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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FilmDylan at the Movies
Always changing, ever enigmatic, and consistently relevant, Robert Allen Zimmerman, aka Bob Dylan, turns seventy this month. In celebration, the GFT is presenting a season of films looking back over the career of the inimitable songwriter and musician Read more »| 26 Apr 2011 -
BooksThe Book of Lies by Mary Horlock
“There’s something about this island makes you go a bit mental…” As ringing endorsements go, it’s not the kind of rema... Read more »| 26 Apr 2011 -
MusicThe Mountain Goats – All Eternals Deck
John Darnielle, the man behind the Goats, is nothing if not prolific. His voice may appear limited in range and tone, but if you can learn to appreciate its ... Read more »| 26 Apr 2011 -
Music
Title Fight – Shed
Whether or not you get the full Shed experience depends on a number of factors. Do you regard Saves the Day as pioneers, and Walter Schreifels as the second ... Read more »| 25 Apr 2011 -
MusicTrue Widow – As High As the Highest Heavens And From The Center To the Circumference of the Earth
Dallas-based doomy slow-core trio True Widow have apparently attempted to convey the sprawling loneliness and desolate beauty of the American prairie on this... Read more »| 25 Apr 2011 -
Music
Psychedelic Horseshit – Laced
When Matt Horseshit and Ryan Jewell of Psychedelic Horseshit labelled their abrasive-yet-melodic music ‘shitgaze’, they did themselves quite the ... Read more »| 25 Apr 2011
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Music
Mojo Fury – Visiting Hours of a Travelling Circus
Northern Ireland's Mojo Fury do exactly as they claim on the tin, and from opener The Mann this album delivers the kind of relentless rock’n’roll... Read more »| 25 Apr 2011 -
BooksBlack Watch by Tom Renouf
Tom Renouf well remembers his first taste of alcohol; it was home-brewed cider provided by French farmers as he and his fellow Black Watch soldiers c... Read more »| 25 Apr 2011 -
Music
EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints
Erika M. Anderson's solo debut as EMA continues to explore similar territory to her previous outfits Amps for Christ and Gowns: the epic, burned-out hinterla... Read more »| 25 Apr 2011 -
Theatre
Chouf Ouchouf @ Macrobert
Traditional dance and acrobatics are increasingly under threat. Every year, another company rolls up at the Fringe, with a spectacular show, based on a natio... Read more »| 25 Apr 2011 -
Music
The Douglas Firs – Happy As A Windless Flag
Considering it was recorded in bits and pieces over a seven year period, Happy As A Windless Flag is remarkably coherent, flowing together with a finely-cali... Read more »| 25 Apr 2011 -
Music
For Abel – Greater Inventions
Back when For Abel were still Nacional (blame The National’s management for the name change – though the cap-tip to Alligator in the new moniker ... Read more »| 25 Apr 2011 -
Music
Mark E – Stone Breaker
Great unmixed full-length house albums are as rare as hens’ teeth, but with Stone Breaker Mark E has delivered the goods in fine style. This may be his... Read more »| 25 Apr 2011 -
Film
Balibo
From the outset, Balibo impresses both the truth and the seriousness of the events featured. Three timelines are established: present day East Timor, where a... Read more »| 25 Apr 2011 -
Books
Island of Wings by Karin Altenberg
Karin Altenberg's story of a newly-wed minister and his pregnant wife is a leap of faith. For the couple it's a chance to set up stall on a remote island. Fo... Read more »| 25 Apr 2011