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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MusicJames Lavelle: What Became of the Man From UNKLE
Having just returned from a club tour of the States, James Lavelle sounds as though hes in good form as he chews his lunch down the phone; "It was quite inte... Read more »| 27 Jul 2006 -
Clubs
Zero 7 - You're My Flame
Zero 7: now synonymous with coffee shops, bad taste and, on this evidence, sleep-inducement Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Music
Exit Ten - This World They'll... Drown
not a monster, more a mouldy daddy long-legs that might give your wee sister a night-time fright Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Music
Justice vs. Simian - We Are Your Friends
Points awarded for being genuinely disturbing Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
MusicThe Rifles - She's Got Standards
The Rifles fail to invoke the energy or relevance of Strummer, Weller & co Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Music
The Storys - Cinnamon (The Fever Mix) (Korova Records)
The Storys make David Gray sound like some sort of evil arch villain Read more »| 15 Jul 2006
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Music
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
builds up a beehive of buzzing pop-pleasantries which makes you laugh, makes you cry, changes your life for an instant Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Music
Ben Lee @ King Tut's
You couldn't help the mind wander, pondering àis this man always this chirpy? Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Music
The Rifles - No Love Lost
No Love Lost then, just not enough gained Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Music
The Pipettes - We Are The Pipettes
More bubble than a freshly opened bottle of Lambrini Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Music
The Basement - Illicit Hugs and Playground Thugs
Folk music that's as timeless and resilient as the stones of Giant's Causeway Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
MusicSucioperro - Random Acts of Intimacy
Sucioperro' is Spanish for 'dirty bitch'. Now that's not something you'll forget in a hurry Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Clubs
SKINNYFest Launch Party! Thursday August 3rd
Yeah so it goes, another Festival, another party. Happily this year, there really is something to celebrate; Skinny has teamed up with festival aficionados F... Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Theatre
Oh! What a Shame!
this radical take on Shakespeare fails to engage Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Theatre
I LOVE PLAYS
an artform that forces us to focus and challenge that complacency ought to be valued, not dismissed out of hand Read more »| 15 Jul 2006