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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MusicYeasayer @ King Tut's
Although some of these interstellar jams could be drawn out longer, it would never be in keeping with the 'Sayer's pop aesthetic Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Neil Young @ The Playhouse
Even at 62, Young proves he can still rock with the very best of them Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
MusicFoals @ QMU
Even if the initial shock of their sound is radical, it's not deviating much from song to song Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
MusicEels @ Royal Concert Hall, 28 Feb
A rare, retrospective moment for E, and a pertinent reminder of his oblique genius Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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The Editors @ Carling Academy
The set plays out like their greatest, great hits, and it's that consistent quality which should surely outshine the far casting shadow of their influences Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Dead Meadow @ King Tut's
As Dead Meadow begin their set, one thing is abundantly clear: drummer Stephen McCarty has cultivated a really boss moustache Read more »| 01 Apr 2008
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Amplifico @ Club Ego
There's a pervading feeling that the 'Fico's time might finally have come Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Heartcore
A classic example of why, sometimes, less is so much more Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Vincent Vincent And The Villains - Gospel Bombs
A refreshingly well-groomed antithesis to the dishevelled indieness dominating the UK soundscape
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Trouble Over Tokyo - Pyramides
By passing up the opportunity to whine, he may just have given his genre another string to its bow Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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The Ike Reilly Assassination - Junkie Faithful/Sparkle In The Finish
For a man often compared to the likes of Beck and Eels, this double album is distinctly disappointing Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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The Draytones - Up In My Head
When all the pieces work, The Draytones show flashes of brilliance Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Temposhark - The Invisible Line
The choruses are almost exclusively repeated variations of the same line, acting like rapid aging machines which render the songs ancient with a quickness Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Ha
If we apply the 'if you leave wine, will it become vintage or vinegar' dichotomy here, this is virtually undrinkable Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Son Lux - At war with walls and mazes
Ryan Lott could be singing the phone book and it'd sound pained Read more »| 01 Apr 2008