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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MusicJe 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 -
MusicCamera 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 -
MusicThe 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
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Music
My 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 -
Music
I Hear a New World - April, 2009
Unusual and innovative music from Scotland and beyond. Read more »| 06 Apr 2009 -
MusicStorsveit 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 -
Music
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 -
Film
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 -
Music
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 -
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Metric - Fantasies
Momentarily thrilling and unashamed guitar pop. Read more »| 03 Apr 2009 -
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The Thermals: No Culture Icons
Hutch Harris, singer with The Thermals, offers insight into their new LP. They take things seriously, but in a very funny way, as Paul Mitchell finds out. Read more »| 03 Apr 2009 -
Clubs
SLABS OF THE TABERNACLE 1st BIRTHDAY PARTY
A quirky disco night for devotees of the genre (and anyone who likes something a little different of a Saturday), Slabs of the Tabernacle, hosted at the Twis... Read more »| 03 Apr 2009