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 - Fabric 39: Robert Hood
Coming from the man who coined the term 'minimal' on his 1994 EP Minimal Nation (back when Richie Hawtin was still in short trousers and Konrad Black was goi... Read more »| 23 Apr 2008 -
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The Black Dog - Radio Scarecrow
While many saw the Black Dog's reissuing of their back catalogue on Soma last year as some kind of sellout, their first album proper for Slam & co should... Read more »| 23 Apr 2008 -
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Marvin Wilson - Being Here
A beautiful mix of downbeat ambience and soaring euphoria, this is one of Alex Tronic's finest releases to date, a wonderfully decadent flight through clouds... Read more »| 23 Apr 2008 -
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Autokratz - Pardon Garcon/French Girls Play Guitar
Sometimes the title of a track alone could sell it. French! Girls! Guitar! What’s not to love? You could accuse Autokratz of false advertising (they ar... Read more »| 23 Apr 2008 -
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The Count & Sinden (Feat. Kid Sister) - Beeper
The pager is making a comeback. Who’d have thunk it? The rubbish version of the mobile phone once reserved for on-call doctors and jannies has been res... Read more »| 23 Apr 2008 -
ClubsCut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Many of us become so used to seeing the Cut Copy moniker alongside the word remix that it’s easy to forget the Australian trio are a proper guitar-stru... Read more »| 23 Apr 2008
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Midnight Juggernauts - Dystopia
This impressive debut from the Australian three piece has a lot to live up to after Justice proclaimed them their favourite new band earlier this year. Their... Read more »| 23 Apr 2008 -
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Patefon @ The Admiral, 17 May
Do you like breaks? Do you like music that you can really dance to? Then Patefon is for you. If you fancy a change from the dull throb of the four four so ea... Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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DJ Chart - James Pants
In what is possibly our best themed DJ Chart ever, we present Stones Throw's James Pants: "A Romantic Evening With James Pants". 01. The Flamingoes - I Onl... Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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subtractiveLad - Apparatus
Stephen Hummel introduces the fourth album under his subtractiveLAD guise, an impressive feat considering he’s only been working on the project for fiv... Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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Kenny 'Dope' Gonzalez @ Moovn, Berlin, 3 May
Edinburgh’s Berlin club has scored a real coup for its entrance into summer. On Saturday the venue plays host to the talents of Kenny 'Dope' Gonzalez, ... Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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Thomas Schumacher @ We Are… Electric, 21 May
We Are… Electric has something good going down in Edinburgh every Wednesday of the week (yes, I know there's only one, and it's a shame), but every so... Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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Brodinski @ Death Disco, The Arches, 17 May
Death Disco continues to show why it’s arguably Glasgow’s most popular club night with another fantastic line-up. This month sees a set from Brod... Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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Substance & Vainqueur, Actress (live) @ Numbers, 2 May
Numbers' ability to put together bloody good club nights must be applauded. Already responsible for bringing Modeselektor, Feadz and Autechre to Glasgow alon... Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
ClubsLuke Slater @ Classic Grand, 2 May
New to Classic Grand is Hell - designed to be an inferno of dirty house, electro, tech-house and some minimal to mix it up. Resident DJs Ryan and Thierry are... Read more »| 22 Apr 2008