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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MusicWashington Irving – Little Wanderer, Head Thee Home EP
With their debut EP, Washington Irving show a storytelling impetus similar to that of their namesake; considered lyrics paint a picture at the intersection b... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
MusicCrystal Fighters – Star of Love
And so – joining Crystal Castles, Crystal Antlers and Crystal Stilts to form a veritable Crystal kingdom – Crystal Fighters break out their debut... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
Music
Eels @ O2 Academy, 24 Aug
Mark ‘E’ Everett has the blues, it’s no secret, with the untimely deaths of his father and sister, and the loss of his mother to cancer, it... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
Music
Bad Religion @ O2 ABC, 25 Aug
Brett Gurewitz and Greg Graffin perfectly epitomise the differing tolls that time can take on your ageing rock star. Mr Brett has the rugged, gracefully-grey... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
Art
David Shrigley: A Catalogue of Ideas
Glasgow-based artist David Shrigley is a rare thing in the art world: someone whose work people – normal(ish) people – actually love. He's made sculptures, music videos, drawings and books too numerous to count, and much more besides. He kindly made time to have a chat with The Skinny about his new anthology, What The Hell Are You Doing? Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
MusicLights Out Asia – In The Days Of Jupiter
Lights Out Asia are a band saddled with genres: post-rock, shoegaze and ambient are all adjectives frequently flung at the Milwaukee trio, although neither s... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010
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Music
I Love UFO – Dirty Animals
It's said that the French can't do rock, which sounds pretty unfair, until you start digging around and find a dearth of notable guitar-slinging groups haili... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
Music
Magic Kids – Memphis
Magic Kids are yet another Beach Boys influenced act making waves right now, by serving up a diet of sun, surf and nostalgia. The Tennessee six-piece might l... Read more »| 29 Aug 2010 -
Music
Chilly Gonzales – Ivory Tower
Spectacle is something Chilly Gonzales doesn’t shy away from – an acclaimed virtuoso pianist, ‘super producer’, soft-pop crooner and ... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
MusicEdwyn Collins – Losing Sleep
Indie-legend Edwyn Collins is pretty extraordinary by any yardstick. It’s disappointing, however, that recent expressions of amazement have focussed le... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
Music
Ólöf Arnalds – Innundir Skinni
Holding true to the winning blueprint of debut album, Við Og Við, Icelander Ólöf Arnalds once again employs Kjartan Sveinsson of Sigur R&... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
Clubs
Shed - The Traveller
Shed's sophomore album delivers Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
Clubs
Todd Terje @ Melting Pot, 4 Sep
Those of you who thought the mighty Melting Pot crew would not be able to top last year’s appearance of French disco icon Dimitri from Paris should mak... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
Music
Grinderman – Grinderman 2
As The Bad Seeds fast approach their 30th year, their music has become naturally more bombastic and grandiose. The Grinderman offshoot was, in some r... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
Theatre
Kafka and Son
He had a Bad Dad Read more »| 27 Aug 2010