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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MusicOnes to Swatch in 2013
Never let it be said that The Skinny isn't a broad church; from neo-black metallers to robo-soul divas, here's just a few talents our music team will be rooting for in 2013 Read more »| 08 Jan 2013 -
MusicUnder the Influence: Tomahawk's Duane Denison
Tomahawk's guitarist time travels back to 1972, the year glam rock broke Read more »| 08 Jan 2013 -
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Micall Parkinsun – Me, Myself & Akai
Behind the puntastic name lies a rapper with a tasty, Silver Age hip-hop flow, keeping it loose and elastic on tracks like Return of the Blaow! Coming on Jeh... Read more »| 08 Jan 2013 -
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David Bowie announces first new material in 10 years
New material alert! Single Where Are We Now? out today, album to follow in March Read more »| 08 Jan 2013 -
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Martian Chronicles: Sinkane in interview
Sinkane's Mars was a thrilling mixture of African rhythms and melodies, abstract jazz and space-age soul. The Skinny talked to him about the album his time in bands like Yeasayer and Caribou, and the expiration of the term 'world music' Read more »| 08 Jan 2013 -
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The Revival Hour – Scorpio Little Devil
To make any sense of The Revival Hour’s debut LP Scorpio Little Devil, it’s necessary to understand the commonality that binds its creators.... Read more »| 08 Jan 2013
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Indians – Somewhere Else
One year ago, Indians – aka Copenhagen’s Søren Løkke Juul – had yet to release a song or play a gig. Now he’s got 4AD ... Read more »| 08 Jan 2013 -
MusicTomahawk – Oddfellows
Coming five years after their enjoyably leftfield, Native American-flavoured Anonymous album, Oddfellows finds Tomahawk (now augmented by... Read more »| 08 Jan 2013 -
MusicBiffy Clyro – Opposites
Double albums are usually a daunting prospect for musicians and listeners alike, but it's a move that makes sense for Biffy Clyro, an outfit who went from ma... Read more »| 08 Jan 2013 -
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The Ruby Suns – Christopher
On fourth album Christopher, New Zealander Ryan McPhun has pushed The Ruby Suns further still from their psychedelic-threaded indie origins, embracing a da... Read more »| 08 Jan 2013 -
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“Depression, alienation, sexual frustration, anger, violence, black comedy – Fat Goth has it all!"
As seasoned players from Dundee's alternative rock fraternity, Fat Goth aren't exactly shy of riffs on their startling second album, but they're not scared of rolling out the ballads either. Turns out they're taking sexy back Read more »| 07 Jan 2013 -
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From Death to Death and Other Small Tales
Following the success of last year’s The Sculpture Show, the National Galleries continues to break brave new ground with another sprawling behemoth of ... Read more »| 07 Jan 2013 -
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Boduf Songs – Burnt Up on Re-Entry
Mat Sweet’s first Boduf Songs LP for Southern – following four on Kranky – marks an appropriate shift in direction. Where the earlier reco... Read more »| 07 Jan 2013 -
ArtThe Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 7 January
In the first Bulletin of 2013, new music from Factory Floor, a 2012 'best of' from Ghostly, the latest on the Creative Scotland shakeup, DJ Shadow's infamous 'too future' mix, rumours of a Twin Peaks reboot, and a new online archive of Scottish painting Read more »| 07 Jan 2013 -
Film
Under the Influence: Django Unchained
Cinema magpie Quentin Tarantino's dipped his toe in blaxploitation, samurai, kung-fu and war movies. It was only a matter of time before he tried the spaghetti western. We cast our eye over the sub-genre's dark underbelly Read more »| 07 Jan 2013