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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MusicPapercuts - You Can Have What You Want
Papercuts is a friendly San Franciscan who was raised on a California commune, but actually makes punishing death metal that would frighten Cannibal Corpse. ... Read more »| 03 Apr 2009 -
FilmGood
Flattery will get you everywhere; it even got the Nazis into power, or at least that’s how it appears in Good. It takes only a few words of praise to... Read more »| 03 Apr 2009 -
MusicKing Creosote - Flick The Vs
Flick The Vs sees a snarl added to Kenny Anderson's dulcet tones, and frequent bad language spells out the fact that he's got a few things to be pissed off a... Read more »| 03 Apr 2009 -
MusicCrystal Antlers: People Go ‘Crystal Who?’
Even before the release of their debut album, the real Crystal Antlers have been lost in a fog of hype. Singer Jonny Bell sets the record straight to Nick Mitchell Read more »| 02 Apr 2009 -
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Limbo @ The Voodoo Rooms, 26 Mar
As gig nights go, this one is an unusually civilised affair. Set amidst the plush curtained walls and twinkling lights of the Voodoo Rooms, the music on offe... Read more »| 02 Apr 2009 -
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Metallica @ SECC, 26 Mar
Hailing from the Sabbath school of down tuned guitars and illegible logos, tonight The Sword (***) belie the doom metal roots of their records with a stoner ... Read more »| 01 Apr 2009
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The Prodigy: Generation Terrorists
From underground ‘toy town techno’ pioneers to worldwide electro punk sensations, it seems The Prodigy are standing on the precipice of doing it all over again – Keith Flint tells Dave Kerr why the pop charts are still for suckers, even if they are at the top Read more »| 01 Apr 2009 -
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Art Brut: Riding With the Devil
With his ouija board, some broken trousers and Frank Black for an ally, Eddie Argos tells Gillian Watson about the time Art Brut took on Satan Read more »| 01 Apr 2009 -
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In the Court of the Creosote King
With the forthcoming sixth annual alt.folk hootenanny on his mind - the first of the great annual festivals in our book - Fence Records founder King Creosote recollects his 'Top 5' Classic Homegame Moments. Read more »| 01 Apr 2009 -
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Soap & Skin - Lovetune for Vacuum
Judging by the doom and gloom pervading Anja Plaschg's debut album, it must really suck growing up on a pig farm in southern Austria. A bedroom composer sinc... Read more »| 01 Apr 2009 -
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Armando Iannucci on In the Loop
It looks like British films are on the up and Armando Iannucci’s In the Loop is one film that everyone’s talking about. We catch up with the director, as well as actors Peter Capaldi and Chris Addison, to chat about the film and its impact. Read more »| 01 Apr 2009 -
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Religulous
Religion is the opium of society according to Karl Marx, and Bill Maher feels no differently. Venturing into the religious heartlands of America and beyond, ... Read more »| 01 Apr 2009 -
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Nick Hornby: For the Record
In 1995 Nick Hornby published High Fidelity, a novel about a record store owner with a turbulent relationship history. In the book, he pretty much nailed the mindset of a music obsessive, so unsurprisingly, he was the first person we thought to ask about Record Store Day Read more »| 31 Mar 2009 -
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HEALTH Escape From the Studio
Wild noise boys HEALTH are back in the studio for album number two. Gordon Bruce talks mushy peas and countryside rodents with bassist John Famiglietti. Read more »| 31 Mar 2009 -
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Lily Allen @ O2 Academy, 14 Mar
With her chart success currently spanning the Atlantic, it’s no surprise that the opening night of Lily Allen’s tour is a pretty hot ticket. The ... Read more »| 31 Mar 2009