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
Kaiser Chiefs - Everything is Average Nowadays
The title is an obvious own goal. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Music
Nine Inch Nails - Capital G
Dripping with electro-rock savvy and righteous political rhetoric. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Wake The President - Mail, Alice / Sorrows For Clot
Any ditty that tackles paedophilia, Dear Deirdre and 24 in the same breath, is bound to spark some intrigue. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Tigerfest '07: Pop Up @ Das Contras and Rieser
Twenty-three people in a back room at 1am must seem like a million miles from SXSW. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Switches @ G2
Switches are checking out their options, searching for perfect pop Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Daybreak @ Capitol
The patient listener will detect the seeds of something greater in their unassuming numbers. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007
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Music
Boudica's Ball @ Oran Mor
Collette McKendrick rallies female musicians to stand against the patriarchal oppression of the industry. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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The Twang - Love It When I Feel Like This
That ol' down-to-earth laddish charm. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Seefeel - Quique
They eschew the catchy hook, immersing the listener through subtle shifts. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Rush - Snakes and Arrows
Honed songwriting lustre that only comes with over three decades in the game. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Bonde do Role - With Lasers
...this relentlessly dumb ear-strike loses its charm very quickly Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Film
Ocean's 13 - Unlucky For Us?
The Ocean's movies are as much about the style, the soundtrack and the clothes as anything else. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Film
Thrice Upon A Time
It's hard to see how this latest instalment will be anything but good family fun. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Clubs
Don Cash - Disco Wreck
A mish-mash of genres which doesn't quite work Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Books
The Lying Tongue by Andrew Wilson
Freudian advocates will have a field day. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007