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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MusicFavourite Sons - Down Beside Your Beauty
We've finally found an heir to Mr McCulloch's pristinely preserved throne Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Books
The No.2 Global Detective by Toby Clements
the story nicely parodies the work of four contemporary greats of crime writing Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Books
A Winter Book by Tove Jansson
Works like 'The Iceberg', are as eerie and magical as the Northern Lights. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Film
The Page Turner
Sinister but understated. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
MusicJuliette and the Licks - Sticky Honey
the riffs promote more of a skip than a swagger Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
I Was A Cub Scout - Pink Squares / Teenage Skin
I Was A Cub Scout may use keyboards, but their inexperience of electronica shows. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006
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Music
Good Shoes - The Pictures On My Wall
Sounding a little too much like The Cure when they thought they were a pop band. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
Kiddo - 135 Days EP
Kiddo create their own sound, built up from the dilettantish rhythms that seep into the lead guitar lines. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
...more gloriously unashamed pomp and circumstance than a Queen convention Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
Paramore - Pressure
Insignificantly different to Avril [Lavigne]'s 'My Happy Ending'. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
Tiny Dancers - Lions and Tigers and Lions EP
Lions and Tigers and Lions remains scattered and never leaves enough of a feel of what Tiny Dancers actually sound like. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
MusicThe Hours - Ali In The Jungle
The days spent touring with Joe Strummer's Mescaleros shows strongly. So do the pop influences of mid-90s Pulp. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
MusicTwisted Charm - Boring Lifestyles
Boring Lifestyles' is just boring. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
But Tickets Now: Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, QMU, Glasgow, 21 Jan
Stick around long enough and you might even get to buy him a pint. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
The Longcut - No Shortcuts to Success
We'd rather just stay in our little comfort zone of Manchester than spending three nights out a week in London bullshitting with journalists. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006