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
The Hurricanes @ Winter Dance Party
The Hurricanes are sure to blow you away when they take to the stage Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Books
Free Books! Or, The Strange Return of Jekyll and Hyde.
Stevenson's skill as a writer is still abundantly clear today Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Clubs
Robert Owens - Night Time Stories
Perhaps due to his impressive canon of past collaborations it was always going to be tough to deliver comparable efforts Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Music
Pelican & High on Fire @ Oran Mor
There's no denying the entertainment value of a band who use the catchline: 'The blood we bleed is black indeed' Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Music
Sons and Daughters - This Gift
This is pop that's been led astray, casting off its superficial skin to reveal a dark, sexual core Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Music
Black Mountain - In the Future
Black Mountain knock one clean out of the park Read more »| 06 Jan 2008
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Clubs
Shy FX, Noisia & more, Xplicit's 3rd Birthday, Potterrow, Edinburgh, 25 Jan
For what stratosphere are they next destined? Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Clubs
Marshall Jefferson: The Stuff of Legends (print version)
SF: For the last DJ profile in our Bacardi series, we end on a definite high - an interview with the godfather of house as we know it, Marshall Jefferson. Read on to find out how a pushy salesman sparked production, what genre clubs are doing for dance music and where the industry goes from here.
PQ: ""You always think that you can step in and shake things up a bit, I think that was my intention."" Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Clubs
LTJ Bukem: Logical Productions
SF: The Skinny tracks down LTJ Bukem amidst increasing production work and gigs across the world to talk about his new mix album and DVD.
PQ: 'It's just going back to the way it was before, putting out lots of new stuff for people to hear on 12"".' Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Clubs
2008 in Yon Scrying Bowl
SF: Looking to the future and flourishing of ideas, we've received many tips for greatness this year and formulated a few of our own from the grapevine and good ol' fashioned critique. Read on for our 2008 predictions!
PQ: ""All that music seems to have subconsciously amalgamated into a giant electronic music wad from which bits get extracted when it comes time to add rhythm"" - Let's Go Outside Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Theatre
Goldilocks
The ritualised call and response of the whole pantomime form lends itself with chilling precision to the inculcation of values. Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Film
No Country For Old Men
So close to being a great movie you can taste it Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Music
One More Grain - Having a Ball
The thing that gets you first is the voice Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Music
Hot Chip - Ready for the Floor
Just can't seem to do a damn thing wrong Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Music
Stephen Fretwell - Now
Don't let this put you off exploring Fretwell's more interesting side Read more »| 06 Jan 2008