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 Blood: Mishkin
Ear-bending genre crossbreeding, with dreadlocks. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Music
XFM CHARTS
Jim Gellatly's X-Posure Top 101. The White Stripes - Icky Thump 2. Reverend And The Makers - Heavyweight Champion Of The World 3. The Cribs - Men's Needs4. T... Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Clubs
Alex Smoke: Getting The Balance
The Skinny chats with Alex Smoke about city differences, future plans, and his intention to storm the Kapital.
Pull Quote: """"People will go with the trend, but those who like good music, make good music - and they're not particularly bothered whether it's called this thing or that thing"" - Alex Smoke Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Clubs
Nneka - Africans
It's distinctive and emotional with a funky twist - wake up to the soulful tunes of Nneka Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Clubs
The Chemical Brothers - Do It Again
An unbeatable summer smash Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Music
New Blood: Little Doses
It's ex-Degrassi meets ex-Degrassi as Sans Trauma singer and guitarist Chris Bathgate checks in with his former associate Michael Branagh's new band, Little Doses Read more »| 10 Jul 2007
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Music
A Weekend In The Country with Bloc Party
"There's something bloody marvellous about Morris Dancing, Nigel Mansell as well." Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Music
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Pulling themselves back into line with a predominantly outstanding legacy. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Music
Frank Black - 93-03
As an introduction to a nine-album solo career so far, it feels relatively honed. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Clubs
Rubens - Carnivalesque
The worst elements of the early 1990s fashioned into an hour's worth of beeping noises Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Music
Garbage - Tell Me Where It Hurts
Make it stop. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Music
Ocean Colour Scene - On the Ley Line
Full of busker-friendly acoustic guitar melodies and carefully orchestrated vocal harmonies. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Comedy
Teddy on the Tube
He either looks like a really fucked version of a super-fit person, or a super-fit version of a really fucked person. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Books
The End Of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas
A hugely playful novel, tripping over itself with name-dropping and then theory-dropping. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Music
Elvis Perkins - All The Night Without Love
There's a new Elvis in town. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007