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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MusicBon Iver - For Emma
Nearly everything about the song For Emma exhibits some degree of plurality: Justin Vernon’s choir of falsettos, multiple guitar overlays, the lyrical ... Read more »| 16 Sep 2008 -
MusicDavid Vandervelde - Waiting For the Sunrise
A top-down Cadillac drive through the breezy West Coast scene of the 70s, and something of a beautiful trip Read more »| 16 Sep 2008 -
FilmFaintheart
Brought to us by the unlikely combination of MySpace and Film4, Faintheart is a moderately entertaining British comedy. Eddie Marsan plays the loveable Richa... Read more »| 16 Sep 2008 -
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Meshuggah at The Garage Preview
Nobody likes it when a band cancels, not even the band. So when Meshuggah vocalist Jens Kidman tells a packed Garage how happy the Swedish experi-metal quint... Read more »| 15 Sep 2008 -
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Die! Die! Die! @ Captain's Rest, 9 Sep
If I know anything about Kiwi band managers - and having watched an awful lot of Flight of the Conchords, I’d say I'm pretty clued up - it’s that... Read more »| 15 Sep 2008 -
MusicThe Faint - Fasciinatiion
While Fasciinatiion presses aural boundaries, it falls short lyrically Read more »| 15 Sep 2008
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Film
Logan's Run
In this post-apocalyptic society, every aspect of life is cared for by the computer that controls the hermetically sealed cities. There is no work, just play... Read more »| 15 Sep 2008 -
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Lukestar - Lake Toba
Apparently well honed in the art of writing a melodic pop-punk tune Read more »| 15 Sep 2008 -
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The Black Dog - Detroit Vs Sheffield
The Black Dog re-appear with their third EP from the Radio Scarecrow long player. It’s probably the most high profile section from the project so far, ... Read more »| 15 Sep 2008 -
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In the Studio: Jubilee (Part Two)
In the second installment of Aaron North's three part missive from the studio, the singer and guitarist explains how his band achieved the jaw-dropping feat of harnessing the creative energies of Tool, Nine Inch Nails, Liars and Queens of the Stone Age for a track - and then made it a B-side Read more »| 12 Sep 2008 -
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Ladyhawk at Nice 'n' Sleazy, 26 Sep
"We're still lucky to get 15 people at most of our shows in the States, but those 15 people have gotten better looking" - Duffy Driediger Read more »| 12 Sep 2008 -
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Killing Joke @ ABC, 2 Oct
Industrial post-punk legends Killing Joke take to Glasgow’s ABC on the 2nd of October under their original incarnation, following the untimely ... Read more »| 12 Sep 2008 -
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Action Group / Velcro Quartet @ The Mill (Edinburgh) 4 Sep
A night of eclecticism to verify The Mill's grand mission statement Read more »| 12 Sep 2008 -
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Bowerbirds @ The Admiral Bar, 8 Sep
A virtually flawless showing Read more »| 11 Sep 2008 -
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The Autumn Defense @ Cabaret Voltaire, 4 Sep
American solo act Plush, AKA Liam Hayes, bumbles on stage with an electric guitar looking a tad confused. His set, selected from his current four albums, is ... Read more »| 11 Sep 2008