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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MusicEmmy the Great - First Love
First Love is a good song – Emmy’s sweet and sincere vocals come across well over sombre acoustic guitar, and the baroque electric accentuates th... Read more »| 09 Feb 2009 -
Music
Dark Was The Night - A Chronicle
Aaron and Bryce Dessner of the National, and John Carlin of Red Hot Organisation, describe the process of creating one of the most anticipated compilation al... Read more »| 06 Feb 2009 -
Music...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - The Century of Self
A work of Himalayan scale Read more »| 06 Feb 2009 -
Music
Copy Haho @ Sneaky Pete's, 2 Feb
Opening with their first two singles - 2006's Bookshelf and last year's You Are My Coal Mine - Stonehaven's Copy Haho flow right in to the lead track from th... Read more »| 06 Feb 2009 -
Music
Moffat's Lament: A Clifftop Valentine
In years to come, Aidan Moffat's name will surely become synonymous with Burns as one of the nation's great bards. Until such times, Moffat ponders a career as a gift card writer with the offering of this Valentine's Day poem. Read more »| 06 Feb 2009 -
Music
Asobi Seksu – Hush
Asobi Seksu deserve to be listened to without the ghosts of the 1980s lurking in your earlobes Read more »| 06 Feb 2009
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MusicJohn Frusciante – The Empyrean
John Frusciante’s solo work has always been far more interesting than that of his day job with the Red Hot Chili Peppers: ranging from scratchy home re... Read more »| 06 Feb 2009 -
Music
The Cribs / The Thermals @ ABC, 4 Feb
While singer Hutch Harris occasionally flirts with Brian Molko-whininess, tonight The Thermals confidently steer themselves from the precipice of annoyingnes... Read more »| 06 Feb 2009 -
Theatre
Go Dance
Margaret Kirk is a terrible old performance art bore. Nevertheless, she loved this community show. Read more »| 05 Feb 2009 -
MusicTrail of Dead Unveil The Century of Self: Exclusive Track-By-Track Preview
…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead return this month with The Century of Self, inspired by what front man Conrad Keely considers “a sens... Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
Music
Aidan Moffat and the Best-Ofs - How To Get To Heaven From Scotland
Moffat is certainly the star here, but The Best-Ofs provide inventive backing Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
Music
The Secret's Out: School of Seven Bells interviewed
Currently flourishing under the celestial guise of School Of Seven Bells, one-time Secret Machines rocker Ben Curtis educates Billy Hamilton on the unique functionalities of his new girl-fronted band Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
Film
Che: Parts One and Two
In the four decades since his death, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara has remained an icon of popular culture while our knowledge of the man has become as t... Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
MusicThe Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event
L.A. quintet The Airborne Toxic Event have already been touted as potentially one of this coming year's biggest successes on the back of single Sometime Arou... Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
Books
Evolve Your Reading!
This year's big reading project is The Lost World Read, where we'll all be encouraged to get involved with one aptly chosen book... Read more »| 04 Feb 2009