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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Clubs
The gems, jests, and goddamns! of 2007
Sf: Another year has zipped by in a flurry of hits, flops, and downright astounding releases - read on for who rocked our sound systems in 2007!
PQ: ""Being around people who want to celebrate and enjoy themselves is a great source of energy."" - Karl Hyde
Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Clubs
The Ironweed Project - Dust Bowl
Dust Bowl is simply a surfing pleasure to listen to Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Music
Wild Beasts - Assembly
Get over your issues, and the band's eccentricity might become quite intriguing. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Music
O Fracas - Factfinding / And So a Scratch Runs Down a Wall
A solid effort overall, hinting at the possibility of mainstream appeal to come. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Music
Madam - Calling For Love
Rumbles along, threatening to explode, though it never does. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Music
Hadouken! - Not Here To Please You EP
The sheer power and exhilarating energy of the band's music cannot be denied. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007
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Music
Finniston - Week Days Off
Trite melodies, uninspiring lyrics and a by-the-numbers structure Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Music
Chris de Burgh @ Clyde Auditorium
A frustrating enigma. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Music
Various Artists - Worship the Riff
Potentially good artists dragging the dead weight of a few real stinkers. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Music
UK States - Psychogeography
Flips expectations of folk rock with lean guitar and synth. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Music
Samantha Marais - The Peppermint Conspiracy
it's difficult to pigeonhole such an eclectic piece of work, so let's just call it 'brilliant' Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Music
Hologram - Hologram+
It's as if your computer read Stephen Hawking's blog and wants to discuss Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Music
Graham Day & The Gaolers - Soundtrack to the Daily Grind
Makes no attempt to pass itself off as anything other than distinctly retro. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Music
Feu Therese - Ca Va Cogner
A 38-minute robotic postcard full of beautiful observation and compelling melancholy. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Art
Sprezzatura Maze @ SWG3
The ambition of this project is striking Read more »| 07 Dec 2007