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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MusicKing Biscuit Time
"It's my job to sit here and tell people I've got a label with Alan McGee, the reality is that I haven't got a clue what that involves!" Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
MusicHe Poos Clouds: Owen Pallett AKA Final Fantasy Interviewed
Is He Poos Clouds really about the eight Schools of magic in Dungeons & Dragons? "Okay, one Elf, a dark Elf, in the entire record." Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
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Junkbox @ Cabaret Voltaire
armed with a vicious artillery of stompy, efficient blues-punk, complete with spiky axe-attacks and slide-guitar massacres Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
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Archie Bronson Outfit @ Cabaret Voltaire
The band don't lack in terms of adrenaline Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
MusicThe Organ - Grab That Gun
Will remind the more elderly statesman of some lost mid-eighties club night Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
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The Black Keys - Chulahoma
Orgasmic glue-tight rock n' roll, in grinding, gritty and hypnotic blues Read more »| 16 May 2006
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The Black Heart Procession - Spell
The songs begin to blend together Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
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Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
The world faces a far greater threat than bird flu or the US reich Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
MusicSpinto Band - Nice & Nicely Done
Like a threesome involving Stephen Malkmus, Conor Oberst and a more passive and directing Wayne Coyne Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
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How To Swim - The Littlest Orgasm
A wonderful blend of dementedly twisting country burlesque that froths with fervency and zeal. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
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Dr. John - Mercernary
Mercernary achieves Dr John's goal of paying tribute to Mercer but also goes some distance to reaffirming his own genius Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
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Calexico - Garden Ruin
By far their most accessible and mass-market friendly album to date Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Film
The Beat that my Heart Skipped
Audiard directs superbly, moving the plot forward in an organic way... Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
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Waiting...
It looks more 'Empire Records' than 'Clerks' in it's portrayal of aimless young slackers Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
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Brick
An original story, but it aspires to the noir genre. Read more »| 16 May 2006