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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MusicObake – Obake
In Japanese folklore, an obake can either be a ghost or a shapeshifter, but no matter what definition you choose to adopt it’s an apt moniker for this ... Read more »| 16 Sep 2011 -
MusicPombagira - Iconoclast Dream
Way back in ’96, San Jose stoners Sleep recorded an album by the name of Dopesmoker and, while they weren’t too pleased with the label run-around... Read more »| 16 Sep 2011 -
MusicRoll the Dice – In Dust
This Stockholm-based analogue synth duo, comprised of Malcolm Pardon and Fever Ray's Peder Mannerfelt, use their second LP to explore the same kinds of unash... Read more »| 16 Sep 2011 -
MusicSilver Seas – Chateau Revenge
The third LP from Nashville's Silver Seas sees them further honing their brand of melancholy, country-inflected jangle-pop. It's deeply nostalgic music, but ... Read more »| 16 Sep 2011 -
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Evangelista – In Animal Tongue
Many of Constellation’s flagship acts – GYBE in particular – peddle an overwrought apocalypticism that has come to feel increasingly tired ... Read more »| 16 Sep 2011 -
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Mikal Cronin – Mikal Cronin
While perhaps better known for his collaborations with Ty Segall (who handles production duties here), Mikal Cronin uses his first solo venture both as a cha... Read more »| 16 Sep 2011
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Music
Wolves in the Throne Room – Celestial Lineage
Diadem of 12 Stars was a serious shot in the arm for USBM, a swirl of angelic chants and infernal shrieks; since then, Wolves in the Throne Room have alterna... Read more »| 16 Sep 2011 -
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Remember Remember – The Quickening
With their 2008 eponymous debut, Remember Remember beautifully encapsulated the sound of glacial, epic orchestrations trapped in the body of one man and his ... Read more »| 15 Sep 2011 -
Film
You Instead
You Instead attempts to capture the sights, sounds and smells of Britain's most rambunctious music festival, T in the Park. For the most part, it’s suc... Read more »| 15 Sep 2011 -
Film
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John le Carré’s labyrinthine, weighty tome returns as Tomas Alfredson’s intricate yet lean drama – producing one of the films of the... Read more »| 15 Sep 2011 -
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Growing Pains: An Interview with Céline Sciamma
We speak to French director Céline Sciamma about her second feature Tomboy, a lyrical tale of childhood identity set in a sun-dappled Parisian suburb Read more »| 15 Sep 2011 -
Music
Electric Frog Weekender @ SWG3, 10-11 September
Saturday’s instalment of Electric Frog is very much about house and techno, with the day’s programme perhaps lacking the multiplicity of styles o... Read more »| 15 Sep 2011 -
Music
Gary Numan: The Rise and The Fall
Ignoring your detractors can serve you well – electro godfather Gary Numan knows this better than most Read more »| 15 Sep 2011 -
Music
Glassjaw @ O2 ABC2, 25 August
Two Scottish gigs in 18 months is swift work by the measure of Glassjaw's previous form. The New York quartet came close to kicking the plug out completely w... Read more »| 14 Sep 2011 -
Film
30 Minutes or Less
High hopes spilled from this reunion of Zombieland director and star, Ruben Fleischer and Jesse Eisenberg, but the result is a comedy crime caper centred on ... Read more »| 14 Sep 2011