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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FilmPlein Soleil
Alain Delon was a movie star with uncommon good looks and charisma, but only a few directors really knew how to fully exploit his particular gifts. Ren&eacut... Read more »| 30 Aug 2013 -
FilmScotland Film Event Highlights – September 2013
The Grosvenor Cinema in Glasgow is screening four films showcasing some of mainstream cult star Bill Murray's finest performances. The series starts with 80s... Read more »| 30 Aug 2013 -
Music
OPDOT – Opus One
The final track of OPDOT's debut album is called Obnubilate – the definition is 'darken or cover as if with a cloud; obscure.' Being wilfully obscure o... Read more »| 30 Aug 2013 -
FilmNorthwest Film Event Highlights – September 2013
This month sees a celebration of sex and celluloid, with some kinky double-bills from Certificate X Cult Film and a 24-hour marathon of that sleaziest of sub-genres, film noir Read more »| 30 Aug 2013 -
Music
Midday Veil – The Current
In terms of tone and atmosphere, the second LP from this Seattle psych-rock sextet brings to mind similarly trippy work by stoner rock outfits like Om, altho... Read more »| 29 Aug 2013 -
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2|1|4|1: Safety in Numbers
September sees the official launch of 2|1|4|1, the latest graduate collective formed in a bid to counter the famously poor career prospects of artists. We speak to the founding members about their plans Read more »| 29 Aug 2013
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Music
College – Heritage
The last College album on Invada was a re-release of David Grellier's early work, before he rose to prominence on the back of the Drive soundtrack's central ... Read more »| 29 Aug 2013 -
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The Proper Ornaments – Waiting for the Summer
As Waiting for the Summer reaches its understated conclusion, London duo The Proper Ornaments offer lyrical sentiments that could double as a serving suggest... Read more »| 29 Aug 2013 -
MusicJoanna Gruesome – Weird Sister
Rough-hewn fuzz merchants and indie pop sensations Joanna Gruesome named their debut album Weird Sister – a Shakespearean nod to the witches ... Read more »| 29 Aug 2013 -
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65daysofstatic – Wild Light
'No one knows what is happening...' repeats a ghostly voice at the start of Wild Light. A bleak way to begin, you could reason, but then the synth kicks in: ... Read more »| 29 Aug 2013 -
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Arctic Monkeys – AM
More than ever, bands talk up new releases like commission-hungry salesmen but Matt Helders’ contention that the Arctics' fifth is “the album we&... Read more »| 29 Aug 2013 -
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Delorean – Apar
For a band named after a time machine, Delorean could do with working on their timing. Apar arrives at the tail end of a summer it could, in another universe... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
Music
Ducktails @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 23 Aug
Though Ducktails were brought into the world as a solo project, Real Estate's Matthew Mondanile hosts tonight's show with a full band. The already intimate s... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
Music
The Asphodells – Remixes
One of this year's most convincing and enduring albums thus far, Andrew Weatherall and Timothy J. Fairplay's Ruled By Passion, Destroyed By Lust (as The Asph... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
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Randolph's Leap – Real Anymore
It’s tough to dislike a band like Randolph’s Leap. Their bright, a-bit-folk-but-kinda-indie-rock sound, and sharp as a box of self-reverenti... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013