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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MusicUlrich Schnauss & Mark Peters – Underrated Silence
There’s little point in expecting the unexpected from German electronic pioneer Ulrich Schnauss. His shtick is a synthesised swoon from which he r... Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
MusicMark Lanegan: "My natural inclination is to make as loud a noise as possible"
Returning this month with his first 'solo' album since 2004, Mark Lanegan assembles his band for a Blues Funeral and lays the past to rest Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
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Bonobo – Black Sands Remixed
The thing about doing a remix album on Ninja Tune is that you pretty much have the pick of the electronic music scene's most exciting contemporary talent to ... Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
MusicTangles: 21st Century Schizoid Man
Tangles' Ricky Egan documents his many recording guises and explains how he went from obscurity to soundtracking a prime-time BBC soap Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
Film
Restless
Gus Van Sant presents an unusual romance in Restless. Annabel Cotton (Wasikowska) sparkles with a curiosity for life in the face of terminal cancer. Enoch Br... Read more »| 31 Jan 2012 -
FilmMartha Marcy May Marlene
Sean Durkin’s astonishingly assured debut as writer/director is a haunting meditation on identity, manipulation and abuse. Martha (Olsen), long-since a... Read more »| 31 Jan 2012
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Music
A Place to Bury Strangers – Onwards to the Wall
Ostensibly a chance to flex their chops with new bassist Dion Lunadon, the stripped-down attack of this self-produced EP offers a predictably visceral listen... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
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Matthew Bourne – Montauk Variations
There’s much to admire about Matthew Bourne – the good grace with which he takes being regularly confused with the ballet choreographer of the sa... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
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The Law – Trigger
You can see why much of The Law’s reputation has come from their live shows: I’d hazard their music sounds best when you’re a few jars down... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
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Live Music Highlights – February 2012
Comprised of Travis Stewart (Machinedrum) and Praveen Sharma (Braille), Sepalcure did a pretty good job of consolidating the countless splinters of modern da... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
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Hero Worship: Mike Watt
Virtuosic six-stringer RM Hubbert explains why a musical inspiration from his teens keeps him focused even now Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
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Fat Janitor – Lurk EP
Featuring members of underground luminaries Vcheka and Sunsmasher, the pressure was always on for Fat Janitor to produce something special. In Lurk's six tra... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
Film
Carnage
Roman Polanski's classy farce centres on the petty squabbles of four bourgeois Manhattanites. Following an attack on the Longstreets' (Foster, Reilly) son by... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
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The Metal Column – February 2012
When you think about it, it's a pretty exciting time for metal: the Scottish scene's in rude health and 'hip' blogs are wisening to the fact that the term is... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
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First Listen: Leonard Cohen's Old Ideas
At the playback of his first album in eight years, Leonard Cohen proves that as the decades advance, he's still got plenty left to offer Read more »| 30 Jan 2012