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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Big Acts For The Wee Chill
Leader: The sun is shining down, the people are smiling and the warm summer nights are only just beginning. And that's even before we get started on the wonderful and diverse musical treats on offer at this month's Wee Chill.
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Crystal Distortion, Synthetic, The Bongo Club, 5 Apr
If you aren't sweating profusely by the end and shaking off a bad case of the jogger's knees, you can only have been standing outside all night. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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Dave Piccioni - Azuli presents Miami 2007
An undeniable energy at play that will see many tracks rock dancefloors worldwide Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
MusicBright Eyes - Cassadaga
...the canvas is overstretched by lack of focus and inscrutable lyrics. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Books
The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
it's damned original, human and satisfyingly identifiable, and as a debut it's top class. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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The Tartar Steppe, Dino Buzzati, trans. Stuart C. Hood
often compared to works by Kafka, Camus, and Calvino Read more »| 11 May 2007
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The Successor by Ismail Kadare, translated by David Bellos.
Fragmentary, confusing, dissident and frightening Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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Meet Me Under the Westway by Stephen Thompson
A dreary name-drop of a novel Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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Inkubator
you can handle most of the books directly whilst exploring the Study, Log Cabin or Landscape interiors Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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Sugarhill Gang, Subclub Birthday Week, Sub Club, Glasgow, 5 Apr
A look back at the past, a slice of fun Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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Green Velvet & more, Pressure, The Arches, Glasgow, 30 Mar
Chicago legend Green Velvet ends the night on a high, electrifying a heaving main arch with his unique theatrical style, and ending with the (as-ever) highly anticipated rendition of the classic La La Land. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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DJ Quantic & Trouble DJs, Basement Boogie Launch, Berlin, Edinburgh, 5 Apr
To pull off a successful launch party, you need a lot more oomph! Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
ClubsTrick Daddy - Back by Thug Demand
Ten years since the release of his first album, Trick is still swimming in familiar waters. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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The Gasman - Love Collection
White kicks off the album sounding like Yoko Oh No! being played backwards, or a duo of insomniac, narcoleptic church organists making hymns to debauchery and psychosis. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
ClubsThe Buoys - Grillo Parlante
Their mastery of dubby, watery soundscapes is wonderful and the album suggests this is one to watch. Read more »| 11 May 2007