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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Clubs
Ali Love - Late Night Session
Aiming to spread the love through music, this release is a mixture of pop, disco and funk Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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Morgan's Spiced Club
The programme kicks off on 1 Dec with Hexstatic, Huggy and Mash, all convening for an evening of beats and grooves at Medina Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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Megaman, So Solid Crew, & Northern Xposure, The Caves, Edinburgh, 30 Dec
For anyone looking to blow away the mid-winter blues, this night could be just the thing Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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Dixon, Trouble, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, 7 Dec
A key figure in the German house scene Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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The gems, jests, and goddamns! of 2007
Sf: Another year has zipped by in a flurry of hits, flops, and downright astounding releases - read on for who rocked our sound systems in 2007!
PQ: ""Being around people who want to celebrate and enjoy themselves is a great source of energy."" - Karl Hyde
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The Ironweed Project - Dust Bowl
Dust Bowl is simply a surfing pleasure to listen to Read more »| 07 Dec 2007
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Music
Wild Beasts - Assembly
Get over your issues, and the band's eccentricity might become quite intriguing. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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O Fracas - Factfinding / And So a Scratch Runs Down a Wall
A solid effort overall, hinting at the possibility of mainstream appeal to come. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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Madam - Calling For Love
Rumbles along, threatening to explode, though it never does. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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Hadouken! - Not Here To Please You EP
The sheer power and exhilarating energy of the band's music cannot be denied. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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Finniston - Week Days Off
Trite melodies, uninspiring lyrics and a by-the-numbers structure Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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Chris de Burgh @ Clyde Auditorium
A frustrating enigma. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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Various Artists - Worship the Riff
Potentially good artists dragging the dead weight of a few real stinkers. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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UK States - Psychogeography
Flips expectations of folk rock with lean guitar and synth. Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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Samantha Marais - The Peppermint Conspiracy
it's difficult to pigeonhole such an eclectic piece of work, so let's just call it 'brilliant' Read more »| 07 Dec 2007