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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MusicDamon's Finest Five
Blur – Parklife (1994) Britpop's finest hour, the album that launched a thousand magazine trend pieces about Essex lads behaving badly. So, that's mid-... Read more »| 03 Mar 2010 -
MusicAutechre - Oversteps
Having aggressively tested the limits of loop-based electronic music with the diamond-perfect vignettes of 2008's Quaristice, Oversteps finds Autechre revisi... Read more »| 03 Mar 2010 -
MusicCity Dweller, Successful Fella
Damon Albarn has come a long way since Blur and the heights of Britpop. As the third Gorillaz album gets ready to launch, we consider Albarn's development from indie-rock singer to multi-genre auteur. Read more »| 03 Mar 2010 -
TheatreBeyond the Stance
This sharply contrasting double bill from one of France's most lyrical radical choreographers is a return to the roots of New Territories and a striking example of Catherine Diverres' range and eloquence. Read more »| 03 Mar 2010 -
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To Rococo Rot - Speculation
For their eighth album, To Rococo Rot maintain their established aesthetic - impersonal atmosphere, sparingly stocked with isolating electronics and ... Read more »| 03 Mar 2010 -
TheatrePromises Promises
It should have been a normal day. Instead semi-retired supply teacher Maggie Brodie encounters a highly charged situation when the new girl in her class needs to be exorcised in her classroom. Read more »| 03 Mar 2010
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Film
March Film Events: 2010
The GFT has outdone itself this month with not one, but two horror double bills – in one weekend! Fans of the video nasties can treat themselves to the... Read more »| 03 Mar 2010 -
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Sennen - Age Of Denial
Norwich’s Sennen brush aside the Alan Partidge jokes in favour of grungey shoe-gaze post-rock. From the title track’s fuzzy opening seconds to th... Read more »| 03 Mar 2010 -
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The Paradox of Choice: Dillinger Escape Plan Interviewed
As The Dillinger Escape Plan prepare to break loose with album number four this month, guitarist Jeff Tuttle explains how a modern problem forced them to write their most expansive offering to date. Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
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Jeff Tuttle's Party Smashers
If you thought the Dillinger Escape Plan were unpredictable, take a look at the mavericks who got Jeff Tuttle interested in picking up a guitar in the first place. Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
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Rob Swift - The Architect
It often seems that the further hip-hop progresses, the more it sounds like industrial music from 20-odd years ago, albeit with an impeccable groove. Ex-X-Ec... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
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Trips and Falls - He Was Such A Quiet Boy
Trips and Falls are full of surprises. Prelude to a Shark Attack, for example, sounds nothing like the Jaws theme; instead, it’s a moving Ballboy-esque... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
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Liars: A Tale of Two Cities
A walk around LA can get you shot, loaded, famous or all three. Luckily for Liars there are recording studios to hide out in. Contrasting the city with his time in Berlin, frontman Angus Andrews reflects on a culture clash. Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
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Space Lord Mothers
Fuck Buttons continue a long line of experimental duos who have pushed electronic music into new territories over the years. Here we present a choice few to test your eardrums. Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
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Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be
Ah, the joyous days of a carefree youth; it’s a common theme found in lo-fi American pop. Dum Dum Girls take more than a leaf from this book; in fact, ... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010