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
Amber Souls - Devil Insida Me
Van Halen, Kasabian, Wyld Stallyns - your boys took one helluva beating! Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Music
The OK Coral
SF: James Skelly waxes lyrical to Duncan Forgan about the rejuvenation of his band and their distrust of the great southern Metropolis.
PQ: ""You look at modern popular culture these days and you can easily tell who is sucking corporate cock or not. Sometimes you just think that civilisation is going to shit."" - James Skelly Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Music
Iron and Wine
Scraggy bearded cult folk maverick Sam Beam gives Hamza Khan a little bit of insight into his new album and the sorry state of his Hallowe'en costume collection. Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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The Holloways @ The Garage
By deftly shifting genres, they keep the mood amiable and buoyant Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Little John Rocket @ Nice 'N' Sleazy
They stamp Basement with a stark Glaswegian energy and are appropriating the sound of New Wave for their own nefarious fury Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Turin Brakes - Dark On Fire
Listeners may feel that they've been snagged by that age-old trap of inverse single-to-filler ratio Read more »| 08 Oct 2007
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Music
Tom Ovans - Party Girl
A bleak and austere commentary on the daily grind of American life Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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The Checks - Hunting Whales
Though technically outstanding, after all of these years of similar sound forgery it could prove difficult to buy into this template wholeheartedly Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Scout Niblett - This Fool Can Die Now
Majestic doesn't seem too strong a word Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Music
Pram - The Moving Frontier
Feels more like a film soundtrack than an LP to sit up and pay attention too Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Northern Alliance - The Hand of God
Blissful listening Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Music
Miracle Fortress - Five Roses
Graham van Pelt could easily be a member of the Animal Collective: buzzier than Panda Bear, he'd be called Bumble Bee Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Music
Jenny Hoyston - Isle Of
A mish-mash of half-formed ideas Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Theatre
Mabou Mines Doll's House
a school reading list staple stir fried and served up as naked lunch Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Theatre
Carmen
a comfortable watercolour experience Read more »| 08 Oct 2007