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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MusicThe Stepkids – Troubadour
The second LP from this Connecticut trio plays with jazz, soul and vintage pop signatures in a glossy, superficial manner that struggles to extend its emotio... Read more »| 04 Sep 2013 -
FilmIkarie XB-1
Blandly retitled as Voyage to the End of the Universe in some English-speaking markets, the snappily-monikered Ikarie XB-1 (the title alludes to Icarus,... Read more »| 04 Sep 2013 -
FilmTrue Lies: Jeanie Finlay unmasks The Great Hip Hop Hoax
Jeanie Finlay's breakthrough film examined the plight of the independent record shop. In The Great Hip-Hop Hoax, she turns her attention to Scottish hip-hoppers turned fake US rap stars, Silibil N' Brains Read more »| 04 Sep 2013 -
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The Art of Letting Go: RM Hubbert on Breaks & Bone
After a duo of acclaimed records inspired by loss and reconnections, RM Hubbert explains why third solo album Breaks & Bone is about moving on Read more »| 04 Sep 2013 -
MusicThree in the Room: Dom Butler on Factory Floor's steady evolution
Factory Floor’s self-titled debut LP is one of the most anticipated of 2013. The band's Dom Butler describes how they had to go against instinct in order to finish it Read more »| 04 Sep 2013 -
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Sky Larkin – Motto
Every track on Motto could serve as a fine introduction to Sky Larkin’s brand of dynamic indie rock – and given neither The Golden Spike nor Kale... Read more »| 04 Sep 2013
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King Khan and the Shrines – Idle No More
This Berlin-based collective, known for their anarchic live performances, combine influences including Sun Ra, James Brown, the Velvet Underground and the Mo... Read more »| 04 Sep 2013 -
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RM Hubbert – Breaks & Bone
Stripping arrangements back to one man and a guitar again (after the broader, guest-filled canvas of Thirteen Lost & Found), Breaks & Bone firmly und... Read more »| 04 Sep 2013 -
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Jesu – Everyday I Get Closer To The Light From Which I Came
2011's Ascension showcased the guitar-led melancholia present on past Jesu staples, but it lacked the awe-inspiring sense of atmosphere that made Justin Broa... Read more »| 04 Sep 2013 -
MusicManic Street Preachers – Rewind the Film
With five singers and a musical style that veers from folk, through motown via euphoric indie rock and back to cinematic brooding, the Manics' eleventh album... Read more »| 04 Sep 2013 -
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CHVRCHES – The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES full-length debut is one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of 2013, partly due to the familiarity of such slices of perfect synth-pop as The ... Read more »| 04 Sep 2013 -
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Crystal Stilts – Nature Noir
Nature Noir – New York post-punks Crystal Stilts' third LP in the decade they’ve been together – may shed some of the bluesier element... Read more »| 04 Sep 2013 -
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Stage and Intervention: SPACE IS NOT A VOID at The Royal Standard
A new exhibition at The Royal Standard in Liverpool seeks to question both the notion of collage and the very space it occupies. Curator Madeline Hall introduces us to exhibiting artists Laura Aldridge, Emily Musgrave and Lauren Printy Currie Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
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David Byrne & St. Vincent @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 29 Aug
The suit’s closer fitting and his hair’s long silvered over, but otherwise the David Byrne standing on the Concert Hall’s stage tonight is ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
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Under the Influence: Jason Newsted
Raised in Metallica's ranks for 14 years, one of heavy metal's great ambassadors presents a personal guide to “some of the building blocks of what our music has become." Strap in... Read more »| 03 Sep 2013