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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ComedyTrevor Noah: The Racist @ The Lowry, Salford, 11 January
In another person’s hands the story of a mixed-race child growing up in apartheid-era South Africa could have been a tear-jerking, maudlin sl... Read more »| 20 Jan 2014 -
BooksPutting Short Fiction on the Map: Comma's Gimbal App
A new app from Comma Press takes short stories and integrates them with detailed maps, allowing readers to explore unfolding narratives in real cities. Your commute just got interesting Read more »| 20 Jan 2014 -
Film
Inside Llewyn Davis
The Coen brothers’ latest success is a film about failure. Llewyn Davis (Isaac) is a talented singer-songwriter barely eking out an existence in the Gr... Read more »| 20 Jan 2014 -
MusicListen: Cloud Sounds, our new weekly playlist
This week we introduce a new feature, Cloud Sounds – The Skinny's Music team select an hour or so of the best new music on Soundcloud, with a focu... Read more »| 17 Jan 2014 -
BooksGlastonbury Festival: Call-out for poets and spoken word artists
Glastonbury Festival (25-29 June) has had a strong presence for spoken word performers, poets, live literature performers and storytellers in past years, curated on the Poetry&Words stage, and 2014's festival will be no exception. Submissions are open now Read more »| 17 Jan 2014 -
Music
Four Tet joins Bandcamp, shares early releases
Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet, has been a busy fellow lately. This week, the London producer joined Bandcamp, putting up four early releases, also originally available via the defunct Output label Read more »| 17 Jan 2014
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Art
Submissions now open for Bloomberg New Contemporaries
Now in its 65th year, Bloomberg New Contemporaries is one of the UK's most important and highly-regarded arts initiatives - submissions open this week for their annual touring show Read more »| 17 Jan 2014 -
Music
Pixies – EP2
When EP1 landed in September of 2013, ostensibly Pixies' first real release in 20 years and their only without Kim Deal on board, some reviewers pounced on t... Read more »| 17 Jan 2014 -
Music
Four Tet makes a beat out of Michael Jackson's Thriller in 10 minutes
Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet, is the latest participant in the YouTube series Beat This, which sees producers attempt to make a beat in just ten minutes, with a camera trained on their every move Read more »| 16 Jan 2014 -
Music
DOOM plans Operation Doomsday reissue
Metal-masked rapper DOOM has unleashed a tidal wave of awesome merchandise on the unsuspecting hip-hop world, and reissued the classic Operation Doomsday on cassette Read more »| 16 Jan 2014 -
Film
Oscar Nominations Announced: American Hustle, Gravity and 12 Years a Slave dominate
This year's Oscar nominations have been announced, with Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave, David O. Russell's American Hustle, and Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity Read more »| 16 Jan 2014 -
Music
Thurston Moore's Twilight preview new album, announce split
Black metal supergroup Twilight, featuring Thurston Moore, detail their new album, unveil a new track, and announce that they are splitting up Read more »| 16 Jan 2014 -
Clubs
New mix from DJ Zinc: Trust Me I Was There – 1989
UK bass music originator and veteran DJ, Zinc, has been sharing a series of 'historical' mixes, showcasing the sound of UK club culture in the 80s - this week, he reached 1989, presenting a two-part mix tracing the origins of the UK bass sound Read more »| 16 Jan 2014 -
Film
Competition: Can you make a film in 10 seconds?
Channel 4 and the organisers of the 2014 Commonwealth Games have teamed up to present a new competition for emerging filmmakers. 9.88 Films, co-funded by Channel 4 and Creative Scotland, will run until 9 April Read more »| 16 Jan 2014 -
Music
Red Bull Music Academy opens for applications
This year's Red Bull Music Academy will take place in Tokyo, and today opened for applications from aspiring musicians. The Academy will run from 12 October ... Read more »| 16 Jan 2014