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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Good Shoes @ ABC2
If this was the best, I wouldn't have liked to witness the rest Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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We Insist! - Oh! Things Are So Corruptible
It's where the horns let go on tracks like the sax splattered Half Awake that the band tread their own path. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
MusicThe Zico Chain - Food
Relatively speaking, Food is a killer riff fest. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Kid Carpet / The Damn Shames @ Cabaret Voltaire
From 'Shit-hop' to 'Disco Voodoo' Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Kings of Leon @ SECC
It's suddenly difficult to imagine them returning to anything smaller than this Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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The Young Republic - 12 Tales From Winter City
A mixed bag, but one worth delving into. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008
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Malcolm Middleton @ The Liquid Room
Rather ironically, everyone leaves with a smile on their face. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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The Parsonage - This Ain't No Lovey Dovey
An enjoyable listen, certainly, but it's hard to imagine quite what they're hoping to achieve Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Okkervil River @ Nice n' Sleazy
Seeing this force of nature in action is worth the sweat saturated air Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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The Human Value - Push And Pull
Grounded in a thorough understanding of the power of the riff. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
MusicThe Dead 60s - Time to Take Sides
Seems the 60s don't really know what they want to be. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Sia - Some People Have Real Problems
Uplifting and melancholy in equal measure. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Robots In Disguise - We're In The Music Biz
They should really have left their musical careers behind in the world of northern jazzmen and talking gorillas. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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One More Grain - Isle of Grain
Could propel the Grain to another level. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Marah - Angels of Destruction
Only rarely breaks out of its everyman reassurance to achieve anything memorable. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008