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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MusicMindless Self Indulgence - If
Raw energy pulses through the veins of every track Read more »| 15 May 2008 -
BooksNow is the Hour, by Tom Spanbauer
Creator of the concept of ‘Dangerous Writing’, Tom Spanbauer utilises a brand of literary minimalism, focusing on heavy topics such as race and s... Read more »| 15 May 2008 -
Theatre
The Meaning of Doubt @ Tramway 10 May
A resolutely challenging work takes on the large Tramway space. Read more »| 15 May 2008 -
FilmBonnie and Clyde
Within the first five minutes of Bonnie and Clyde, Clyde Barrow has met Bonnie Parker, they’ve robbed a shop, stolen a car and run away together. Nice... Read more »| 15 May 2008 -
MusicCazals- What Of Our Future
Next to the likes of Digitalism and Klaxons, Cazals appear incongruous to the rest of the roster Read more »| 15 May 2008 -
Music
Witch: The Brain of J.
From axe-wielding, slacker rock overlord with Dinosaur Jr., to fearsome stick-smith with doom metal-mongers Witch, J. Mascis is clearly a man of many talents. However, as Darren Carle came to realise, being a dutiful interviewee does not appear to be one of them Read more »| 14 May 2008
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Music
Silver Jews @ ABC, 9 May
The music industry’s self-styled anti-hero returns Read more »| 14 May 2008 -
Music
A Muso's Top 10: dEUS
Last month, singer/songwriter (and film director) Tom Barman returned with his excellent dEUS troupe, clutching hold of a heavily groove-infected new album called Vantage Point. Ahead of next issue's interview with the affable Belgian he gave us some insight in to the sounds that kept his creative juices flowing while he was down in the bunker Read more »| 13 May 2008 -
Music
Triptych Farewell @ Tramway, 26 Apr
Darren Carle finds that Mogwai, Errors and Frightened Rabbit rule the waves in Glasgow as he goes for a surf at the last ever Triptych hoe-down Read more »| 13 May 2008 -
Music
The Thirst - Sail Away
Most single releases tend to be overly-complicated (the original record having bajillions of remixes tacked on to fill up space), but The Thirst, much like ... Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
Music
Life Thru a Jens
Swedish crooner Jens Lekman briefly hung up his guitar when scurrilous stories about him became too much to take. Luckily for us he didn't retire for long, but as he tells Ally Brown, if you're trying to find out the truth about him, you may as well just make something up Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
Music
Various Artists - Godskitchen Underground
From the opening shimmering synths of Robert M’s Only You, this compilation of trance-inflected dirty electro will immediately transport any house fan ... Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
Music
Plantlife - Love Toy
Given his penchant for naughty electrofunk pop it is perhaps unsurprisingly main man Jack Splash has recently been on production duties for other naughty electrofunk pop-types Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
Music
V/A - Sub Club 20 Years Underground
As the club moves into a new era, this double CD looks back at the last twenty years Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
Music
Beat Six - When the Chemicals Ignite
Passion reigned in by style Read more »| 12 May 2008