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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MusicRoshi feat. Pars Radio - And stars
Since any cultural conception of Iran is dominated by news of politics and nuclear weapons programs, it's refreshing to hear even the briefest of snapshots f... Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
MusicMeursault @ Wee Red Bar, 19 Jul
They’re certainly making waves but, tonight, Meursault’s waters were disappointingly still Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
MusicOrzelda - The Wee Shop Is Filled With Delights
Like a cross between the brooding majesty of Boards of Canada and the fabricated nostalgia of Animal Collective Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
Music
Blank + Jones - The Logic Of Pleasure
Not many artists can boast about releasing their ninth studio album, but that’s exactly what Blank + Jones have just achieved. The German duo’s n... Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
Film
The Dark Knight
At the time of writing, The Dark Knight has just had the largest opening weekend in US box office history and leapt straight to the top of the IMDb list of t... Read more »| 22 Jul 2008 -
Art
The Golden Record @ Collective Gallery
Fuelled by ambition of gargantuan proportions and driven with an intent in line with the joviality and ingenuity to which we have become so accustomed during... Read more »| 22 Jul 2008
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Music
Eric Chenaux - Sloppy Ground
Both gentle beauty and faint banality are captured sweetly Read more »| 22 Jul 2008 -
ArtgleDinBow
Edinburgh and Glasgow, two cities sitting on opposite sides of a small nation: it’s barely necessary to go into the age-old series of jokes, comments a... Read more »| 22 Jul 2008 -
Music
Crystal Castles - Vanished
It seemed the norm for a while that, in rock music, a band would release a few heavier hitting tracks as singles, then try to lure in doubters with a softer ... Read more »| 22 Jul 2008 -
Music
Cute is What We Aim For - Rotation
Apparently, Hacikyan hasn't heard his own record Read more »| 22 Jul 2008 -
Music
Harmonia @ ABC2, 11 Jul
They appear on stage assured in their own reputation and the confidence that comes with the term supergroup Read more »| 22 Jul 2008 -
MusicV/A - Prins Thomas & Full Pupp presents The Greatest Tits Vol.1
Alongside Hans Peter Lindstrom and Todd Terje, Prins Thomas forms the Norwegian triumvirate famed for their own twisted take on the disco template. While Lin... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
Music
CSS - Donkey
Despite debut album Cansei de Ser Sexy becoming something of a ‘soundtrack to the summer’ last year, the resultant slew of mediocre gigs, festiva... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
Music
The Go! Team - Milk Crisis
Milk Crisis is driving music, the relentless beat, electro-handclaps, squalling guitars and a stocatto horn riff that just won't quit. If you listened to thi... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
Music
Michael Yonkers with the Blind Shake - Carbohydrates Hydrocarbons
A booming, clattering melee of garage noise, swirling round a hub of simple, effective songwriting Read more »| 21 Jul 2008