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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MusicA Band Called Quinn – Red Light Means Go
A Band Called Quinn’s third album was ready for release three years ago, but other projects delayed its arrival till now. With such a lengthy build-u... Read more »| 07 Dec 2012 -
ComedyEsoteric Christmas Gift Guide 2012
Following in the bloody footprints of last year’s Esoteric Xmas Gift Guide, Mystic Mark and Dr. Darren Icke once again investigate some of the many ways you can liberate yourself of soul-crushing wealth Read more »| 07 Dec 2012 -
MusicConverge / Touché Amoré / A Storm of Light / The Secret @ Classic Grand, 28 November
Italy's The Secret waste no time in blowing the doors open tonight.Their chaotic, nihilistic blend of hardcore, grind and black metal is simply unforgiving;... Read more »| 06 Dec 2012 -
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Rob Zombie / Marilyn Manson @ SECC, 28 November
The spooky kids adore Marilyn Manson – they mouth the words to every song as the God of Fuck goes through several costume changes and stage sets. Dis... Read more »| 06 Dec 2012 -
MusicShearwater @ Broadcast, 27 November
With Animal Joy ranking amongst their best work, Shearwater feel like one of 2012’s great overlookeds, their seventh album receiving only a fraction ... Read more »| 06 Dec 2012 -
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Menomena / Empty Pools @ Nice N' Sleazy, 23 November
With their slightly off-kilter approach to indie rock songwriting, Bristol's Empty Pools are right at home on tonight's bill. With a sound that's less predi... Read more »| 06 Dec 2012
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Theatre
Dirty Dancing @ The Playhouse, 5 December
'Remember – this is the summer of 1963,' intones the voiceover guy as the lights dim. That means rock 'n' roll, a holiday resort in the Catskills, an u... Read more »| 06 Dec 2012 -
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The Albums of 2012 (#1): Death Grips – The Money Store (Epic)
Amid a howling storm of hypertext hype, copyright controversy and multimedia performance art excess, Death Grips emerged into the mainstream to produce The Skinny's Album of the Year - The Money Store Read more »| 06 Dec 2012 -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 6 December
In today's Bulletin: Das Racist announce split, The Horrors to release deluxe box set, Kraftwerk announce new UK shows at the Tate, plus: watch the trailer for Zero Dark Thirty Read more »| 06 Dec 2012 -
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The Albums of 2012 (#2): Django Django – Django Django (Because Music)
From relative obscurity to lauded Mercury Prize nominees – via the unconventional route of FIFA International Soccer – Dave Maclean of Django Django looks back on his band’s whirlwind year Read more »| 06 Dec 2012 -
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The Skinny Showcase: Christmas Cards 2012
Showcase: Christmas Cards 2012 Every year the Showcase invites artists and illustrators to send us a card they've made for you, dear readers. Merry Chr... Read more »| 06 Dec 2012 -
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The Albums of 2012 (#3): Grimes – Visions (4AD)
The Skinny catches up with our favourite sibylline songstress to hear about her year and get the inside track on the future of music Read more »| 06 Dec 2012 -
Film
Malik Bendjelloul interview: The Man Who Didn't Know He Was Famous
The Skinny talks with Malik Bendjelloul, the director of Searching for Sugar Man, about the difficulties of filming that rarest of beasts, a rock musician who doesn't want to talk about himself Read more »| 06 Dec 2012 -
MusicRoc Marciano – Reloaded
Roc Marciano's been gaining high praise for Reloaded, the follow-up to 2010's acclaimed Marcberg. There's something about it which just doesn't sit right. Pe... Read more »| 05 Dec 2012 -
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The Albums of 2012 (#4): Errors – Have Some Faith In Magic (Rock Action)
They asked us for a little faith and in return delivered a sermon of divine sonic alchemy. Errors man Steev Livingstone pulls back the curtain on their finest creation yet Read more »| 05 Dec 2012