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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MusicMachine Head – Unto The Locust
For a band who’ve been given their fair share of flak for changing with the times, you have to at least hand it to Machine Head for continuing their un... Read more »| 21 Sep 2011 -
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Screaming Trees – Last Words: The Final Recordings
Having bookended the ‘grunge era’ with the albums Sweet Oblivion and Dust, yet failing to capitalise on the situation, Screaming Trees officially... Read more »| 21 Sep 2011 -
MusicWake the President – Zumutung!
Channelling their Josef K, Orange Juice and Arab Strap infused sound through an increasingly discordant frequency, Wake the President to and fro between thri... Read more »| 21 Sep 2011 -
MusicBig Troubles – Romantic Comedy
New Jersey boys Big Troubles are bang on trend, sharing space with the likes of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and surf-pop darlings The Drums, taking ins... Read more »| 21 Sep 2011 -
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Howling Bells / Cold Specks @ Òran Mór, 19 September
Canada's Cold Specks (****) is something of a pleasant surprise; 23-year-old singer Al Spx has one of those powerful old (but young) soul voices that can st... Read more »| 21 Sep 2011 -
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We Were Promised Jetpacks – In the Pit of the Stomach
If you name your second album In The Pit Of The Stomach, anything less than gut-punching is going to disappoint. Opener Circles And Squares is a long way fro... Read more »| 21 Sep 2011
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MusicBlueflint – Maudy Tree
Blueflint's debut album, High Bright Morning, was deservedly lauded for its assured rustic charm. Maudy Tree draws, like its predecessor, upon bluegrass and ... Read more »| 21 Sep 2011 -
Film
Crazy, Stupid, Love
There's a moment in Crazy, Stupid, Love where a plot revelation is so beautifully timed it almost redeems the sheer phoniness of what has gone before, but th... Read more »| 20 Sep 2011 -
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The John Knox Sex Club – Raise Ravens
At a mere six tracks long, this second album from Glasgow’s John Knox Sex Club packs its weight within its densely layered, yet loose recordings. Compa... Read more »| 20 Sep 2011 -
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Blood in the Mobile
Blood in the Mobile is a film of contrasts. The scorched heat and violence of Africa juxtaposes sharply with the glacial serenity of the Finnish Nokia HQ, al... Read more »| 20 Sep 2011 -
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Saluting Nevermind
A cursory glance at almost any “top albums” list of the last twenty years will almost always involve one familiar shot of a baby swimming after a dollar bill Read more »| 20 Sep 2011 -
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Dum Dum Girls – Only In Dreams
On their second outing, Los Angeles’ Dum Dum Girls absorb themselves with a clutch of more mature concerns than evidenced by their no-frills debut I Wi... Read more »| 19 Sep 2011 -
MusicRemember Remember: Graeme Fears Satan
Before their glorious second album lands, Graeme Ronald explains the changing shape of Remember Remember and his obsession with the deil Read more »| 19 Sep 2011 -
Film
As If I Am Not There
Samira is a young woman from Sarajevo who moves to a tiny village to take up a post as a supply teacher. It is her first job and her first time away from her... Read more »| 19 Sep 2011 -
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Man Of Aran
Not a new release but a recent discovery here at The Skinny's DVD reviews, this disc accompanies the British Sea Power album of the same name and features a ... Read more »| 19 Sep 2011