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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MusicVarious - Play
The ideal soundtrack to getting hyperactive on marzipan and fizzy-pop. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
MusicThe Concretes - Hey Trouble
A gentile slither of starry-eyed liberation, Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
MusicNo Age - Weirdo Rippers
Sparky, taut and original. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
MusicGreen Peppers - Domino Mornings
Domino Mornings, whilst being a worthy competitor to The Man Who in style, is unlikely to excite much passion, positively or negatively. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Elvis Perkins - Ash Wednesday
A melancholy in his voice that resonates with the heartfelt soul of someone who has truly felt the pain that such a story would render. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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The Magnificents - Year Of Explorers
The Magnificents have no murky lines àthey're just really fucking good. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007
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Film
The Tiger's Tail
A somewhat limp identity swap thriller. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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To My Boy - Model
A model with a little more substance. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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The Hussy's - We Expected / Please Don't Call Me At Home
Not a true double-A, more a B+ and a D-. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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The Cribs - Men's Needs
Perhaps not 100% as tuned in to the nation's masculine needs as they thought. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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The Bees - Listening Man
As a chameleon-like exercise in replicating the sounds of another era it's remarkably successful. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Idlewild - A Ghost in the Arcade
They may be back, but it's no return to form yet. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Torche - Torche
This debut album sounds almost mathematically calculated to sit alongside The Cure et al on the first Crow soundtrack. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Reuben - In Nothing We Trust
Those who turn back at the first hurdle will only be missing out come the finishing line. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Grace - Detours
Frothy, obvious and self-righteous Read more »| 10 Jul 2007