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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Music
Little John Rocket @ Nice 'N' Sleazy
They stamp Basement with a stark Glaswegian energy and are appropriating the sound of New Wave for their own nefarious fury Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Music
Turin Brakes - Dark On Fire
Listeners may feel that they've been snagged by that age-old trap of inverse single-to-filler ratio Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Music
Tom Ovans - Party Girl
A bleak and austere commentary on the daily grind of American life Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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The Checks - Hunting Whales
Though technically outstanding, after all of these years of similar sound forgery it could prove difficult to buy into this template wholeheartedly Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Scout Niblett - This Fool Can Die Now
Majestic doesn't seem too strong a word Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Music
Pram - The Moving Frontier
Feels more like a film soundtrack than an LP to sit up and pay attention too Read more »| 08 Oct 2007
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Music
Northern Alliance - The Hand of God
Blissful listening Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Music
Miracle Fortress - Five Roses
Graham van Pelt could easily be a member of the Animal Collective: buzzier than Panda Bear, he'd be called Bumble Bee Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Jenny Hoyston - Isle Of
A mish-mash of half-formed ideas Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Theatre
Mabou Mines Doll's House
a school reading list staple stir fried and served up as naked lunch Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Theatre
Carmen
a comfortable watercolour experience Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Clubs
Chloe - The Waiting Room
Everyone's favourite Parisian electro queen drops her long-awaited full-length, and bloody hell is it a quality piece of work Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Film
Control
Hugely accomplished Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Film
The Best Is Yet To Come
What more could you possibly ask for? An Arnold Schwarzenegger comeback? Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Film
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
The director of the new Colin Firth/Jim Broadbent drama talks to The Skinny. Read more »| 08 Oct 2007