decemberrrrrr skinny

gosh damn it's cold. if, for some crazy reason, you're actually walking around outside in weather like this, you should undoubtedly pick up a copy of the latest issue of the skinny. it'll totally warm you up (figuratively, not literally - it really is rather cold).


amongst the words and pictures are the following pieces written by yours truly:

- fence halloween @ stereo live review
- les savy fav @ oran mor live review
- randolph's leap @ captains rest live review
- electropapknit vol. 1 album review (album of the month)
- sophie's pigeons - 'names and pictures' album review
- various artists - 'forest records presents' album review
- the scottish enlightenment - 'st. thomas' album review
- seafieldroad - 'there are no maps for this part of the city' album review
- the savings and loan - 'today i need light' album review

there's also the skinny's top 10 albums of the year - quite a few of my personal votes ended up in the final list. i'll post my own favourites later in the month; here's what the skinny as a whole decided on:

1. joanna newsom - have one on me
2. the national - high violet
3. caribou - swim
4. arcade fire - the suburbs
5. the phantom band - the wants
6. beach house - teen dream
7. pantha du prince - black noise
8. lcd soundsystem - this is happening
9. the books - the way out
10. deerhunter - halcyon digest

the film team also put together a best of year list - again, my personal list would differ somewhat, and i'll no doubt put that up in a few weeks' time. in the meantime, here's the skinny's combined top, er, eleven:

1. the social network
=2. bad lieutenent: port of cll new orleans
=2. inception
=4. a prophet
=4. toy story 3
6. dogtooth
7. four lions
8. the ghost
=9. mary and max
=9. scott pilgrim vs. the world
=9. white material

you certainly won't see the ghost so high in my personal list - i'm a little baffled by the love it's received. but that's democracy for you...