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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FilmRabid Dogs
Italian horror maestro Mario Bava’s grindhouse thriller Rabid Dogs (1974) ironically wasn’t released until long after the grindhouse was sent to ... Read more »| 30 Oct 2014 -
FilmHorns
An adaptation of Joe Hill’s novel of the same name, Horns is a fantasy fable that works well for scattered stretches of its very bloated runtime, but i... Read more »| 30 Oct 2014 -
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Nightcrawler
Screenwriter Dan Gilroy makes a ferocious directorial debut with Nightcrawler (which he also wrote), a unique hybrid of ghoulish comedy, L.A. noir, news medi... Read more »| 30 Oct 2014 -
MusicThe Wands – The Dawn
Danish wise guys who know the difference between drone and droning on. While the rest of this psych generation seem content to thrash away at single chords f... Read more »| 30 Oct 2014 -
MusicAlex G – DSU
Most of what goes on in student halls is best left unknown. But over at Temple State, Philadelphia, behind one particular dorm door, a 21-year-old by the nam... Read more »| 30 Oct 2014 -
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Dean Blunt – Black Metal
Preparing yourself for the unexpected from Dean Blunt is almost a given, and Black Metal is yet again another fascinating sidestep. Despite previous intimati... Read more »| 30 Oct 2014
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MusicDeptford Goth – Songs
There’s life after Life After Defo: Deptford Goth returns with sophomore album Songs and it’s a much more, er, lively affair. Behi... Read more »| 30 Oct 2014 -
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Deerhoof – La Isla Bonita
Fifteen seconds into the scuffed R‘n’B of Paradise Girls, you might be forgiven for assuming you’ve got the gist of Deerhoof’s 13th a... Read more »| 30 Oct 2014 -
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Stanley Odd – A Thing Brand New
Stanley Odd MC Solareye is known for a refreshing lack of pretension in a hip-hop world still associated with big egos and outlandish boasting. He exudes a l... Read more »| 30 Oct 2014 -
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So Far, So Good: A closer look at Edwyn Collins documentary The Possibilities Are Endless
In 2005, a stroke robbed Edwyn Collins of memories and words. One phrase that stuck was 'the possibilities are endless' – a maxim that now gives its name to a documentary portrait of his recovery. We find out more from those either side of the camera Read more »| 29 Oct 2014 -
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Wildbirds & Peacedrums – Rhythm
Founded on a primal combination of vocals and percussion yet full of imaginative arrangements and production twists, Swedish duo Wildbirds and Peacedrums&rsq... Read more »| 29 Oct 2014 -
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Johnny Marr @ Manchester O2 Apollo, 25 October
"So, look where I find myself on a Saturday night!" Johnny Marr can barely contain himself. After spending his post-Smiths years as the ultimate journeyman m... Read more »| 29 Oct 2014 -
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Belle and Sebastian announced for Liverpool Sound City 2015
Further to the unveiling of their ninth studio album, Belle and Sebastian are the first announcement to be made for Liverpool Sound City 2015, which takes pl... Read more »| 29 Oct 2014 -
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Ariel Pink – pom pom
This double album magnum opus from the one-time king of lo-fi haunted graffiti is essentially an Ariel Pink best-of, albeit with an entirely new batch of son... Read more »| 29 Oct 2014 -
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The Wharves – At Bay
Despite their London postcode, there’s an aching for space in The Wharves’ neatly put together vocal harmonies and muddy guitar chug. At Bay take... Read more »| 29 Oct 2014