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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MusicPrefuse 73 - Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian
The return of the mad scientist of hip-hop Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
MusicPatrick Wolf - Vulture
With over two years having passed since the release of his last single, The Magic Position, it’s reassuring to find Patrick Wolf still in the process o... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
MusicBenjamin Wetherill @ The Bowery, 4 Apr
Fife Kills presents a night of alt-pop and freak folk, with Skinny favourite Rob St. John and Leeds based Benjamin Wetherill. Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
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Je Suis Animal - Fortune Map
Listening to Je Suis Animal is like peering through Lewis Carroll’s looking-glass - things seem familiar, but something you can’t quite put your ... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
MusicJeffrey Lewis - 'Em Are I
New York's renaissance slacker Jeffrey Lewis cultivates a prolific lifestyle, cramming the recording of this new album somewhere into a hectic touring, lectu... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
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Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Local stalwarts Camera Obscura’s latest album title will likely elicit obvious jokes from detractors, especially with an opening line like “spend... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009
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The Damned - Phantasmagoria / Anything Reappraised
Formed in 1976 The Damned (Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, Rat Scabies, Brian James) were the first punk band to release a single (New Rose, in 1976 – o... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
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The Hold Steady - A Positive Rage
“A lot of people don’t believe that rock and roll can save your soul…I don’t think any one of these people have ever seen The Hold S... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
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Thomas Truax @ Brel, 2 Apr
Tonight Thomas Truax has more important preparations than a soundcheck - such as ensuring the Hornicator and Mother Superior are functional. These curious, ... Read more »| 06 Apr 2009 -
MusicMy Kappa Roots: A One Man Time Team
With a name like My Kappa Roots, it's always going to be about looking at the future in light of the past. Jamie Scott hears Pablo Clark's short history thus far Read more »| 06 Apr 2009 -
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I Hear a New World - April, 2009
Unusual and innovative music from Scotland and beyond. Read more »| 06 Apr 2009 -
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Storsveit Nix Noltes - Royal Family - Divorce
Comprised of 11 Icelandic eclecticists with a fascination for music from Eastern Europe, there was little danger of Storsveit Nix Noltes churning out three-c... Read more »| 06 Apr 2009 -
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Papier Tigre - The Beginning And End Of Now
Having clearly been big subscribers to the Dischord rock 'n' roll newsletter, this bassless French trio put out their second album on the back of a celebrate... Read more »| 06 Apr 2009 -
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Transporter 3
After reaping the rewards as the founding father of Cinema du look, Luc Besson established himself as the 21st century Roger Corman, and has produced some of... Read more »| 06 Apr 2009 -
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Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe
With Depeche Mode returning to a scene so full of bands aping their sound, you could forgive them for dusting off their analogue synths in order to capture t... Read more »| 03 Apr 2009