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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MusicMummy Short Arms – Old Jack's Windowless Playhouse
In an ideal world, Mummy Short Arms would have called in Steve Albini to produce their debut album. He would have been the man to capture the full intensit... Read more »| 02 May 2012 -
MusicBigg Jus – Machines That Make Civilization Fun
Lyrically, Bigg Jus hasn't switched up the formula much for Machines – his flows are still acerbic, passionate attacks on inequality and established p... Read more »| 02 May 2012 -
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The Cribs – In the Belly of the Brazen Bull
These are bleak times for the mid-Noughties’ bright young things: The Libertines are a spent force, Razorlight have collapsed under Jonny Borrell&rsquo... Read more »| 02 May 2012 -
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El-P – Cancer4Cure
It's been five years since El-P's I'll Sleep When You're Dead. There's not much point prefixing anything the rapper/producer behind the Definitive Jux l... Read more »| 01 May 2012 -
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The Afghan Whigs: "We stayed true to ourselves; always walked our own line"
As the reunited Afghan Whigs prepare to take the stage for the first time in 13 years, a reflective Greg Dulli offers an album by album guide to the inimitable soul rockers’ catalogue. Read more »| 01 May 2012 -
MusicGarbage – Not Your Kind of People
Garbage have never been a band of much substance but at their peak they produced some brilliantly damaged pop music. Not Your Kind of People conten... Read more »| 01 May 2012
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MusicMarilyn Manson – Born Villain
Marilyn Manson was a force to be reckoned with back in the 1990s, but despite being hailed as a ‘comeback’ album by Manson himself, Born Vil... Read more »| 01 May 2012 -
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French Wives – Dreams of the Inbetween
Glasgow five-piece French Wives describe Dreams of the Inbetween as “finally sounding how we always wanted to sound.” It’s how we want the... Read more »| 01 May 2012 -
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Squarepusher – Ufabulum
“As much as Warp would love to nail me down to a plan, it’s not the way I do it... that’s why my career is such a mess,” said Tom Jen... Read more »| 01 May 2012 -
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Beach House – Bloom
It’s starting to feel like Beach House’s ‘time.’ 2010’s Teen Dream saw the Baltimore duo begin to emerge from under the shadow ... Read more »| 01 May 2012 -
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Damon Albarn – Dr Dee
Damon Albarn's Dr Dee began life as an opera, debuting at the Manchester International Festival last year. As an album, the lack of visual material does hi... Read more »| 01 May 2012 -
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BONG – Mana-Yood-Sushai
Composed of two lengthy, texturally linked pieces, BONG's latest – the orientally-flavoured Mana-Yood-Sushai – is played out as an enchantingly ... Read more »| 01 May 2012 -
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Slugabed – Time Team
Welding a playful axe to electronic music of the past, the young and rising star of Slugabed, aka Gregory Feldwick, has revealed a penchant for dressing up... Read more »| 01 May 2012 -
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Hara-kiri: Death of a Samurai
After revitalising the samurai picture with the thrilling 13 Assassins, Takashi Miike's new movie Hara-kiri: Death of a Samurai is a change of pace, and a di... Read more »| 01 May 2012 -
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Northern Lights: A Nation on Film
Scotland’s first ever mass participation film project, Northern Lights, is looking for vignettes about Scottish people's day-to-day lives. The Skinny spoke to filmmaker Nick Higgins, the driving force behind the venture, to find out more Read more »| 01 May 2012