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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Music
Interview: James Yorkston - Sympathy for the Leopard
This one is definitely a James Yorkston album - all the arrangements are mine, I did most of the work! Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
Kelley Stoltz @ King Tuts
too polite, constrained and timid: no dazzling solos, no profound insights into life Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Film
TV releases
The universally lauded 'Best TV Show of All Time' just keeps on going Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Film
Three Extremes (Dir. Fruit Chan, Park Chan-Wook, Takeshi Miike)
A great starter for three if you have yet to be introduced to Asian horror as a genre, or to any of the directors of 'Three Extremes'. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Clubs
Lupe Fiasco - Daydreamin'
Lupe Fiasco, rising star of anti-thug hip-hop, chops out a single that looks set to follow his debut Kick Push onto radio playlists everywhere Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Clubs
Part-time Heroes - Realise EP
These two producers have chucked out an enjoyable four-track EP which flashes with moments of inspiration, but never actually catches flame. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006
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Clubs
Hot Chip: Over and Over
Club anthem? More apt as soundtrack to that last spliff of the night before falling asleep àon a weeknight at that! Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
The Answer - Under the Sky
Their influences are self-evident but The Answer are far from derivative. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
The Answering Machine - Oklahoma
a generic indie-pop romp, painfully dated and relying on a shop-worn average-guy personality and a four-square beat. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
MusicTina Dico - Give In
a facsimile of the emotional ballad, where the record sleeve is more interesting than the CD Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
Mississippi Witch - Just for Roosevelt
Mississippi Witch create a loud, surreal yet surprisingly addictive sound.
Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
MusicAnne McCue - Koala Motel
the push to a more accessible sound often swamps her uniqueness and replaces intimacy with radio-friendly blandness. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Film
Choice DVDs Out Now
a great piece of innovative horror that should appeal to fans of 'Tattoo' and 'Se7en' Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
MusicOceansize - Music for a Nurse
forgettable vocals, unfocused swirls and lonely guitars. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
The Restless Natives - Stranded
unable to break away from oversimplified, three-chord, unremarkable tunes Read more »| 13 Oct 2006