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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MusicMedicine – To The Happy Few
Reunited by Captured Tracks to release their back catalogue, 90s LA shoegazers Medicine decided to record a new album, and the result is far from the wall-of... Read more »| 25 Jul 2013 -
MusicModerat – Moderat II
There were seven years between Moderat’s first EP and album, with the Modeselektor duo and Apparat’s Sascha Ring putting the gap down to “a... Read more »| 25 Jul 2013 -
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The Civil Wars – The Civil Wars
With three Grammys on their mantelpiece, The Civil Wars’ slick output has no shortage of admirers. The secrets of their success are obvious: both Joy W... Read more »| 25 Jul 2013 -
MusicChurch of Noise – August 2013
From the return of the much-missed John Knox Sex Club to a cheerio show from Texas Is the Reason, we take a whirlwind tour of the more esoteric sounds to be found on the circuit this August Read more »| 24 Jul 2013 -
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Washed Out – Paracosm
A paracosm is a psychological term for a spectacularly detailed imaginary world – think Tolkien’s Middle Earth or Westeros in George RR Mart... Read more »| 24 Jul 2013 -
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Newsted – Heavy Metal Music
The rock journeyman finally releases his solo debut. It’s just over a decade since Jason Newsted called time on his 15 years with Metallica, a gig he l... Read more »| 24 Jul 2013
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Barbarossa – Bloodlines
'We can’t forget where we’re coming from,' sings James Mathé (AKA Barbarossa) on single Pagliaccio, and he’s right: appreciating the... Read more »| 24 Jul 2013 -
MusicScott & Charlene's Wedding – Any Port In a Storm
If the opening one-two of Junk Shop and Lesbian Wife didn’t offer enough cues – the former all languid guitar and sneers, the latter breezie... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
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Clang Boom Steam @ MelloMello, Liverpool, 20 Jul
The launch of Liverpool-based Clang Boom Steam's self-titled debut album proves diverse and intense in equal measure, with the audience treated to an evening... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
Books
Four New Words For Love by Michael Cannon
"Things don't cost what you give for them, they cost what you give up to get them." So says Gina, an intelligent and resourceful young Glaswegian, who has pu... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
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The House of Journalists by Tim Finch
Located in a London terrace, the House of Journalists is a refuge for writers exiled from their home nations due to conflicts of interest with their oppressi... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
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Kiss Me First by Lottie Moggach
Leila is a socially isolated young woman who lives alone after the death of her mother. When the charismatic leader of an internet forum contacts her with a ... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
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The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. by Adelle Waldman
A product of a post-feminist, politically-correct upbringing, Nathaniel Piven is conscientious, intellectual and successful. He is also self-absorbed, snobbi... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
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Toby Gale – Starfruit EP
The debut release from this South London producer is an admirably concise affair: over four tracks, totalling only 12 minutes, Gale flits rapidly through rea... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
MusicShangaan Electro @ The Kazimier Garden, Liverpool, 20 Jul
One! Eight! Seven! One! Eight! Eight! One! Eight... NINE! It's a sweltering day's dusk and Shangaan Electro's Nozinja is hyping a crowd decked... Read more »| 22 Jul 2013