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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Music
Popup - Chinese Burn
B-side 'Stagecoach' has a silly, leftfield charm, sweetly sympathetic about a girl who cannae catch a bus. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Muso's Top 10: The Frames
Frames axe-man Rob Bochnik gives The Skinny his 10 of the best... Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Rose Kemp - A Hand Full of Hurricanes
laboured vocals and strange lyrics equate to a strong reliance on American grassroots influences Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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David Karsten Daniels - Sharp Teeth
A richly orchestrated tapestry played out by 19 musicians carrying as many instruments Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Malcolm Middleton - A Brighter Beat Single
An anthem for angst-ridden agoraphobics Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Malcolm Middleton - A Brighter Beat Album
brighter, grander and lusher Read more »| 10 Feb 2007
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Aereogramme - no really, everything's fine
"The question every band should ask themselves is this: are we doing this to make a living or are we doing this because we love doing it?" Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Riders on the Storm @ Clyde Auditorium, 29 Dec
At times the show rides close to the feel of a shamanic seance Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Epic26 / Boris Yeltsin Love XI @ Bannermans
A game of two musical halves... Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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The Horrors - Let's Push Things Backward
"You see bands that sound just exactly like The Libertines. And their influences were The Libertines. That's their sole, stock influence. People literally don't get it" - Tom Furse Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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The Fast Camels — The Magic Optician
Lifts the eyes toward the lights Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Film
Apocalypto Film Review
The bloodiest 139 minutes you could spend outside of watching Scarface, Reservoir Dogs and Saw, while sticking your hand in a blender. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
(The) Melvins @ The Garage
it's like first being hit by a truck then dragged a mile down the road… on your eardrums Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Comedy
STARS - February 2007
Aries:Your job getting you down? Leave! Now is the time for you to take somerisks. Nothing is set in stone. Apart from the fact you will die. Oneday. But for... Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Art
Simon Periton
fashion and pop culture are large influences on his work Read more »| 10 Feb 2007