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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Portishead @ Corn Exchange, 12 Apr
An unyielding talent, easily transcending time Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Live Music Roundup - April
DeVotchKa gonna make it happen at King Tut's on 6 April Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Down @ The Academy
Anselmo himself is unquestionable as one of the most incendiary front men in the metal game Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Velvet Revolver: Duff Information
If you've given up drugs and lasted over a decade by the side of one of the most volatile and iconic frontmen in rock 'n' roll history, playing in a supergroup like Velvet Revolver must be a walk in the park, surely? Speaking ahead of their date in Glasgow this week, bassist Duff McKagan tells us differently… Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Super Adventure Club
It's Super Adventure Club's determination not to be difficult - despite the complexities of their music - that makes them special, as Ally Brown finds out Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Taking it from the Man
As the Brian Jonestown Massacre release their most daring work yet - an avant-garde 'video album' released on their, or rather his own label - Jay Shukla braced himself for a Q+A session on the phone with musician, visionary, and full-time badass Anton Newcombe Read more »| 01 Apr 2008
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A Muso's Top Ten - MGMT
Anyone who's listened to our album is not going to pigeonhole us easily, stylistically, Ben Goldwasser of MGMT warned us recently. This might be an accurate enough statement, but it reeks of a challenge if ever we've heard one. To set us off on the right track, the electro-acoustic-bombast-funk duo sent us away with a list of ten tunes that helped them refine their palette. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Yeasayer @ King Tut's
Although some of these interstellar jams could be drawn out longer, it would never be in keeping with the 'Sayer's pop aesthetic Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Neil Young @ The Playhouse
Even at 62, Young proves he can still rock with the very best of them Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Foals @ QMU
Even if the initial shock of their sound is radical, it's not deviating much from song to song Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Eels @ Royal Concert Hall, 28 Feb
A rare, retrospective moment for E, and a pertinent reminder of his oblique genius Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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The Editors @ Carling Academy
The set plays out like their greatest, great hits, and it's that consistent quality which should surely outshine the far casting shadow of their influences Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Dead Meadow @ King Tut's
As Dead Meadow begin their set, one thing is abundantly clear: drummer Stephen McCarty has cultivated a really boss moustache Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Amplifico @ Club Ego
There's a pervading feeling that the 'Fico's time might finally have come Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Heartcore
A classic example of why, sometimes, less is so much more Read more »| 01 Apr 2008