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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ClubsHoly Ghost: Beyond the Grave
The disco loving DFA duo are set to unleash their new live show after the crossover success of their debut release Read more »| 03 Jul 2010 -
Music
Tony da Gatorra vs Gruff Rhys – The Terror of Cosmic Lonliness
Man, this is weird – but then, it was always going to be. Brazilian musician (and TV repair man) of the 'cult' variety Tony da Gatorra has invented his... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
MusicKid Adrift – Oxytocin EP
Variously described as “a dubsteppy Muse” and “the new Mylo” by lazy mothers, Clackmannanshire’s Kid Adrift could be a mess or ... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
MusicThe Young Veins – Take A Vacation!
If Pretty Odd’s prominent Beatles-isms felt like a, er, pretty odd change of direction for Panic! At The Disco, Take A Vacation! offers perspective. Th... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Music
Lonely Ghosts - Return From the Search Party
Despite the best efforts of day-glo horrorshow Brokencyde to taint the marriage of Chiptune-esque electronics and shrieked vocals in minds and ears forever, ... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
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Conrad Vingoe – Simple Secrets
In an age where gunshots are establishing themselves as a legitimate form of percussion, Johnny Rotten advertises butter and everyone seems to have a fucking... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010
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MusicChrome Hoof's Book of Prog
Don’t know your Bartok chamber prog from a creepy Italian horror score? Let Leo Smee of progressive 'disco metal' orchestra Chrome Hoof shine a light Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Music
Woodenbox With A Fistful Of Fivers: For A Few Fivers More
Over the past few years, Woodenbox has expanded to incorporate new collaborators, old friends, many horns and five extra words. Ali Downer explains why Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Music
The Dirty Dozen – July 2010
After too many months of letting rock stars have their say, Darren Carle retreats to his listening chamber and takes the Dozen back to its roots Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Film
Joann Sfar on Gainsbourg
Graphic novelist Joann Sfar discusses his ambitious directorial debut Gainsbourg, an unconventional biopic of the iconic artist Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
Music
Milk @ Captain's Rest, 27 Jun
Masked and taped, The Organs of Love resemble porno superheroes, all sighs and doped-up electro. Despite echoes of Smoke City’s Underwater Love (mermai... Read more »| 01 Jul 2010 -
Music
Common Prayer – There Is a Mountain
The latest project of ex-Mercury Rev bassist and Hopewell founder Jason Sebastian Russo begins eponymously with commonprayer, an endearingly rickety shuffle ... Read more »| 01 Jul 2010 -
Film
Tetro
Francis Ford Coppola is in his 70s now, but Tetro feels like a young man's film. It's a deeply personal picture that's overflowing with exuberance an... Read more »| 30 Jun 2010 -
Music
Mitchell Museum – The Peters Port Memorial Service
Glasgow’s Mitchell Museum have been ones to watch for some time now, but the unexpected brilliance of their debut album suggests we weren’t watch... Read more »| 30 Jun 2010 -
Music
A Rough Guide to Doseone
Doseone & Boom Bip – Circle (Leaf, 2000) Possibly the weirdest hip-hop album ever recorded, Dose bounces off angular production to explore every ... Read more »| 30 Jun 2010