoured admirations and the forces that compel him to make music Read more »| 07 Mar 2014 -
Music
Two’s Company: Owls' Tim Kinsella talks careers and comebacks
Thirteen years after their debut, Chicago experimentalists Owls return to the fray with a long-awaited follow-up. Tim Kinsella dissects the weight of expectation Read more »| 07 Mar 2014 -
Music
Slint's David Pajo on Leonard Cohen
Slint guitarist David Pajo, who has played with a huge range of bands including the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol and Zwan, reflects on his respect for Leonard Cohen, and his experience of touring, as a teenager, with Glenn Danzig Read more »| 07 Mar 2014
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Art
Tipping Point @ CFCCA, Manchester, until 16 Mar
Bringing together three artists with ongoing relationships to both the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art and each other, Tipping Point nudges us to consider the moments at which the slightest touch can alter the course of things. Read more »| 07 Mar 2014 -
Theatre
SEEP: Fluidity in body and landscape @ Media Education
Cachín Cachán Cachunga celebrates its fifth birthday with the experiment that is SEEP: Fluidity in body and landscape in Media Education on Dal... Read more »| 07 Mar 2014 -
Comedy
Joel Dommett @ The Lowry, 2 Mar
Part of a new wave of improbably nice comedians, Joel Dommett takes to the stage with a mix of mawkish charm and naughty school-child that’s all encaps... Read more »| 07 Mar 2014 -
Comedy
Russell Brand: Messiah Complex @ Liverpool Echo Arena, 15 Feb
There aren’t many comics that can get away with calling Mahatma Gandhi a “f*ckin’ snide”, but Russell Brand sets up his premise with ... Read more »| 07 Mar 2014 -
Music
T Break: United Fruit and Hector Bizerk look back
As T Break opens for submissions from Scotland's up-and-coming bands, United Fruit's Marco Panagopoulos and Hector Bizerk's Louie tell us what playing the showcase stage at T in the Park did for their careers Read more »| 07 Mar 2014 -
ComedyJack Whitehall @ The Lowry, 24 Feb
The man christened ‘King of Comedy’ at the 2013 British Comedy Awards was honing his material on Monday night prior to embarking on a big arena t... Read more »| 07 Mar 2014 -
Film
Short Term 12
Director Destin Cretton based Short Term 12 on his own experiences working in a foster care facility for at-risk teenagers, and it shows. His drama docu... Read more »| 07 Mar 2014 -
Film
Film News: Zack Snyder on Terry Gilliam's Watchmen; BBC Three goes online-only, and more
A round-up of film news, casting rumours and trailers, with Joel Silver and Zack Snyder on Terry Gilliam's version of Watchmen, the first look at Andre 3000 as Jimi Hendrix, Bryan Cranston on missing out on the role of Lex Luthor, and more Read more »| 06 Mar 2014 -
Music
Cloud Sounds #8: Don't Mess With Texas
We speak exclusively to 'G' Hastings of Young Fathers about his band's SXSW appearance, and present a curated playlist of a few favourites playing at this year's festival, which kicks off tomorrow Read more »| 06 Mar 2014