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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ClubsPaul Woolford @ Karnival, 25 Sep
As part of Cabaret Voltaire's 'alternative freshers week' is Karnival, who welcome Paul Woolford to the decks on 25 Sep. Through his work as DJ, producer, re... Read more »| 06 Sep 2010 -
FilmThe Dead of Winter
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and a stand out work at Edinburgh International Film Festival, Winter’s Bone is one of the most inspiring examples of recent American cinema. Director Debra Granik discusses the film Read more »| 06 Sep 2010 -
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Robert Barry: Words and Music @ The Common Guild
There is nothing about conceptual art to be scared of. It was developed in the 1960s as an incremental step in the ongoing discussion around the nature of vi... Read more »| 06 Sep 2010 -
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?
Following the commercial and critical success of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Werner Herzog returns with the equally long-titled but far... Read more »| 04 Sep 2010 -
MusicDivorce Recommends Three Very Good Split Records
Divorce and Comanechi follow a great tradition of quality punk bands who climbed into bed to make sexy split magic... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
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Hidden Orchestra – Night Walks
Following in the footsteps of hip-hop inflected brethren The Cinematic Orchestra, the similarly named, similarly styled Hidden Orchestra have set an Olympian... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010
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ComedyTwitter – a blessing or a curse?
Big news in the comedy community has recently focussed on 'Cheggersgate', where Keith Chegwin has been stealing jokes from other comedians. Local act and prolific tweeter Teddy tells us about his own experiences Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
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Chapter – III (A Collection of Monsters)
A Collection of Monsters is a compelling record that excites and frustrates in equal measure. The songs - fusing elements of folk, electronica and chamber-po... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
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Comanechi / Divorce Split 10"
Road bound co-conspirators, Comanechi and Divorce have seen their working relationship blossom over the past year or so, returning here with a string of UK d... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
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The Hundred In The Hands – The Hundred In The Hands
Fostering one of the most vibrant music scenes on the planet today, Brooklyn, NYC unearths another gem in The Hundred In The Hands aka Eleanore Everdell and ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
Film
The Runaways
Based on a novel by Cherie Currie, former front-woman of the radical teen rock band The Runaways, this biopic of the same name follows the predictable route ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
Music
Down To The Wire: Manic Street Preachers interviewed
Having exorcised their demons with 2009’s Journal for Plague Lovers, the Manic Street Preachers are setting their sights back on the charts with Postcards from a Young Man. Nicky Wire gives the lowdown on the band’s “last shot at mass communication” Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
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In the Studio: Black Sun
Earlier this spring we spent time in the studio with Russell McEwan of local dirge metal overlords Black Sun as they tracked new album Twilight Of The Gods with guest vocalist and author/fighter Eugene S. Robinson of Oxbow. This is how it went down... Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
Music
Libraries Gave Us Power
Nicky Wire gives some insight into the books (and music) that helped shape Postcards from a Young Man Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
Music
Divorce vs Comanechi
Chaos will be the order of the day as the leading lights of modern punk get together to tour the land this coming month. We asked Divorce's Andy Brown to get Comanechi's Akiko Matsuura on the phone to hear her prediction for the fight Read more »| 02 Sep 2010