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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MusicThe Rakes - Klang!
The Rakes have ridden a rocky road with the critics. Their debut received almost unanimous praise for its fist-clenching minimalism and playing as tight as t... Read more »| 10 Mar 2009 -
MusicNavvy - Idyll Intangible
The bass grinds against angular guitar and the drums clatter underneath - holding the band together - while Keith Jones rants in a very Mark E. Smith-esque m... Read more »| 10 Mar 2009 -
Film4:30
It's early morning. A young Chinese boy climbs through the window of the Korean lodger in his family's apartment and watches him sleep. It's a desperately lo... Read more »| 10 Mar 2009 -
TheatreCryptic Nights
Clare Sinclair studies the border between music, technology and performance Read more »| 10 Mar 2009 -
MusicBlack Lips: "We Love Our Job"
…And if you spent January evading authorities in India before jetting off to Berlin before a UK tour, you would too. Jason Morton talks shops with Ian... Read more »| 09 Mar 2009 -
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Le Reno Amps - Tear It Open
Aberdonian quartet Le Reno Amps' third outing is a polished, entertaining listen Read more »| 09 Mar 2009
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Music
State Broadcasters - The Ship and the Iceberg
The dusty, rootsy sound of the American Midwest is termed ‘Americana’, the sound of Iceland is supposedly ‘glacial’ and, while the St... Read more »| 09 Mar 2009 -
Theatre
Companhia Paulo Ribeiro: Masculine and Feminine
Gareth K Vile generally enjoys being confused, with reservations. Read more »| 08 Mar 2009 -
Music
Frightened Rabbit – Liver! Lung! FR!
Liver! Lung! FR! is an intermediary fan-pleaser in which Frightened Rabbit serve up a no-nonsense semi-acoustic live set, rigidly following the track-listing... Read more »| 06 Mar 2009 -
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A Muso's Top 10: Jack Black
I’ve been making some good music for my deep tissue massage lately. You don’t want to just leave it up to the masseuse, because he’ll bring... Read more »| 06 Mar 2009 -
Music
Operator Is Go
Laptop? Check. Beeps, bleeps and technical geekery? Check. Electronica's best-dressed laptop wizard is back. Rosie Davies finds out exactly what he's been doing, and just how many computers he's destroyed Read more »| 06 Mar 2009 -
Music
I Hear a New World - March, 2009
Unusual and innovative music from Scotland and beyond. Read more »| 06 Mar 2009 -
Film
Two Lovers
Oy vey! Is Joaquin Phoenix really giving up acting for rapping? Let’s hope not because Two Lovers is his best performance since 2005’s Walk the L... Read more »| 06 Mar 2009 -
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Shred Yr Face 2 @ The Garage, 27 Feb
There's something special about hardcore; while the music might not be for everyone, the energy, the spirit and the message certainly should be. Enter: Shred... Read more »| 05 Mar 2009 -
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Hockey @ Captain's Rest, 26 Feb
As the most straight-laced band tonight, Bear Hands (****) could easily have been overshadowed by their more hyped, more flamboyant touring partners. But in ... Read more »| 05 Mar 2009