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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ClubsDJ Chart: Varoslav
The Paris native shares ten tracks that inform the sound of his fledgling label Rue de Plaisance Read more »| 13 Jan 2014 -
MusicLacrosse – Are You Thinking of Me Every Minute of Every Day?
It’s been almost five years since Stockholm sextet Lacrosse last released an album, yet Are You Thinking of Me… demonstrates a Peter Pan-like re... Read more »| 13 Jan 2014 -
MusicFalling Off Maps – A Seaside Town in Winter
Debut albums can be statements of intent, an opportunity for artists to define themselves to an impressionable public. Nottingham indie quintet Falling Off M... Read more »| 13 Jan 2014 -
Art
Liverpool Art Prize: 2014 shortlist announced
The shortlist of artists nominated for the 2014 Liverpool Art Prize has been announced - the nominees are Brigitte Jurack, Tabitha Jussa, and Jason Thompson Read more »| 10 Jan 2014 -
Music
Music Language bows out of 2014's festival calendar
The Music Language Festival, Glasgow's experimental, multi-venue festival dedicated to emerging and experimental artists, will not run in 2014, say organisers Cry Parrot Read more »| 10 Jan 2014 -
BooksRIP Amiri Baraka, founder of the Black Arts Movement
A poet, novelist, activist and founding father of the Black Arts Movement, Amiri Baraka passed away yesterday at the age of 79 Read more »| 10 Jan 2014
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Film
You're Next
Actors and directors from a certain subset of American independent cinema star in this knowing slasher film. The first of You're Next’s two genre twist... Read more »| 10 Jan 2014 -
Music
Honeyblood, Casual Sex, Young Fathers, Rustie and more confirmed for SXSW
The first wave of Scottish bands have been announced for annual industry showcase SXSW (7-16 Mar), which takes place in Austin, Texas. Scottish bloggers The ... Read more »| 09 Jan 2014 -
Books
Emoji Dick: The Medium is the Multitude
A man has hired a team of over eight hundred people to translate Moby Dick into emojis. Finally! Read more »| 09 Jan 2014 -
Clubs
Tri-Angle Records presents a mix from new signing SD Laika
SD Laika, whose 2012 debut Unkown Vectors was released on Visionist's Lost Codes label, recently signed to Brooklyn undeground electronic label Tri-Angle Records. This week he shared a dark, claustrophobic mix entitled Idiot Thug Read more »| 09 Jan 2014 -
Music
Warpaint: 'The pop world? We're not even in that universe'
Returning this month with a bewitching second album and a couple of iconic collaborators at their back, Jenny Lee Lindberg and Stella Mozgawa say Warpaint are in it for the long haul Read more »| 09 Jan 2014 -
Film
Film News: Mark Frost dismisses Twin Peaks rumours, plus the latest trailers
Today's film news: Mark Frost denies Twin Peaks rumours, plus trailers for Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer, and Sharlto Copley in Open Grave Read more »| 09 Jan 2014 -
Music
What Difference Does It Make? A documentary featuring James Murphy and Brian Eno
What Difference Does It Make? A Film About Making Music is the new feature-length documentary from Red Bull Music Academy, featuring Brian Eno, James Murphy and many more Read more »| 09 Jan 2014 -
Film
No More Mr Nice Guy: Michael Cera and Sebastián Silva on Crystal Fairy & the Magical Catcus
DiCaprio has Scorsese, Depp has Burton, Gosling has Winding Refn. We speak to a more low-key actor/director team, Michael Cera and Sebastián Silva, who are bringing a pair of excellent movies to UK screens in 2014 Read more »| 09 Jan 2014 -
Music
Strife's What You Make It: East India Youth on his prodigious debut
A chance encounter with a reluctant label boss sent electronic prodigy East India Youth on an unexpected trip. William Doyle tells us about his long-incubating debut and the ongoing struggle to stop impulse trashing his MacBook Read more »| 08 Jan 2014