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
Hard-Fi @ Abc
The energy and the atmosphere provided by Hard-Fi's live set means that, for once, a Mercury nomination does not denote a black hole into oblivion Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
MusicStephen Fretwell - Man On The Roof
The music is only bettered by Fretwell's breathy, naturally-fluid vocals Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
MusicSlayer - Christ Illusion
Still kicking out the sickest of Satanic jams Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
MusicReverend And The Makers - The State of Things
More relevant than most of the self-avowedly 'oop-Nawth' bands out there, but it's no work of ecclesiastical genius Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Paul Curreri - The Velvet Rut
Curreri adds theatricality to his folk-country and never takes himself too seriously Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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MV & EE with The Golden Road - Gettin' Gone
This is an album of true musicianship Read more »| 08 Oct 2007
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Musicmúm - Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy
Go Go is múm's prettiest progeny since her first Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice
Songwriting and production that is easily amongst the best leftfield rock out there Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
MusicManu Chao - La Radiolina
a significant departure from previous offerings, drawing more from American rock than Hispanic folk music Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Jonah Matranga - And
While a positive analogy for this style might be a musical mug of cocoa, a more honest one would be a musical shot of morphene Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Iron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
Not bad for a guy with a gnarly beard Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Georgie James - Places
The past may well be unavoidable but Places is one record you can easily elude Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Fink - Distance and Time
It may be nice to think of those fly-by-night shysters as Pepsis to Fink's 'real-thing', Distance and Time just doesn't quite pass the taste challenge Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Eagles of Death Metal @ The Liquid Room
As tunes go, this is, all told, uber-catchy Status Quo on crack, but as rock'n' roll shows go, this is nothing less than sweet perfection Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Animal Collective - Unsolved Mysteries
With pop music affixing itself to every sub-genre in sight, Animal Collective seemed a safe haven from its omnipresent grasp. But after the release of new LP Strawberry Jam, Billy Hamilton chats to frontman Dave Portner to uncover whether AC have finally succumbed to the mainstream's clutches Read more »| 08 Oct 2007