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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MusicK-X-P – II
Recorded between Berlin and their native Helsinki, K-X-P's sophomore record takes the heavily krautock-influenced template of their debut, and gives it a thr... Read more »| 22 Jan 2013 -
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 -
Music
Iceage – 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 -
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The 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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Film
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 -
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 -
Film
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