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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MusicThe Gutter Twins @ Oran Mor
Greg Dulli's rich vocals match well with Mark Lanegan's broken rumble Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
BooksWe Are Now Beginning Our Descent by James Meek
As much about love as it is about war. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Books
Once Upon A Time In England by Helen Walsh
Walsh certainly knows how to spin a narrative Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Medea by Robin Robertson
Robertson's lame introduction and solid translation do little to expose any hidden depths Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
BooksCinder by Albert French
Glimpses of a community surviving under unbearable circumstances Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
MusicWHY? - Alopecia
A much welcome respite – at least to these cynical lugs - from the Brit School's backslapping and the paperboy's class warrior 'realness', comes in the... Read more »| 06 Mar 2008
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Books
Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story by Frederick Peeters
A Comic-Memoir that reminds readers that being HIV-positive need not
rule out love and happiness Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Music
A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
Drums war with guitar and violin to create a pulpit for Menuck's convictive mantras Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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After River by Donna Milner
Tragedy follows tragedy in quick succession... Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Film
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Not bad of its type. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Music
The Easy Gramophone - March
5 free songs you can legally download, listen to and love
Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Music
Meshuggah - ObZen
That trademark throaty bass sound lurks behind the mayhem with brutal intent. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Tapes n Tapes - Hang Them All
A surging, limb-flinging offering from a band to be welcomed home like a long lost cousin. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Cave hasn't lost his charm. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Johnny Foreigner - Our Bipolar Friends
Catch "JoFo" before they either exhaust themselves or explode into flames Read more »| 06 Mar 2008