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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BooksDay by Day by Sister Stan
Promising to be ‘a treasury of mediations on mindfulness to comfort and inspire,’ Day by Day is formatted in 365 short sections intended to be re... Read more »| 27 Nov 2013 -
MusicThe Fauns – Lights
Alison Garner’s mannered, half-whispered vocals are the first clue that The Fauns are very much in thrall to the apparently immortal influence of the e... Read more »| 27 Nov 2013 -
Music
Goat – Live Ballroom Ritual
The release of this Swedish psych-rock collective’s debut World Music last year attracted a flurry of attention, not least because of the band’s ... Read more »| 27 Nov 2013 -
MusicRobert Pollard – Blazing Gentlemen
Even by his own effusive standards, 2013 has been a busy year for Robert Pollard. Incredibly, Blazing Gentlemen is the Ohioan’s sixth full-length ... Read more »| 27 Nov 2013 -
Comedy
Rik Carranza: A Wee Bit of Relief
In the wake of the Typhoon Haiyan disaster, one Scots-Filipino comedian is determined to raise awareness and money for the Philippines disaster relief effort. The Skinny chats to Rik Carranza to find out more about his plans for Wee Bit of Relief Read more »| 26 Nov 2013 -
Music
Kosheen – Solitude
Since their formation in 1999, this Bristol-based electronica trio have explored a variety of genres, including trip-hop, drum n’ bass and breakbeat, w... Read more »| 26 Nov 2013
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Music
Super Adventure Club – Straight From The Dick
On their previous album, Super Adventure Club recommended avoiding zombies; now, alas, they’ve become one, with Straight From The Dick arriving posthum... Read more »| 26 Nov 2013 -
MusicBrendan Canning – You Gots 2 Chill
When exactly does Brendan Canning sleep? It seems faintly ludicrous that despite his myriad bands, soundtrack projects and DJ commitments – not to ment... Read more »| 26 Nov 2013 -
Music
No Joy – Wait to Pleasure
11 tracks of absolutely top-quality shoegaze from Montreal's No Joy, unabashedly plundering everything from My Bloody Valentine (the faded female vocals and ... Read more »| 26 Nov 2013 -
Music
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Live from KCRW
Recorded in LA for radio station KCRW earlier this year, this fourth Cave live set splices selections from recent studio album Push the Sky Away with choice ... Read more »| 26 Nov 2013 -
MusicMETZ @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 22 November
The last time Toronto trio METZ were in town, they were at the other end of a three-band bill, opening up for Meat Puppets and Mudhoney at Academy 2. To... Read more »| 26 Nov 2013 -
Books
Sufficient Grace by Amy Espeseth
Present and populous since before the creation of the novel itself, the coming-of-age tale has been told and re-told more times and in more ways than just ab... Read more »| 26 Nov 2013 -
Music
Adrian Crowley & James Yorkston – My Yoke Is Heavy: The Songs of Daniel Johnston
Four years after its initial low-key release, Adrian Crowley and James Yorkston’s homage to Daniel Johnston is made widely available for the first time... Read more »| 26 Nov 2013 -
Music
Death Grips – Government Plates
If cancelled shows and major label snubs are anything to go by, budding Death Grips initiates would be wise to expect the unexpected. Case in point: Governme... Read more »| 25 Nov 2013 -
Music
O2 Love Music Column – December 2013
December wastes no time in getting up and moving; the first day of the month takes us back to 1988 when the Happy Mondays released second album&nbs... Read more »| 25 Nov 2013