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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ClubsPrometheus - Corridor of Mirrors
Full rhythmic fire or just cooling the embers? Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Clubs
Infinite Livesz vs. Stade - Art Broot Fe De Yoot
Imagine ODB impersonating Rick James, reading William Burroughs cutups of Dr Seuss books and fetish porn, to a soundtrack by Pole and Can, and you're almost there. As rewarding as it is challenging. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
ClubsApathy & Celph Titled - No Place Like Chrome
Ap and Celph's relentless trading of beatdowns, particularly their undermining of so-called 'conscious rappers', is a much more intelligent deconstruction of hip-hop than Eminem's self-pitying white trash schtick. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Clubs
Nafees - The Art of Keeping It
Nafees delivers blistering, socially-conscious rhymes with impeccable rhythm and timing Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Clubs
Azuli World Tour with Kurd Maverick, Musika, The Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh, Mar 24
As a young, talented multi-instrumentalist equipped with a fine musical ear, Gian soon found himself being drawn to all genres of electronic dance music and over the years finally found his niche in house music. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Music
Popup Set Compass for South by Southwest
You want to just make it like a fantastic gig at the 13th Note on a Tuesday night. That's what I always want from my gigs. - Damien Read more »| 12 Mar 2007
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MusicVarious - Songs For The Young At Heart
a curious pleasure for the grown-ups to indulge in. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Film
Universal Film Noir Collection
Out of the Past - 3 Skinnys
The Killers - 4
The Glass Key - 3
Crossfire - 3
The Blue Dahlia - 4
This Gun For Hire - 4
Murder My Sweet - 4
The Big Steal - 3
Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Film
Special
a cult following is sure to welcome it on DVD Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Film
Norman McLaren: The Master's Edition
nothing less than a meeting point of the histories of art and film Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Film
Derek Jarman trio
Jarman is so assured in his use of extreme light and shadow, along with primary colours and lots of perfectly arranged flesh, that you're almost able to forget how stylised the production is Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Music
The Hussy's @ Barfly
the hooks are lost beneath the live rock attack Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Music
The Elvis Suicide @ King Tut's
their single-mindedness is breathtaking, their music stripped of pretension Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Music
Shiny Toy Guns @ Cabaret Voltaire
The band high-fives the crowd, screaming into microphones and dancing like Paris Hilton on acid Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Music
Baldego @ Whistle Binkies
Baldego is his own rhythm section, backing vocalist, harmoniser and, somehow, even manages to duet with himself somewhere in the maelstrom. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007