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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MusicNorth Atlantic Oscillation - Callsigns EP
Edinburgh trio's introductory EP whets the appetite for an already recorded debut album Read more »| 22 Oct 2009 -
Music2562 - Unbalance
It’s dubstep, but not as Streatham or Croydon would know it. This second album from the Hague-based 2562 takes the blueprint of monstrous, murky bass, ... Read more »| 22 Oct 2009 -
MusicMiike Snow: Beyond Toxic
Miike Snow's Christian Karlsson has enjoyed great success writing music for pop superstars, but he says it's not as much fun as being in his own band. Read more »| 22 Oct 2009 -
Clubs
Move to the Dollskabeat
After the release of her debut single Zodiac Rising, Dollskabeat is receiving some well deserved attention. Read more »| 22 Oct 2009 -
Art
Saatchi New Sensations: A First Hand Account
A nation-wide talent search has brought us the new art stars as defined by Charles Saatchi. ECA graduate Richard Cook, one of the lucky few to make it to the live final, tells us what it was like to be in the eye of the storm. Read more »| 22 Oct 2009 -
FilmWarming up for GFF 2010
Here’s our sneak peek at what the UK’s most innovative film festival has lined-up for 2010. Read more »| 22 Oct 2009
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Music
Bat For Lashes / Yeasayer @ HMV Picture House, 20 Oct
After guesting on Bat For Lashes’ new-ish album, Brooklyn band Yeasayer were an obvious choice of support for this tour. Whether the audience knows it ... Read more »| 21 Oct 2009 -
Art
Frieze your tits off
First and foremost, Frieze Art Fair is about looking at people. It is a warren of voyeurism. The art – glitzy, unaffordable, and on the whole, mediocre... Read more »| 21 Oct 2009 -
Music
Pumajaw - Featherdown Quilt
The latest offering from the now Fife-based enigmas is a far cry from the neo-folk scene they have been so uncomfortably shoehorned into by baffled listeners... Read more »| 21 Oct 2009 -
Music
Crocodiles @ Stereo, 19 Oct
With grizzly bear flags of the California Republic draped proudly over their amps, San Diego’s latest burp of youthful boredom, recently enlarged from ... Read more »| 21 Oct 2009 -
Music
Love Pumajaw Hate Racism
Love Music Hate Racism is an initiative dating back to 2002, launched as a counter-response to a perceived rise in levels of racism and the undeniably growin... Read more »| 21 Oct 2009 -
Film
All Tomorrow's Parties
From the humble origins of Pontin’s holiday camp, the now global All Tomorrow's Parties festival continues to stay free of corporate sponsorship. Th... Read more »| 21 Oct 2009 -
Music
Broken Records - Out On The Water EP
After all the column inches dedicated to them, it’s easy to forget that Broken Records are a relatively new band. A single album into their careers, an... Read more »| 21 Oct 2009 -
Film
Séraphine
In the town of Senlis, 1914, a middle-aged cleaning lady and washerwoman spends her free moments collecting brush and seeds, animal blood and church candle-o... Read more »| 21 Oct 2009 -
Music
Casiokids @ Electric Circus, 6 Oct
Toddler-like grins hang on the faces of the five Casiokids and the quickening beats of Togens Hule soon turn the venue into a bouncing playground of fun. Thu... Read more »| 21 Oct 2009