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
The Hustlers, The Bongo Club, Edinburgh, Feb 16
The Hustlers have been building a reputation locally as a band to funkify any party, and they do. Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Clubs
Refo Records Launch, The Brunswick Hotel, Jan 19
This launch party honoured a new breed of forward thinkers Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Clubs
Up Bustle and Out - 'City Breakers - 18 Frames Per Second'
Continues where the previous 'Urban Evacuation' left off; heavily dub-wise, but also embracing other Jamaican styles Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Clubs
The Hustlers - 'Succour for Suckers'
Unique, odd as hell, sublimely disturbing, their darker tracks are as special as their live show Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Music
Unsigned Band - Skeleton Bob
Why name the band after a bobsleigh vessel? Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Music
Bricolage - Stereo @ Glasgow
this Spring could be the last time you get to see them before they go stratospheric Read more »| 17 Mar 2006
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Music
ADULT. - ABC @ Glasgow
Music that, overheard, would cause your mother to wonder about your mental health is ordinarily impossible to listen to unless entering a 'Leaving Las Vegas'... Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
MusicThe Young Knives- Here Comes The Rumour Mill
Dressed like grouse beaters with a bass player called the House of Lords, the faded grandeur of The Young Knives' scruffy tweed suits hide the dirty pants of... Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Theatre
The Hollow
Agatha Christie's play The Hollow is a classic whodunit - a man finds himself trapped in a house with his wife, his mistress and a bitter ex-mistress. But few are aware that her own history was the stuff of her novels and plays, including a difficult marriage and a mysterious disappearance. Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Theatre
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The story of the murderous barber who dumps bodies in a shared cellar, the baker next door and her strangely delicious pies, is a deliciously scary old wives' tale, but it turns out it's a true story and the perfect subject for a different type of musical. Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Clubs
Felix Da Housecat, We Are Electric, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Feb 15
Less like a superclub mix and more like the craziest house-party jam you ever heard Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Clubs
Velvet
Less of a meat market than might be expected - more couples and fewer hunting packs Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Clubs
Taste's 600th Night
Taste is usually a choice dish for clubbing connoisseurs; tonight it was devoid of flavour Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Music
Disturbed - Don't Stop
Its all been done to death, though this is probably just as good. Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Music
The Automatic - Raoul
It's a contagious romp that staggers through your mind like a drunken tornado Read more »| 17 Mar 2006