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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MusicWhat a Mess, What a Band: Swervedriver's Adam Franklin on Dinosaur Jr
I remember J Mascis being asked in an interview what his inspiration was when it came to making records and he said something like "I just wanna make records... Read more »| 17 Jun 2009 -
MusicPlaying With the Past @ The Pleasance, 26 June
One of the more interesting shows at this year's international film festival, Playing With the Past is nothing less than a good rummage through the treasure ... Read more »| 17 Jun 2009 -
Music
Dinosaur Jr: In Conversation With Murph
In the first in a three-part series of interviews with temperamental alternative legends Dinosaur Jr, celebrating the release of their latest album Farm, The Skinny presents selected highlights from our interview with Murph, the band's affable drummer Read more »| 17 Jun 2009 -
Music
Jocasta Sleeps - Crayfish Cocktail
Jocasta was a luckless figure, even by the oft ill-fated standards of Greek mythology. A murdered husband and a slightly more intimate relationship with her ... Read more »| 17 Jun 2009 -
Clubs
Cooly G: A Woman of Many Talents
Recently signed to Kode 9’s Hyperdub label, Cooly G is riding high on the hype surrounding her deep house sound. David McNamara meets up with the rising star of the UK funky scene to talk about motherhood and the importance of hard work. Read more »| 17 Jun 2009 -
ClubsBoy 8-Bit and XXXChange @ HYP?, Sub Club, 26 Jun
A two-pronged attack from HYP? this month with two fine examples of contemporary electronic music acts. First up is Xxxchange, who made his name as the produ... Read more »| 17 Jun 2009
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MusicEmiliana Torrini @ Òran Mór, 24 Jun
Although one may imagine upon hearing Iceland’s Emiliana Torrini that her music is played by a band of elves beneath an enormous gnarled oak tree, her ... Read more »| 16 Jun 2009 -
Music
Dinosaur Jr: Rock's Most Dysfunctional Family
Alternative icons Dinosaur Jr are as well-known for their tense dynamic as their piledriving music. Gillian Watson discovers the secret of their staying power, second time around Read more »| 16 Jun 2009 -
Music
Edie Sedgwick: More Than A Woman
Blending cross-dressing with dirty, funky electro beats and commentary on popular culture, Edie Sedgwick straddles the territory between intelligence and the bizarre, creating a surprisingly striking and often tongue in cheek sound. The Skinny has a word with the man behind the make-up. Read more »| 15 Jun 2009 -
Music
Jarvis Cocker @ ABC, 12 June
Jarvis is in a generous mood this evening, gifting the crowd such tasty treats as a banana, jelly babies and red wine. But the most enthusiastically received... Read more »| 15 Jun 2009 -
Film
Looking for Eric
Eric Bishop is a lost postman who has begun to feel that events around him are running out of control. For one, there are his unruly stepsons and on top of ... Read more »| 15 Jun 2009 -
Music
Kissy Sell Out - Youth
These days it seems like anyone involved in a vaguely successful indie band can supplement their income by doing “DJ sets.” What’s more unu... Read more »| 15 Jun 2009 -
Film
Kisses
Dylan (Shane Curry) is a boy grown cold in a loveless house. Cast out on Christmas Day, he encounters the determined Kylie (Kelly O’Neill). Together th... Read more »| 14 Jun 2009 -
Film
Too 'B', even for IMDB
You know the story: The effects are all about chicken blood, the plot's riddled with clichés and the dialogue’s been lifted off the back of a Space Raiders packet. But that doesn't mean a B-movie can't be downright bloody terrifying. Super Furry Animals frontman and notable fan of the aesthetic (see the video to Run-Away for most recent evidence) Gruff Rhys remembers his first encounter Read more »| 12 Jun 2009 -
Film
The End Of The Line
“The Europeans like our fish, but they don’t like the people”, laments academic Rashid Sumaila on the human cost of overfishing in West Afr... Read more »| 12 Jun 2009