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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Music
New Adventures - How I Got the Devil Back (Part One) (Faded Grandeur)
As an exercise in OTT melodrama, this really hits the spot Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
MusicHoly Fuck - Lovely Allen
Like Sigur Ros soundtracking the video game Geometry Wars with The Who hogging the joypads Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Theatre
The Lastmaker @ Tramway, 7 Mar
Astonishingly rigorous and sublime, experimental but also gently moving. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
MusicThe Boggs standard: A word with Jason Friedman
Jason Friedman is, to all intents and purposes, The Boggs. He writes the songs, he designs the artwork and he oversees the recruitment of whomever the hell he wants to work with on any given day. With the stonking post-punk of Friedman's latest release Forts still ringing joyously in his ears, Finbarr Bermingham expected an impious Stalinist control freak on the other end of the ether when he caught up with the multi-talented Brooklyn based musician recently. Friedman's gracious, informed response suggested such misgivings were slightly off the mark, but we were by no means disappointed… Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Theatre
Brick Awards @ The Arches, 11 Mar
Two marvellous and contrasting works, imaginative direction and enthusiastic performances. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Music
The Breeders @ ABC
They have crafted the eternal indie-disco classic Cannonball, but a much stronger body of work lies beneath such immediate delights. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008
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Comedy
The World Stands Up Opening Gala - 6 Mar, The Stand
A cowboy, an African American, a German and a Glaswegian walk into a bar... Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
MusicThe Mars Volta @ Academy
Epic? Too right. Genius? In league with Hendrix, mate. So it's a major frustration that they also dabble in 'bloody tedious' Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Music
Empire Strikes Back
Alec Empire, prolific producer and DJ that he is, remains best known as a founding member of Berlin-based digital hardcore group Atari Teenage Riot. Paul Mitchell speaks to a man hellbent on avoiding the past Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Music
Andrew Bird - Words from a Whistling Gypsy
Violinist, whistler, songwriter extraordinaire. Andrew Bird has got the Midas Touch. In the build up to his hotly anticipated Triptych performance later this month, Finbarr Bermingham caught up with a knackered Bird post-set, to try and drag a few words out of him...
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Music
The Dirty Dozen - April, 2008
Well-travelled beatniks, white soulsters, thrash metal and Scouting For Girls. It could only be this month's singles round-up. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Music
The Kills @ The Liquid Room
Mosshart is the embodiment of late 70s DIY Punk—abrasive, antagonistic, alluring—and backed by Hince's minimalist riffs the duo make for an enthralling live proposition Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Music
Dirty Projectors @ Cabaret Voltaire
Obscure? No doubt. Breathtaking? Absolutely Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Music
Growing Old Disgracefully - The Return Of The B-52s
Along with REM, they put Athens, Georgia on the map and had a part in the rise of College Rock. With a new album on the way, Finbarr Bermingham caught up with B-52s founding member Cindy Wilson to talk about the past, present and of course, the Love Shack... Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Comedy
Wil Hodgson: Straight Outta Chippenham, 9 Mar, Brel
There is a fine line between comedy and therapy. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008