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
Cute Is What We Aim For - The Same Old Blood Rush With A New Touch
Makes Blink 182 seem like nihilists Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Sean Lennon - Friendly Fire
An assured collection of dreamy, melody-driven songs reveals Lennon as the major talent he always threatened to be Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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OutKast - Idlewild
Idlewild' can only be considered a disappointment in the context of OutKast's previous stellar achievements. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Mt. - Lethologica
In a genre that is so fundamentally lazy and mediocre, they are very competent, I suppose Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Milburn - Well Well Well
Although it sticks to a narrow musical palette, 'Well Well Well' is a solid debut Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Chuck E Weiss - 23rd & Stout
The perfect bridge between Wait's earlier, swinging material and his later sea-shanty experiments driven by clanking percussion. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006
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Catfish Haven - Tell Me
can drift a little too far into shallow waters Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Bob Dylan - 'Modern Times'
Dylanologists will have a field day, but then they always do. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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T on the Fringe: Plan B @ The Liquid Room
Corpse-raping and knife attacks may leave the young East-Londoner unfazed but a gruelling touring schedule may just be that little too much. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Phillip Roebuck @ Nice 'n' Sleazies
Roebuck captures and rallies his newfound audience so well that it calls for quiet Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Eagles Of Death Metal @ The Garage
a welcome antidote to our age of earnest 'post-rock' Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Bert Jansch @ St Brides
the musical equivalent of a Magner's Cider advertisement àself-consciously authentic and brimming with a contrived pastoral soul Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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New Found Sound: Kiddo, Five Way Hemmingway & The Revivals, Subway Cowgate, Edinburgh, August 25
Half of the crowd dances along with The Revivals, the other half leaves after three songs. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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My Morning Jacket @ ABC 2
The group's versatility is put keenly on display Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Clubs
Dabrye (Ghostly International Records) - Interview
When I first heard Aphex Twin's 'I Care Because You Do', I knew I wanted to make music electronically. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006