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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Musika/Ocean Terminal Summer Party Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh, 28 Jul
With their scenic outside terrace and long list of top class entertainment, this looks set to be a night with more than enough for any house fan Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Sir Real, Scrabble, Basura Blanca, Glasgow, 13 Jul
Scrabble are used to laying down a hefty dose of dance, as anyone who has been at one of their tunnel, basement or warehouse parties will tell you. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Air - Mer Du Japon
If it ain't broke don't fix it, and we guess that's what the Frenchmen have learned during their time working together Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Foy Vance - Be with You
His album, Hope, will at least have to show a lot more diversity Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Trabant - The One
Filthy Duke's remix reigns supreme with its glam aesthetic and bump 'n' grind backdrop Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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SugarBeat: Garden Kuts
throwing you six artists isn't enough, say SugarBeat Read more »| 10 Jul 2007
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Books
A Feast of a Fest
These days they don't even have to bribe me to go Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Glasgow feature - Kaput!: They Do Things A Bit Different
Leader: Rejecting the familiar Saturday night club formula for something a little more esoteric is Kaput! The Skinny gets the lowdown
Quote: ""We play the wilder, less commercial side of rock 'n' roll - from the proto-disco of no-wave and the urgency of post-punk, to krautrock and the droning waves of post-rock... all the while professing love for Ivor Cutler, soundtracks and any strange outsider music recording we can get our hands on."" - Colin/Kid Twist Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Dizzee Rascal, Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 1 June
Bell Them Slags entices the audience to put their hands up if they have a slag's number in their current phone Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Death Disco, The Arches, Glasgow, 16 Jun
The Death Disco bandwagon still shows no sign of slowing! Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
ClubsThe Society - Heavymightymoodygroovy
A fine selection of tracks that live up the the album's title, and will no doubt appeal to all levels of society Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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The Mitchell and Dewberry Band - Beyond the Rains
The album's momentum is diminished somewhat by the extra length of a few tracks, breaking up the album instead of bringing it together as a cohesive whole Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Rustie - Jagz The Smack
His boom-bap electro is just dying to be played through a stack hard enough to handle cranking it way beyond sensible. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
ClubsPrince Fatty - Survival of the Fattest
He calls himself Prince Fatty, clearly a nod to King Tubby, from whom he seems to have borrowed a couple of beats. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Ewan Pearson - Fabric35
This mix is a unique snapshot of today's brightest techno, without sticking to the usual formulas - worth checking out Read more »| 10 Jul 2007