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
The Icarus Line - Black Lives At The Golden Coast
Armed with plenty of riffing, muscular solos and menacing bass lines. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Clubs
The Black Dog - Techno Playtime
With one listen to Techno Playtime, it's not hard to see why The Black Dog are regarded as the forefathers of British techno. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Gary Numan & Ade Fenton: A Perfect Circle
Alex Burden rings Ade Fenton and Gary Numan in between hectic press interviews and record signings, to dig deeper into Artificial Perfect; Fenton's debut artist album, and their second LP collaboration together. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Calvin Harris: A Disco T-Party
The story is as old as time: boy returns home to Scotland from London, disillusioned with its fame, gets a job as a shelf-stacker, and ends up selling thousands of records. The Skinny talks with Calvin Harris about how he got here, what he plans to do, and his headlining appearance at T in the Park! Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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XFM Column
GOOD CRIEFF! Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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XFM CHARTS
Jim Gellatly's X-Posure Top 101. The White Stripes - Icky Thump 2. Reverend And The Makers - Heavyweight Champion Of The World 3. The Cribs - Men's Needs4. T... Read more »| 10 Jun 2007
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The Easy Gramophone - June, 2007
5 free songs you can legally download, listen to and love. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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The National - Mistaken For Strangers
I do get emotionally invested in what the characters are in the middle of. They come from real things that I'm obsessing over. - Matt Berninger Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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The Glasgow School
Those Jazz cats will flourish... Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Chris Cornell - Carry On
That voice has always sounded best next to an ugly riff. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Live Music Roundup - June
The dreamy Cocorosie will set our hearts racing when they set up camp at the Arches on 15 June. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Clubs
Wiley: Grime Ambassador
The founder of Roll Deep explains to The Skinny why his retirement is only the beginning. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Music
Gossip - Listen Up! Single Review by Nick Mitchell
It's not complex, it's a bit clichéd, but it just sounds too damn soulful to complain. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Willy Mason - We Can Be Strong
Deep-rooted country influences and the twinkling pianos that glean a little swing and a little blues. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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A Muso's Top 10: Die! Die! Die!
The Skinny received an LP by Auckland punk trio Die!Die!Die! a few months back and it only went and ended with Sprite coming out of our noses.
We recently tracked down front man Andrew Wilson to find out how they've enjoyed their jaunt around the British isles so far and to see what tunes they've been using to bauckle the speakers on't tour bus... Read more »| 10 Jun 2007