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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MusicFranz Ferdinand - Ulysses
After a seeming eternity out of the spotlight following the artistic sideways move that was You Could Have It So Much Better, the pressure is on Franz Ferdin... Read more »| 16 Jan 2009 -
MusicCuddly Shark - Woody Woodpecker / Bowl Of Cherries
Elgin-bred punks deliver prime chunks of raw, spluttering rock. Read more »| 16 Jan 2009 -
MusicFactory Records Communications 1978-1992
From the recorded travails of Ian Curtis to the indelible sense of fun that the 'Madchester' movement ushered in, Darren Carle reappraises the Factory vaults Read more »| 16 Jan 2009 -
Music
Lily Allen - The Fear
Lily Allen is back, and it seems Katy Perry’s recent “fat” comment isn’t Allen’s only fame-related grievance. “I don&rsqu... Read more »| 15 Jan 2009 -
FilmBetter Things
The cynic might argue that the British film industry appears to have been kept afloat in recent decades on a raft of social realism. And while directors such... Read more »| 15 Jan 2009 -
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Y'All Is Fantasy Island - Infanticidal Genuflector
Y'All Is Fantasy Island are a rock band, and Infanticidal Genuflector is a collection of experimental ambient soundscapes up to 20 minutes in length, their t... Read more »| 15 Jan 2009
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Music
Ross Clark - You Brought Evil
A brave, enjoyable and refreshing debut Read more »| 15 Jan 2009 -
Film
Looking for Eric
Eric Bishop is a lost postman who has begun to feel that events around him are running out of control. For one, there are his unruly stepsons and on top of ... Read more »| 15 Jan 2009 -
Film
Not Quite Hollywood
The history of Australian films is the history of girls walking around rocks, dingoes stealing babies and Jenny Agutter in a pool of water. At least it is if... Read more »| 14 Jan 2009 -
Music
My Vitriol: Back For Good?
After six years in the wilderness, My Vitriol recently dipped their toe back in the water with a short UK tour at the end of last year. Ryan Drever has a word with a slightly tour-damaged Som Wardner to ask the simple question: Where the hell have they been? Read more »| 14 Jan 2009 -
Film
Eden Lake
“Run for the hills, the hoodies are coming!”. Well, not quite, but that was the general response to James Watkins’ debut feature, a backwoo... Read more »| 14 Jan 2009 -
Music
Antony & The Johnsons - The Crying Light
Antony proves he was well worth the wait with album number three. Read more »| 13 Jan 2009 -
Film
"My name is Harvey Milk. And I'm here to recruit you."
The release of Milk, the new biopic on the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the US, isn’t a story to be resigned to history. Gail Tolley discusses. Read more »| 13 Jan 2009 -
Music
Omar Rodriguez-López - Old Money
Frantic, eclectic guitar mania accompanied by his instrumental cohorts from Mars Volta Read more »| 12 Jan 2009 -
Music
The Phantom Band - Checkmate Savage
If lead single Throwing Bones doesn’t slap a big smile on your mug, you may want to check your pulse for recent activity. Read more »| 12 Jan 2009