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
Penpushers - Poltergeeks
One in the eye for those who fail to see that Scottish hip-hop is in the ascendant Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
ClubsMouse on Mars - Varcharz
The Berlin duo seem to have spent more time polishing their Warp and Rephlex vinyls and peeking over Kid 606's shoulder than they have spent sampling the sound their marimba makes when they hit it with a coconut. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Clubs
Lee Van Dowski + Quenum - As Told On The Eve Of...
Lee Van Dowski and Quenum have engineered a coherent album of disparate styles that proves once and for all that there's more to Swiss music than yodelling Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
Tilly & The Wall - Tapping To A Different Beat
...when people ask I say 'Folk-Pop Rock 'n' Roll with a tap dancer' àit always brings a smile to their faces Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Clubs
Marcus Intalex, Split, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Aug 22
Big beats, big bass, big DJs, and a big crowd: big things continue to come from Split Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
MusicTilly & The Wall - Bottoms Of Barrels
Bottoms of Barrels' sees a soul searching child beautifully maturing in a world of heartbreak and sorrow Read more »| 13 Oct 2006
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Music
The Human Value - The Human Value
An update on Siouxsie & the Banshees' legendary goth-punk sound. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
Mercury Rev - The Essential
This is a good time to remember, if you've forgotten, the majestic theremin-induced glory of 'Holes' Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
Mansun - Legacy - The Best Of Mansun
Their gigs were all savage carnality and purple passion àMansun were a band that even made men wet. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - The Chronicles Of A Bohemian Teenager
Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager' is an impassioned record from a modern liberal-left teen, a new torch-bearer for idol-hunting youngsters. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
Duke Special - Songs From The Deep Forest
When most groups have little to offer, Songs from the Deep Forest is most definately worth a spin.
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Film
Spotlight On - James McAvoy
The twenty-seven year-old Glaswegian actor has starring roles in a fleet of notable movies set to dock in cinemas over the coming year. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager (Part 1) (Atlantic)
A bo-ho teenage cult-leader with no suicidal suggestions? Worth keeping an eye on. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
Hot Club de Paris - Everyeveryeverything/Hello Comrade (I Quit My Job) (Moshi Moshi)
Hot Club de Paris produce frenetic, naked pop music that sounds as if it might trip over itself at any moment Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
Jack Butler - Velvet Prose
Is another retro wiry-guitar band to compliment the NME-fuelled nu-alternative bandwagon really necessary? Read more »| 13 Oct 2006