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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The Dark R&B Twist: Killa Kela
Killa Kela talks Pharrell, string quartets and multi-vocal stylings.
""I don't think Justin's a bad beatboxer."" àKilla Kela Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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Scouting the Homegrown
1Xtra DJs Ace and Invisible are on the hunt for new talent in the UK and made a fortunate pit-stop in Edinburgh Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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July Hip-Hop & Breaks Column
It's summer, so get some reggae on, sharpish. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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Peaches: Impeach Her Bush
The controversial role flippin' Peaches is back with a third album guaranteed to make you blush Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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Departure Lounge 3rd Birthday & Give It Some! 4th Birthday
If you're after good music, you're guaranteed to find it here Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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Daddy's Home: New Flesh
Juice Aleem, Toaster and Part 2, AKA New Flesh are back, and this time they are 'Universally Dirty'.
""The word 'dirty' is about black music, the darker shade of our sex appeal."" àPart 2 Read more »| 15 Jul 2006
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Mike Monday @ DEFF, Liquid Lounge, Glasgow, June 10th
Too hard to ignore the near empty dance-floor and resulting lack of atmosphere Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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Jerome Hill, Synthetic, Berlin Bierhaus, Edinburgh, May 31
Urban, gritty and off-the-wall Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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An eerily brutal, but restrained result. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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Steg G & Freestyle Master - Natural Selection
Steg G's beats are lumpen, his melodies Casio preset-predictable. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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L- Marie - Street Heat Vol. 3
You can't fault someone for following their instinct and being true to their own musical vision Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Books
The Worms Can Carry Me to Heaven - Alan Warner
Upon learning that he is HIV positive, Manollo Follana mostly just drifts around and Thinks About His Life. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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Sugar-Coated Pill: Selected Poems - Mahmood Jamal
There is a clear sense of an approach to art and life that is grounded in the local and the human. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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Blackshirt: Sir Oswald Mosley and British Fascism - Stephen Dorril
A frighteningly detailed biography of Britain's most infamous fascist. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style - Matt Madden
Exercises in perfection Read more »| 15 Jul 2006