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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V/A - Forever In Their Debt : Vol 1
All in all a rather hollow enterprise Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
ClubsPharoahe Monch - Desire
This classic album has all the essentials; from wordplay to production, but what makes it refreshing listening is the fact that Pharoahe actually has something to say! Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Clinton Sparks Presents Kardinal Offishall - Do The Right Thing Mixtape
The hot 90's instrumentals that feature, bind this vision, allowing Kardinal to give CPR to a dying mixtape game Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Verb T & The Last Skeptik - Broken Window
This album again sees the duo tackle the realities of street life, while their underground sound of garage and soulful rap has caused many in the underground community to take note of their lyrical ability and musical prowess Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Annie Mac, Mixed Bizness, Sub Club, Glasgow, 12 Jul
Miz Mac unexpectedly opens with a bass heavy remix of Paul Simon's Call me Al, creating a spontaneous mini singalong Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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The Circus of Horrors
It's all done with a forked tongue firmly in cheek. - Dr Haze Read more »| 09 Aug 2007
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Music
Zuba @ The Arches
Two bands chasing interesting directions, but their inspirations are not cohering.
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MusicSebadoh - The Freed Man
Enough to make you reach for the tape recorder and that battered acoustic Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Film
Friend Or Foe
Teen angst doesn't get much loopier than this. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Marc Mac, Headspin, The Bongo Club, Edinburgh, 11 Aug
A night not to be missed Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Legowelt, Seismic, Blackfriars, Glasgow, 12 Aug
Unless you're the sanctioned and certified handler of an army of cats, calling a song Total Pussy Control is not on. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Ed Chamberlain, Scrabble, Basura Blanca, Glasgow, 10 Aug
Ed's reliably tweaked style makes sure he has tunes in most electro record bags, even in today's shrinking vinyl market Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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DJ Randall, Xplicit, Bongo Club, Edinburgh, 24 Aug
Randall has topped bills throughout the world Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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/Slashdot., The Hive, Niddry Street, Edinburgh, every Saturday
Resident DJs from nights across the city including Obscene, Bass Syndicate, Manga and Dogma Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Ny - Finally Some Female Grime!
Rhythm & grime is the latest genre to captured the mind's eye in music media south of the border. Twenty year-old Ny has merged the two elements of music together to create a potent style of her own. Like the 50 Cents of the world, Ny took to mixtapes in order to unleash her sound on the ears of the UK.
Pull Quote: ""If you listen to my CD, you can hear a range of influences... from Beres Hammond, to Peter Tosh, to Blondie, to Simon and Garfunkel - to me it's simply music."" Read more »| 09 Aug 2007