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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MusicRichard Ashcroft @ Carling Academy, 8 May
Worshippers leave with the lyric ""I can't change my mould"" falling from their mouths. Do they wish he hadn't? Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
MusicMystery Jets @ QMU, 3 May
lures the listener in like the proverbial cheese in a mouse trap Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
Lightning Bolt @ Grand Ole Opry
like sperm flocking to an egg Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Film
Mission: Impossible III
One of the best action films seen on the big screen for many a year. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Film
Brick
This grittily shot, sharply written flick is slicker than most Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
The Easy Gramophone - June
5 songs you can legally download and listen to - free Read more »| 15 Jun 2006
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MusicCamera Obscura - Ready To Be Heartbroken
"Our fans are dedicated and faithful. They're not 'one night stand' fans. 'I'm going to love you 'till the dying day.' That sort of fan." Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Film
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
They became the original 'galacticos', spearheaded by none other than Brazilian demi-god Pele. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
Robin Guthrie - Applying the Lumiere
I get a kick out of watching the world drifting by the window and just letting ideas come to me Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
Copy Haho - Indie A Go Go!
"It's hard to describe how exactly we sound, you could just say we're a kind of guitar-based indie band with melodic bits. Y'know, kind of indie." Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
T-Break Heat 2 @ The Liquid Room, 8 May
Imagine you're getting married and every close relative is in a band, so you're obligated to let them all play, despite some resembling musicians and some un... Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Film
Slither
Saving the world one ugly worm at a time Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
FilmWaiting...
Despite a decent cast this film never serves up what you've ordered. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
All the best, Arthur Lee
Do you realise? That one day all your musical heroes must die? These men who make immortal music are not themselves immortal Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - You Are What You Love
Behind the sweetness lurks a cynical witticism Read more »| 15 Jun 2006