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
XFM May - The Summer Anthem - Place Your Bets
Futureheads àVery difficult to make a festival audience bounce in 7/8 time. (20/1) Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Clubs
Billy Woods presents Melange A Go-Go with Eric Duncan (Rub 'N' Tug) @ The Riverside Club, 16th April
A healthy disregard for genre boundaries, but with an eye firmly fixed on the dancefloor Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Clubs
The Black Dog - Riphead EP
Some sounds are so elegant they never go out of style. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Clubs
Surface Emp - Lucky Me EP
A breath of fresh air to the UK hip hop scene Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
MusicTwo Gallants - Steady Rollin'
Gravely vocals and a mouth-organ conjuring images of small-town USA. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Flaming Lips @ Usher Hall
there is always some warmongering dipshit who will rain on your ""wanna be enlightened"" parade Read more »| 16 May 2006
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MusicThe Church - Uninvited Like The Clouds
Like most bands reaching their twilight years The Church sound weary Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Shack - On the Corner of Miles and Gil
timeless melodies worm their way into your brain, put their slippers on, and settle down for an extended stay Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Books
Speculative Architecture
Innovative designs to stimulate the public's interest in architecture, art and design. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Jeniferever - 'Choose a Bright Morning'
sprawling vistas of lush orchestration unfolding to reveal a yawning gap where there should be a solid tune Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
FilmMetal: A Headbanger's Journey
turns academic analysis up to eleven Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Film
Mission Impossible 3
If there's one movie that has the pedigree and potential to blow away the opposition in May, it's this one. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Film
Interview: Love + Hate
Understanding, by being taken into other people's lives, is what I like about making these kind of films. - Director Dominic Savage Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Clubs
Hot Chip - The Warning
Their obvious enthusiasm for creating catchy, beautiful noise shines through on every track Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
The Futureheads - Skip to the End
Out to prove that their surprisingly adept vocal attributes on 2005's Hounds of Love was no fluke... Read more »| 16 May 2006