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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Music
12 Stone Toddler - Does it Scare You?
These pranksters have surely juggled skulls in dingy Brighton basement voodoo rituals to write songs this damn catchy. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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The Greenskeepers, Solescience, Cabaret Voltaire, 17 May
Solescience really push the boat out tonight, with extra special visuals, free two-tone Robocop specs and disco-glam decor Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Shape Shifters, Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh, 27 May
Mostly filled with a large number of people wondering how the door charge can be justified Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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DJ Randall and DJ Fierce, The Art School, Glasgow, 18 May
It's a tribute to Xplicit's name that when Hype goes AWOL the day before the big night, the organisers reach into the magic hat, and barely fumbling, bring out a line up which overshadows the original Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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The Chemical Brothers - We Are The Night
Does little to heave the Brothers out of a lethargic rut. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Radio Slave - Misch Masch IV
Re-works of Caged Baby, X-Press 2, Pet Shop Boys and others highlight the Radio Slave 'less is more' approach to remixing Read more »| 10 Jul 2007
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Justice - Justice
The good news is that the album has more hits than misses, and shows that Justice are set to be one of the electro survivors when the dust settles Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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EDINBURGH FEATURE: Sweet E: Underground Exposure
Since the age of 13, Sweet E has been making hip-hop with her brother as Northern Exposure. With an upcoming 12"", festival appearances, and collaborations with Skinnyman's Mud Fam, NrnExpo are creeping out of the underground. Meet Edinburgh's answer to Lauryn Hill. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Black Strobe - I'm A Man
Stripped to the bare essentials and given some electro oomph, creating a big ballsy rocker that will be the envy of most of these indie/electro upstarts. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Future Loop Foundation - The Sea And Sky EP
Although obviously very intimate to its creator, it doesn't seem to find any kind of direct expression beyond that. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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James Robson - Scream
Starting slowly, the electro beats spiral into a dense head-bopping patchwork, while a dirty house backbeat loops throughout Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Paul Haig - Reason
Reason is an unnervingly radio-friendly slice of electro-pop that errs more to the pop side, and sounds like current Josef K-plagiarists Franz Ferdinand Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Rodion - Fisco/Love EP
Fisco does not immediately grab your attention, with a repetitive synth loop and clichéd bass riff driving the song, but it redeems itself somewhat with some cheeky guitar and drum work. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Sarah Nixey - The Black Hit of Space
The Black Hit of Space bounces along like a tennis ball about to lose its momentum Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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The Whip - Divebomb
A futuristic take on what a clubbing classic can be Read more »| 10 Jul 2007