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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MusicMercury Rev's Theory Of Evolution
As Finbarr Bermingham caught up with Jeff Mercel, percussionist, keyboardist and general man-about-band, we find out that Mercury Rev, unlike many of their fans, are not a band transfixed with the past and that their future is there to be embraced. Read more »| 20 Aug 2008 -
MusicMystery Jets - Half in Love with Elizabeth
Hearing the intro to this track for the first time, the question: 'Dear God, what have I done to deserve this?' rush through the mind. But seriously, it gets... Read more »| 20 Aug 2008 -
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Bonde do Rolê @ The Lemon Tree, 15 Aug
Carnival time halts for no man Read more »| 20 Aug 2008 -
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Conor Oberst - Souled Out!!!
If this record had a scent, it'd be pine or lemon - while perhaps not the number one aroma for many, a large cross-section of the populace can agree these tw... Read more »| 20 Aug 2008 -
MusicDoes It Offend You Yeah? - Dawn of the Dead
Every once in a while, life hands you little reminders that those old proverbs we hear so often aren't completely hackneyed. In the case of Dawn of the Dead... Read more »| 20 Aug 2008 -
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Malente & Dex - Hyperactive
Malente & Dex come together for their debut release in an inspired partnership. With five albums to his name since 2000 Malente has now earned himself th... Read more »| 19 Aug 2008
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MusicA Serj of Controversy
Since System of a Down went on an ‘extended hiatus’ in August 2006, frontman Serj Tankian went completely solo with last year's Elect the Dead. Shaun Love patched in a transatlantic call ahead of Tankian’s trip to the UK next month to discuss single life, airborne genitalia and the consequences of being an overtly political musician Read more »| 19 Aug 2008 -
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Noah and the Whale @ Cabaret Voltaire, 15 Aug
The London septet spend much of the show colouring within the lines of their folk-pop debut Read more »| 19 Aug 2008 -
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Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning - Something For All of Us
Ally Brown gets into the messy business of combining chat with critique in an effort to dissect Brendan Canning's debut solo LP to find that the BSS co-founder doesn't quite get by with a little help from his friends on this occasion Read more »| 18 Aug 2008 -
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The Twilight Sad / Frightened Rabbit @ The Liquid Room, 14 Aug
Beguiling and hilarious in equal measure Read more »| 18 Aug 2008 -
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Janet Cardiff and Georges Bures Miller @ The Fruitmarket
Everybody likes a little emotional manipulation. We pay for drugs, roller coasters and horror movies because they make us feel something, whether it be good,... Read more »| 18 Aug 2008 -
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Alexander Heim @ Doggerfisher
Heim’s first solo exhibition in the UK questions the role of nature within the urban environment. The main wall of the gallery is interjected with ear... Read more »| 18 Aug 2008 -
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Andrew Grassie @ Talbot Rice Gallery
Walking into Andrew Grassie’s first Scottish solo show feels a little like jumping head first into a masterclass for procrastinating postmodernist brai... Read more »| 18 Aug 2008 -
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Laura Marling @ Bannerman's, 12 Aug
Alas! I cannot breathe... Laura Marling sweats it out on her Bannerman's debut Read more »| 18 Aug 2008 -
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Calexico - Two Silver Trees
Hailing from Tuscon, Arizona, and naming themselves after a California border town, Calexico has long had a distinctive Southwestern style. Still evincing a... Read more »| 18 Aug 2008