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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MusicSimple Minds - Graffiti Soul
The Glaswegian New Pop dinosaurs are back with their fifteenth(!) album Graffiti Soul. Leaving aside the obvious question of how relevant it's possible for t... Read more »| 08 May 2009 -
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Various Artists - BRAND NEU!
The motivation behind this tribute to NEU! is to convey their importance by demonstrating their continued influence on the bands of today. Like a musical equ... Read more »| 08 May 2009 -
MusicGuru: Still Got the Skills
As a key element of both Gang Starr and Jazzmatazz, Guru has been pioneering hip-hop for over twenty years. David McNamara meets up with the legend and his latest collaborator to find out why he has no intention of stopping anytime soon. Read more »| 07 May 2009 -
MusicA Hawk and a Hacksaw - Délivrance
In not striving to be an authentic Eastern European folk band, A Hawk and a Hacksaw become, conversely, as triumphant, resilient and uplifting as the most ar... Read more »| 07 May 2009 -
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Art Brut @ Stereo, 2 May
If H&M made indie bands, they'd be like Boycotts (**). There isn't a hair or note out of place, and while their new-wave-rock is competent, it's also hop... Read more »| 07 May 2009 -
ClubsShadow Dancer and DJ Funk @ Sub Club, 1 May
With label mate Strip Steve’s remix of Outlander’s “The Vamp” racing to a finish and the artwork from their first EP flashing lazily ... Read more »| 07 May 2009
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Katlow - Gorgeous/57 Manchester Road
Katlow finds her voice, and it's not another regional stereotype. Read more »| 07 May 2009 -
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Unique Beats @ Roxy Arthouse, 30 May
At the end of this month, Roxy Arthouse will host a one day festival dedicated to promoting all forms of electronic music making, by bringing together artist... Read more »| 07 May 2009 -
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Mixed Bizness: Thunderheist @ Glasgow School of Art, 14 May
Lock up your children, Canada’s Thunderheist are coming to compromise Glasgow’s young and impressionable with their glorious brand of sleazy elec... Read more »| 06 May 2009 -
Music
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Reading between the lines of praise bestowed upon 2006’s Yellow House, it seemed there were just as many listeners left indifferent to its slow-burning... Read more »| 06 May 2009 -
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I Hear a New World - May 2009
Come May we ought to be preparing ourselves for four months of long hot days lounging about in beer gardens in a sun-drenched reverie, complemented by Grease... Read more »| 06 May 2009 -
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Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds - Dracula Boots
For any Eighties Matchbox super-fan looking for a lesson in the genesis of psycho-billy, this is a worthwhile stop-off. Asides from time served with little-k... Read more »| 06 May 2009 -
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Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care
On their third album, Canadian electropop duo Junior Boys still can't shake off the nagging criticisms that have followed them since day one. Last Exit and S... Read more »| 06 May 2009 -
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Clues - Clues
Montreal's Clues show that there is life after Arcade Fire with this collection of fiery, epic material. Read more »| 06 May 2009 -
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Joker’s Daughter – Worm’s Head
Since he first emerged with his black market mash-up of The Beatles and Jay-Z, self-proclaimed musical auteur Danger Mouse has handled his projects shrewdly,... Read more »| 06 May 2009