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
Liam Frost and the Slowdown Family - The City Is At Standstill
threatens to pull Mr Frost and his brethren dangerously close to mainstream mega-sales Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Friends Outreach Programme - The First Step EP
Lyrical threats to ""stroke your face"" and ""jizz in your hat"" cannot be so easily forgiven. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Sound Team - Born to Please
Lying somewhere between the Arcade Fire and Echo & the Bunnymen Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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The Long Blondes - Once And Never Again
A song you'll enjoy once, and possibly never again. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Flipron - The End of Summer
the bouncing, jazzy efforts of their talented pianist lighten the mood considerably Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Dawn of The Replicants - Skullcrusher (Remixes) (SL Records)
The original simply has more bite; with its stomping NIN drums, it is an altogether spikier, more dramatic proposition Read more »| 13 Oct 2006
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The Apple Scruffs @ The Admiral
a tight, jerky set crammed with catchy, raucous numbers you'll be humming three days later Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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The Library Trust - The A to Z of Mathematics
a muffled, slow burning record that mourns in solitude. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Maria McKee - Live Acoustic Tour 2006
Terrific, brilliant, excellent, marvellous and wonderful... Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Liam Frost and the Slowdown Family - Show Me How The Spectres Dance
disturbingly good Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Jet - Shine On
The rock revolution is still in full swing, meaning there's a huge audience for any band that can actually play their instruments Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Film
The Wicker Man - Original Soundtrack
the original tapes were thought lost, or even destroyed, for many years Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Film
Free Forever: Limited Edition, 2-disc DVD
briefly the biggest band in the UK Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Live Music Roundup for October
Howling Bells are exactly the kind of band you should be getting excited about. Go and see them Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Placebo - Meds
a single for the staunch Placebo fan only Read more »| 13 Oct 2006