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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MusicGeorge Demure – The Drifter
George Demure abandoned electronica in favour of guitars, and has revealed both an eccentric song writing sensibility and fruity baritone voice. Liza... Read more »| 07 Jun 2010 -
MusicSlash: Appetite For Distraction
Slash talks about his fight with technology, working with Ozzy, and the ongoing search for a frontman he won't fall out with Read more »| 04 Jun 2010 -
MusicIt's DEVOlution Baby!
Hold the phone - DEVO are back with their first album in twenty years. As ever, there's a twist; Jerry Casale explains the band's new 'Corporate Identity' Read more »| 04 Jun 2010 -
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Black Carrot – Milking Scarabs for Dough
Few bands come with an in-house bard, but Black Carrot do – thus summing up their rather unwieldy brand of art rock pretty well. Helmed by Oliver Betts... Read more »| 04 Jun 2010 -
ComedyAn Evening With Kevin Bridges
Kevin Bridges gives a polished, friendly but not altogether imaginative performance at the SECC Read more »| 04 Jun 2010 -
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Mathew Jonson – Agents of Time
Like a troupe of dancing skeletons, Canadian electronic producer Mathew Jonson’s first solo LP is stripped-back, funky and slightly sinister in places.... Read more »| 04 Jun 2010
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DEVO - Something For Everybody
There’s a template reaction to new material from beloved bands of yesteryear: a ‘legacy’ evaluation followed by a damage assessment. So let... Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
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Southern Tenant Folk Union - The New Farming Scene
Folk music is a tricky thing to get right these days, so a la mode and with so many cynics tweaking their musical tweets to fit the trend. Yet, Southern Tena... Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
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Thomas Truax – Sonic Dreamer
New Yorker Thomas Truax is unlikely to ever find himself in even the dimmest-lit corner of the mainstream public consciousness, and if he did he’d inev... Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
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A Rough Guide to Sage Francis
As part of our ongoing commitment to expanding your musical knowledge, we’d like to take the release of Sage Francis’s Li(f)e to prime you on some of his key releases. There will be a test. Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
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Sage Francis: Walk The Line
If you're going to make it in hip-hop, it takes discipline and a dedication to the craft. Few have it like Sage Francis Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
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Astral Planes – Sit Still Child EP
How nice it would be to never outgrow those formative years, when music was music, cool was cool, and being a fan was just that with no regard for a canonise... Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
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The Dirty Dozen – June 2010 (The Cavalera Takeover)
Making a rare visit to the capital, a charitable Max Cavalera invites Ryan Drever aboard his tour bus lounge to compare the June singles to Sonic Youth and shock us with the news that he never dug disco Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
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Dead Western – Suckle At the Supple Teats of Time
If I had a name as manly and cool as Troy Mighty, I wouldn’t bother adopting a stage name. But then again, if I had a singing voice as mysterious and g... Read more »| 03 Jun 2010 -
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Kelburn Garden Party, 3 & 4 July
Two days of superb talent in sublime settings. Oh, and IT HAS A PAINTED CASTLE Read more »| 03 Jun 2010