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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MusicCalifone - All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
Such a vast variety of instruments crop up on Califone’s sixth album that to list them all would fill this review’s entire word count, leaving no... Read more »| 21 Sep 2009 -
Music
The Discordian Trio - The Discordian Trio Presents
Quick on the heels of Acoustic Ladyland, The Discordian Trio bring jazz kicking and squeaking into the 21st century. With their line-up spanning mathcore and... Read more »| 20 Sep 2009 -
Theatre
The House of Bernarda Alba
An East End gangster's wife echoes the passions of small town Spain in this NTS update. Read more »| 20 Sep 2009 -
MusicBoutros Bubba - National Anthems
Who would have thought the Dutch could be such a cynical bunch? National Anthems is the skewed, angular, sarcastic outpouring of three gifted and apparently ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
MusicJeniferever @ Cabaret Voltaire, 24 Sep
With the nights drawing in and our breath once again visible as we kick through the remains of Autumn's vibrant decay, what could be more suitable than some ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
Music
WHY? - Eskimo Snow
Short-but-sweet opening track These Hands announces Eskimo Snow’s emotional register. Blessed as ever with a grandiose gift of the gab, these ten track... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009
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Clubs
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An impartial and objective outlook is essential in any field of journalism. With that in mind, lets look at the event those fine, talented and witty at folk at The Skinny and Ten Tracks are hosting this month, their Twisted Kids Birthday Party Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
Clubs
Homeclubbing Scotland 2009
Forget Homecoming Scotland - Homeclubbing's the new festival on the block, celebrating the leading club nights in our biggest cities. Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
Music
Bat For Lashes @ HMV Picture House, 20 Oct
Bat For Lashes' wonderful second album Two Suns featured collaborations with Yeasayer and Scott Walker, and now Natasha Khan has persuaded one of these guest... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
MusicLethal Bizzle - Go Hard
Of all the artists who swapped dodgy deals for record deals and made the leap from grimy London streets to the charts, Lethal Bizzle is the one that retained... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
Music
Atlas Sound - Logos
Bradford Cox was understandably upset when an innocent filesharing error on his part resulted in an unfinished Logos being hawked around cyberspace, so much ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
Music
Charlotte Hatherley - New Worlds
Forget Florence and the Machine et al: Charlotte Hatherley is setting the creative agenda for British female artists. Joining Ash aged 17 in the mid-1990s, s... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
Art
Christina Kernohan: Gammel Butikken @ The Saint
LuckyMe Arts Collective began in 2002 with the aim of running a hip-hop group in a previously undiscovered location. Seven years down the line and it has gro... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
Music
Om - God is Good
Not satisfied with merely adorning both the inside and back covers with the fact that, yes, this album was recorded by Steve Albini, the only photograph on O... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
Clubs
Adventures In Sound & Beat Control @ HMV Picture House
The newly renovated HMV Picture House hosts two new nights every week Read more »| 18 Sep 2009