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 Postmarks - Memoirs At The End Of The World
Florida trio go cinematic on their sophomore effort Read more »| 21 Jan 2010 -
MusicThe Album Leaf - A Chorus Of Storytellers
If you find The Postal Service a bit too raucous, try Jimmy Lavelle’s woozy electro lullabies. In fact, The Album Leaf (previously a solo nom-de-plume,... Read more »| 20 Jan 2010 -
MusicThe Tenebrous Liar - Jackknifed & Slaughtered
If rock stars shared wardrobes there’s only one group that The Tenebrous Liar would split a rack with in its current guise. Brooding with dust-raising ... Read more »| 19 Jan 2010 -
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Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
The reason Charlotte Gainsbourg’s new LP sounds just like a Beck record is because that’s almost exactly what it is. The one-time shearer of Luc... Read more »| 19 Jan 2010 -
MusicLaura Veirs and the Hall of Flames @ Òran Mór, 17 Jan
With guitar (and later banjo) perched awkwardly over her growing baby bump, Laura Veirs ponders aloud the logistics of embarking on a two month international... Read more »| 19 Jan 2010 -
Comedy
Absolutely Amusing
Everyone’s a comedian, eh? That really seems to be the case at the moment in Scotland, with a booming comedy scene that’s bursting at the seams with wannabes, weirdos and not a little bit of exciting talent. Read more »| 19 Jan 2010
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Robin James - Saint Jude
Idiosyncratic folky type's debut album is hugely enjoyable Read more »| 18 Jan 2010 -
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Hot Chip - One Life Stand
"Now that we're older, there's more that we must do," sings Alexis Taylor on the appropriately titled Slush. Hot Chip have grown up, and it seems what they "... Read more »| 18 Jan 2010 -
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Ardentjohn - On The Wire
The partnership at the heart of Ardentjohn stretches back to a playground scrap between singer Keiron Mason and bassist Al Shields on the Isle of Bute. Reuni... Read more »| 18 Jan 2010 -
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Ocean Colour Scene - Saturday
“Hundred mile high city” croaks Ocean Colour Scene’s Simon Fowler seconds into ninth album Saturday, delivering a message interpretable two... Read more »| 18 Jan 2010 -
Film
A Prophet
French director Jacques Audiard beats Scorsese at his own game in this remarkably assured and confidently crafted prison drama. A Prophet begins with Muslim ... Read more »| 18 Jan 2010 -
Music
First Aid Kit - The Big Black and the Blue
As befits a duo who first captured hearts with a Fleet Foxes cover (one million Youtube views and counting…), and whose live shows are dominated by a ... Read more »| 18 Jan 2010 -
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Astrosoniq - Quadrant
All things considered, stoner rock should be relatively easy to pull off. Black Sabbath riff worship – tick; psychedelic blues fixation –... Read more »| 18 Jan 2010 -
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D.P. - Bar Tab Blues
As modern hip-hop disappears up its own arse in a self-indulgent fug of Auto-tune, medallions, slick whips and giant egos, it’s refreshing to find some... Read more »| 18 Jan 2010 -
ArtMeat Hook @ ECA
Forget Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and the rest of the middle-aged ‘Young British Artists’. If you want to know what the rising stars of the art wo... Read more »| 18 Jan 2010