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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MusicHector Bizerk / Strange Empire / Woven Tents @ Nice 'N' Sleazy, 12 January
Tonight opens with the bluesy and operatic rock stylings of Strange Empire. They've brought their fans. Each chrous is greeted with a raucous, booze-enhanced... Read more »| 21 Jan 2013 -
MusicChris Devotion and The Expectations / Poor Things / Black International / Fat Goth @ King Tut's, 11 January
Six quid wouldn't buy you two drinks in most venues. Yet that’s all it costs for entry to a gig with no less than four stellar bands on the bill. But... Read more »| 21 Jan 2013 -
MusicTrack-by-track: Rick Redbeard reveals No Selfish Heart
From its genesis eight years ago to the finish line last spring, Rick Redbeard presents a personal tour of his debut LP Read more »| 21 Jan 2013 -
MusicIceage – You're Nothing
If New Brigade was Iceage's statement of intent – raw, immediate, packed with nihilistic attitude – You're Nothing is their manifesto proper. It'... Read more »| 21 Jan 2013 -
ArtThe Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 21 January
Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite weighs in on HMV crisis; Glasto open 'Emerging Talent' competition; BFI unveil 'Future Film' lineup; Vince Clarke announces new albums, plus new videos from Dinosaur Jr., Brian Eno and Thought Forms Read more »| 21 Jan 2013 -
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Twisted Sisters: An Interview with the Soska Siblings
The Soska siblings take their scalpels to misogyny in the horror genre Read more »| 21 Jan 2013
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Film
Zero Dark Thirty
Kathryn Bigelow's astounding new film opens with the horrific sounds of 9/11 played over a black screen and it ends with the death of Osama bin Laden; its su... Read more »| 21 Jan 2013 -
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American Mary
Perhaps those willing to endure cold steel against warm flesh for aesthetic self expression are the ultimate fashion victims. Yet twisted twin directors Jen ... Read more »| 20 Jan 2013 -
Music
In Pictures: Miaoux Miaoux @ King Tut’s, Sunday 6 January
Miaoux Miaoux @ King Tut’s New Year's Revolution, 6 January Photography by Vito Andreoni Read more »| 18 Jan 2013 -
Music
Christopher Owens – Lysandre
Despite quitting last summer, it seems Christopher Owens isn’t quite ready to leave his time in Girls behind, with his solo debut loosely inspired by... Read more »| 18 Jan 2013 -
Music
Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory – Elements of Light
The first material from Berlin's Hendrik Weber, aka Pantha Du Prince, since 2010's well-received Black Noise travels even further into the ethereal realms of... Read more »| 18 Jan 2013 -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 18 January
In today's Bulletin: New music from Darkstar, Youth Lagoon and The Black Dog; lineups announced for All Tomorrow's Parties, Sonar and Open'er Festival; trailers for new films by Walid Salhab and Park Chan-Wook, plus weekend gig picks Read more »| 18 Jan 2013 -
Film
Lincoln
Much has been made in the US press of Daniel Day-Lewis’s decision to adopt a high, reedy voice (instead of a stentorian baritone) to portray sixteenth ... Read more »| 18 Jan 2013 -
Film
What Richard Did
In the world of cinema, Richard (Jack Reynor), the 18-year-old title character in Lenny Abrahamson’s hugely impressive third feature, is an anomaly. He... Read more »| 17 Jan 2013 -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 16 January
In today's Bulletin: Primal Scream to headline Wickerman 2013, Yeah Yeah Yeahs go reggae, alternative Burns with Wounded Knee, HMV to call in the receivers, plus new music from Nick Cave, Pissed Jeans and Four Tet Read more »| 16 Jan 2013