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 Wrong Boyfriends – Wrong Fucking Century Darling
With a packing-crate full of irreverent, if oddly relevant, lyrics and a sound that doesn’t know whether it’s worshipping Nick Cave or The Clash,... Read more »| 23 Jun 2011 -
MusicHey Colossus – RRR
Despite churning albums out at a startling rate, the quality control on Hey Colossus’ assembly line of acid-doom rarely dips below the magic mark... Read more »| 23 Jun 2011 -
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Richard Anthony Jay – Imperfect Beauty
During the recording of Imperfect Beauty, Richard Anthony Jay apparently had “music theory textbooks never far from his side”, which anecdotally ... Read more »| 23 Jun 2011 -
MusicLas Kellies – Kellies
There are few words more abhorrent than ‘sassy’, loaded as it is with US sitcom clichés, but it’s difficult to find a more appropria... Read more »| 23 Jun 2011 -
MusicVarious Artists – The Tolbooth Sessions 2011
Bono and Lars Ulrich no doubt remain unimpressed with the impact of new patterns of music consumption on their LP sales; for new bands, however, the heighten... Read more »| 22 Jun 2011 -
MusictUnE-yArDs @ Captain's Rest, 15 Jun
Thousands’ dual acoustic lullabies evoke gentle breezes, sun-dappled lakes, and other lovely things that unfortunately, placed against the abundant per... Read more »| 22 Jun 2011
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Dananananaykroyd – There Is A Way
With the gut-punching intensity of their 2009 debut and those kinetic, literally bone-breaking shows, it’s perhaps not surprising that Dananananaykroyd... Read more »| 22 Jun 2011 -
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Foster the People – Torches
Foster the People’s sudden popularity and indie-disco affinities have prompted comparisons to MGMT, a resemblance sustained by their debut&rsqu... Read more »| 22 Jun 2011 -
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Zomby – Dedication
Despite a reputation for egotism and extreme unreliabilty in actually turning up to his own shows, Zomby has been lauded frequently as a 'genius' of the UK e... Read more »| 22 Jun 2011 -
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The Violet May – TV EP
That Sheffield could produce a band with a sound straight out of the Mojave Desert may seem incredulous but, make no mistake, these sleazy, swaggering riffs ... Read more »| 22 Jun 2011 -
Film
Chris O'Dowd joins the Apatow IT crowd
From IT slob to Hollywood love interest – The Skinny chats to Chris O'Dowd about his winning role in Bridesmaids Read more »| 22 Jun 2011 -
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Pensioner – Yearlings
The debut from Dundee math-rock quartet Pensioner provides some of the most indisputably silly song titles you'll ever encounter (this writer was particularl... Read more »| 22 Jun 2011 -
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Trapped Mice – Waving and Pointing EP
After Portrait of the Great Father saw Edinburgh’s Trapped Mice set out a confident but fairly conventional indie-rock stall, Waving and Pointing sees ... Read more »| 21 Jun 2011 -
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Breaking the Day – Survived By None
Since the days of Black Sabbath, Britain has been renowned as the birthplace of heaviness but it’s been a while since anything has come close to that s... Read more »| 21 Jun 2011 -
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Ramesses – Possessed by the Rise of Magick
There’s a stark, frost-ridden quality to opener Invisible Ritual that makes itself apparent within seconds, brought forth by buzzsaw guitars and vitrio... Read more »| 21 Jun 2011