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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MusicSpinto Band - Nice & Nicely Done
Like a threesome involving Stephen Malkmus, Conor Oberst and a more passive and directing Wayne Coyne Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
MusicHow To Swim - The Littlest Orgasm
A wonderful blend of dementedly twisting country burlesque that froths with fervency and zeal. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Dr. John - Mercernary
Mercernary achieves Dr John's goal of paying tribute to Mercer but also goes some distance to reaffirming his own genius Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Calexico - Garden Ruin
By far their most accessible and mass-market friendly album to date Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
FilmThe Beat that my Heart Skipped
Audiard directs superbly, moving the plot forward in an organic way... Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Film
Waiting...
It looks more 'Empire Records' than 'Clerks' in it's portrayal of aimless young slackers Read more »| 16 May 2006
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Film
Brick
An original story, but it aspires to the noir genre. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
FilmThe Devil and Daniel Johnston
Feuerzeig seamlessly combines a variety of archive sources with his own material to compose a sympathetic portrait of Johnston as an influential genius Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Film
Ice Age: The Meltdown
If your species isn't extinct, clap your hands Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Film
Scary Movie 4
SM4' is barely a movie, never mind scary or funny, the 4 supposedly there to prove they can count Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Film
Spotlight: Edward Norton
Profile of an actor famed for adding genuine depth and gravitas to challenging lead roles Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Anti-Flag - For Blood and Empire
Welcomely lacks the expected airs of teen angst and toilet humour so explicit in your common contemporary act of a similar aesthetic Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
The Gussets @ Subway Cowgate
Live music should be a show, a fuck-fest and lobotomize you of modern society's atrocities Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Clubs
Volcano - Thurs May 18 @ The Venue
The finest heavyweight selections of house, techno, disco, ska, funk hip-hop and electronica. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Theatre
The Alchemist
Fans of the book will love it, and for everyone else it's an opportunity to see an exciting ensemble at work. Read more »| 16 May 2006