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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MusicScott & Charlene's Wedding @ The Shipping Forecast, 7 Aug
“Hope you know that I got no bitterness,” sings Craig Dermody during one of tonight’s rare tender moments. It’s difficult not to hear... Read more »| 08 Aug 2013 -
TheatreHirsch @ Pleasance Courtyard
Biographical narratives are usually centred on icons of modern culture, with recipients of movie biopics – Thatcher, Jobs, Cash – tending to be g... Read more »| 08 Aug 2013 -
Music
Franz Ferdinand – Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
Alex Kapranos has talked of how Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action comes from "the idea of the cynic's search for optimism.” It’s a compel... Read more »| 08 Aug 2013 -
Music
Adrian Corker – Raise
Flecked with crackles, creaks, taps and clicks, Raise is an evocative listen filled with enriching experimental asides – from the analogue tape manipul... Read more »| 08 Aug 2013 -
Film
Passion
The last De Palma film to not receive a theatrical outing in the UK was 2002’s feverish noir Femme Fatale. With Passion making its debut on t... Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
Film
The Gatekeepers
Even by intelligence agency standards, Israel’s Shin Bet is a secretive institution, with its ranks anonymous and its accountability murky. The only me... Read more »| 07 Aug 2013
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MusicThe Democratic Circus: Art pop dreamteam David Byrne and St Vincent discuss their ongoing collaboration
We catch up with the art pop dreamteam of David Byrne and St. Vincent to discuss collaborations, Creationism and the art of cycling while on tour, prior to their imminent visit to these shores later this month Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
Music
In the Loop: Julianna Barwick reveals Nepenthe
Her acclaimed second album The Magic Place made Julianna Barwick's haunting, looped vocals the go-to comfort for long, lonely summer nights. She returns this month with the lighter but no less beguiling Nepenthe Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
Art
DLA Piper Series: Constellations @ Tate Liverpool, ongoing
What do Man Ray, Paul Nash, Christo, and Simon Starling have in common? The answer is something a bit tangible, a bit art historical, and a bit subjective &n... Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
Music
Shigeto – No Better Time Than Now
Japanese-American producer Shigeto, aka Zachary Saginaw, has a lot in common with the Brainfeeder stable of beat-makers – his productions are mercurial... Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
MusicForest Swords – Engravings
From its opening notes, Forest Swords' debut album – after 2010's well-received mini, Dagger Paths – is an understated and hauntingly beautiful e... Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
Music
Julianna Barwick – Nepenthe
Nepenthe was an antiquated potion of forgetfulness (literally, “anti-sorrow”), and this second album from ethereal songstress Julianna Barwi... Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
Music
Charlie Jones – Love Form
There’s no denying Charlie Jones’ compositional abilities, musicianship, or technical nous. In his virtuosic playing, complex structuring, and ob... Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
Music
Laura Veirs – Warp and Theft
Laura Veirs’ ninth studio album is an atmospheric, country-inflected journey, forged from tales of bad men, jazz musicians, and the sights and sounds o... Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
Music
No Age – An Object
Los Angeles based duo No Age’s previous albums explored the boundaries between noise, punk and melodic indie-rock, with frequent beatific results. Thei... Read more »| 07 Aug 2013