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2 days ago | theskinny.co.uk | Tony Inglis

“Ukraine suffers difficult times of depression at the level of millions of people. Art, music disappears. Producers who we recognise in the world are going to war. We need to continue to support the scene in Ukraine as long as possible.” These are the words of Alice Haspyd, an experimental artist from Ukraine whose audiovisual work has been on show at festivals and galleries across Europe.

4 days ago | theskinny.co.uk | Joe Creely

Album title: Laini Tani Artist: Nadah El Shazly
 Label: One Little Independent Records Release date: 6 Jun It’s eight years since Nadah El Shazly’s debut, but her works since – particularly the astounding Pollution Opera with Elvin Brandhi – point to an artist still open to bringing in new sounds, one with a freeform approach to influence, intent on channelling as much as possible through her blend of experimental electronics and traditional Arabic influences.

4 days ago | theskinny.co.uk | Alistair Braidwood

Book title: I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Towards Darkness Author: Irene Solà Translated from the original Catalan by Mara Faye Lethem, Irene Solà’s I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Towards Darkness is a novel of memory and monsters. And mothers. This is writing which revels in fecundity in all its forms. To say it depicts nature red in tooth and claw is understatement writ large.

5 days ago | theskinny.co.uk | Rhys Morgan

Album title: More Artist: Pulp Label: Rough Trade Release date: 6 Jun On their first album since 2001’s We Love Life, Pulp offer a warmth and immediacy rare in late-career revivals. More feels richly lived-in yet remarkably contemporary, lifted by Richard Jones’ lush, cinematic string arrangements – they're particularly striking on Partial Eclipse, whose outro drifts into a moody, Giacchino-esque beauty, reminiscent of the title card score from Lost.

1 week ago | theskinny.co.uk | Anahit Behrooz

It’s a bit of a sexy time at Lighthouse Bookshop this coming month: author and literary translator Arielle Burgdorf launches their queer experimental novel Jeanne (5 Jun), Anastasiia Fedorova launches Second Skin: Inside the Worlds of Fetish, Kink and Deviant Desire (17 Jun), and Melissa Febos is in conversation with Dina Nayeri about her new book exploring a year of celibacy The Dry Season (26 Jun).