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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MusicCrowded House – Intriguer
Crowded House are perfect candidates for achieving the successful reunion. With a legacy based on good, but not era-definingly great albums, the threat of ta... Read more »| 02 Jun 2010 -
MusicKing Creosote, Meursault & Animal Magic Tricks – Cold Seeds
This album, recorded over two weekends in the Song, by Toad living room, manages to capture the uncanny joy of accidentally tuning into a wonderful but inevi... Read more »| 02 Jun 2010 -
Film
The Killer Inside Me
Michael Winterbottom's bold adaptation of Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me won't be to everyone's taste, but Thompson fans should rejoice at seeing a film... Read more »| 01 Jun 2010 -
Music
The Drums – The Drums
Can these California surf-synthesists expect a backlash? Absolutely; they look like the distilled essence of Calvin Klein model chic, their sound is so impec... Read more »| 01 Jun 2010 -
MusicBanging on about The Drums
Having found hype with the BBC, NME and a spot on Wossy, these New Yorkers have been making quite a splash of late. The Skinny talks to The Drums' frontman Jonathan Pierce about hype, Orange Juice and his rightfully selfish approach to creativity Read more »| 01 Jun 2010 -
Music
Refused: The Shape of Punk to Come
As Refused's magnum opus is dusted of for the 'deluxe' treatment, we take a look back at the landscape it was born into and its impact ever since Read more »| 01 Jun 2010
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Music
Tour Bus Anthems: Frightened Rabbit
It's nothing new or fancy, but I just recently downloaded The Best Of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, after Andy from the band got me into it. It's classic ... Read more »| 01 Jun 2010 -
MusicHarvey Milk - A Small Turn Of Human Kindness
This comes thundering out of a reluctant stereo like super-massive sauropods in a war for territory. Feet push off hillsides as their long necks swing amidst... Read more »| 01 Jun 2010 -
Clubs
RockNess Monsters
Competing with the Slam Tent at T in the Park is no easy task when it comes to festival line ups but RockNess has risen to the challenge with a varied line-up Read more »| 01 Jun 2010 -
Music
Johnny Flynn – Been Listening
Much like its predecessor, A Larum, Johnny Flynn’s sophomore album treads a fine line between rustic pomposity and gritty inventiveness. Reinforced by ... Read more »| 01 Jun 2010 -
Music
David Tort – Nervous Nitelife
The Nervous Nitelife series continues with a mix by Spanish DJ David Tort, who is apparently the first DJ to be sponsored by Nike. Why a DJ needs a sports co... Read more »| 01 Jun 2010 -
Theatre
Holy Art
The Sounding brings religion back into the arts Read more »| 01 Jun 2010 -
MusicThe Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster @ Stereo, 25 May
There's something distinctly ostentatious about Eighties Matchbox. Whether it’s the jauntily angled hats, decorative shirts or flamboyant hair, it's a ... Read more »| 31 May 2010 -
Music
King Britt – The Intricate Beauty
Apparently, The Intricate Beauty is the “final conventional dance album King Britt will ever make”. Thank God for that. Of the eleven tra... Read more »| 31 May 2010 -
Music
Club 8 – The People's Record
Sweden’s Club 8 have a reputation as a fairly happy bunch (deceptively miserable domestic hit Jesus Walk With Me notwithstanding). But with titles like... Read more »| 31 May 2010