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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MusicHMS Ginafore & King Creosote - Love + Hate = Hate
Don't expect any I Got You Babe moments Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
MusicMeursault: Chatting With Tongues
In these financially dubious days where loyalty is worth less than the flagging Pound, Meursault's devotion to Edinburgh is admirable. Billy Hamilton catches up with frontman Neil Pennycook to uncover just what it is that keeps his band under the watch of Auld Reekie Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
MusicAsobi Seksu - Me & Mary
A modest triumph Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
Music
Easy Rider: A Few of Jay Reatard's Favourite Things
We're not implying that there's any kind of clue in his name, just that prolific Tennessee garage punk Jay Reatard doesn't do complicated. Brevity is a rule ... Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
MusicTrost - Trust Me
Annika Line Trost is half of German digi-punks Cobra Killer, going it alone for the second time with new album Trust Me. She is a strikingly beautiful Berlin... Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
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Subliminal Girls - Self Obsession is an Art Form
Skirts the edges of scene cool whilst keeping a cynical distance. Read more »| 04 Nov 2008
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Music
Essie Jain - The Inbetween
Originally from London before she immersed herself in New York café-folk culture, Essie Jain garnered favourable comparisons with the likes of Joni Mi... Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
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The Apple Scruffs - Big Hearts
Even bigger choruses Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
Music
Metronomy @ Cabaret Voltaire, 29 Oct
Metronomy belong to that new breed of band: the band who love synthesizers; who make music with the party in mind; who do remixes; who probably started as on... Read more »| 03 Nov 2008 -
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The Soda Boys - Everybody Cha Cha
How is it that a single featuring the vocal delights of David Jude Jolicoeur from the legendary De La Soul can be so below average? De La Soul were truly ori... Read more »| 03 Nov 2008 -
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Mirror Mirror - The Society For The Advancement Of Inflammatory Consciousness
There are more than enough moments of smirk-inducing bravery to keep this record interesting throughout Read more »| 03 Nov 2008 -
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General Fiasco - Rebel Get By
If feeling generous, General Fiasco might warrant the epithets “competent”, or perhaps “unpretentious”, but one listen to the vapid indie-by-numbers of Rebel... Read more »| 03 Nov 2008 -
Art
Richard Forster | Ruth Claxton @ Ingleby Gallery
On the floor of the Ingleby's Gallery 2 lies a spunk-like trail of mother of pearl droplets inset into the boards. This remnant of the inaugural exhibition,... Read more »| 03 Nov 2008 -
Film
Shine A Light
Legendary director Martin Scorsese has picked the Rolling Stones for his next music documentary after the success of 2005’s Dylan documentary, No Direc... Read more »| 03 Nov 2008 -
BooksSolo Faces by James Salter
Verne Rand is a born climber, a man so at ease on tricky ascents that it’s as if he’s part of the mountains. He’s the fascinating (fictiona... Read more »| 03 Nov 2008