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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Blitzkrieg Bop, The Arches, Glasgow, 13 Jul
The music policy falls somewhere between electro and indie, but combined with the visual emphasis of the night, it's not possible to categorise this night as anything other than Blitzkrieg Bop Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Believe & Weak Hunt, Az-Tech, The Caves, Edinburgh 6 July
One of the city's most characteristic venues... Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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The Drum and Bass Curriculum Highlights
It's safe to say that the Scottish scene is thriving Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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The Drum and Bass Curriculum Highlights
It's safe to say that the Scottish scene is thriving Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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July's Hip-hop Highlights
Welcome back to another roundup of hip-hop news and views brought to you by The Skinny in association with bringdaruckus.com, Scotland's dedicated website for Scottish hip-hop. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Music12 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 -
ClubsThe Chemical Brothers - We Are The Night
Does little to heave the Brothers out of a lethargic rut. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
ClubsRadio 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