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
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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Finniston - Week Days Off
Trite melodies, uninspiring lyrics and a by-the-numbers structure Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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Chris de Burgh @ Clyde Auditorium
A frustrating enigma. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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Various Artists - Worship the Riff
Potentially good artists dragging the dead weight of a few real stinkers. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
MusicUK States - Psychogeography
Flips expectations of folk rock with lean guitar and synth. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007
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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 -
MusicHologram - Hologram+
It's as if your computer read Stephen Hawking's blog and wants to discuss Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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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 -
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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 -
Film
La Vie En Rose
Often absorbing. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
Film
Closing The Ring
Finishes far better than it starts Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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Family Guy Season 6
Burning as brightly as ever Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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Stuart Gurden & Nina Lola Bachhuber @ GSS
Juddering camera movements keep the objects of focus, caught within a flickering rhythm of appearance Read more »| 07 Dec 2007