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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MusicHEALTH - HEALTH
At points it's like having a serrated knife pulled backwards through clenched teeth Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Music
Button Up - No Dancin' On the Tables
Undeniably retro, but a great listen nonetheless Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
MusicFiona Mackenzie - Elevate
May be a little too much like easy listening or steeped in Celtic tradition for some, but it confirms that this talented Scottish artist can also succeed on her own Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
MusicEarth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
The desolate trudge of their material prior to this album has given way to a collection of songs that communicate redemption Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Music
Dead Meadow - Old Growth
Despite the overall same-ness of the music, you might still find yourself making chord structures with your left hand and pulling a face like you've trapped a nut Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Music
Colin Macintyre - The Water
Endearing, playful, infectious, and other good things, but there are a few uninspiring detours on the way there Read more »| 05 Feb 2008
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Music
Chis Schlarb - Twilight and Ghost Stories
A triumph of minimalist folktronic gorgeousness Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Music
Cheer - Static Traps
Microscopically brilliant Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Music
Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
Lullabies for toad lickers Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Music
$olal - The Moonshine Sessions
A standard country album of the usual country songs about the usual country subjects. No more, no less Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Comedy
Amazing Bastards' Amazing Column
I'm depressed, cold, horny, poor and cynical. Who wouldn't be when our national heroes are Kenny Richey and John Smeaton? Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Theatre
Ghost in the Machine
When a young widow begins to hear messages emerging from the crackle and hiss of a compilation tape she becomes convinced her husband is communicating from beyond the grave. Grief can do strange things to the human psyche but music is a powerful communicator as Suspect Culture Artistic Director Graham Eatough explains to Hugo Fluendy Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Theatre
The Glass Menagerie
The play is set in 1930s America but it's very accessible àdysfunctional families are always recognisable Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Humane, funny and extremely moving. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Art
New Territories 2008 at The Tramway
Europe's longest running live arts festival waves two hefty fingers in the face of genre specific practice Read more »| 05 Feb 2008