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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Theatre
Code Butterfly
They dance in tiny enclosed spaces, just inches from their audience, they have the confidence to come into contact with those watching them and this is something with which many seasoned performers would struggle. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Clubs
Alloy Mental (Skint), Shift, Soundhaus, Glasgow, 28 Jul
They promise a night to suit a varied crowd - just as long as they all like heavy basslines! Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Clubs
Musika/Ocean Terminal Summer Party Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh, 28 Jul
With their scenic outside terrace and long list of top class entertainment, this looks set to be a night with more than enough for any house fan Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Clubs
Sir Real, Scrabble, Basura Blanca, Glasgow, 13 Jul
Scrabble are used to laying down a hefty dose of dance, as anyone who has been at one of their tunnel, basement or warehouse parties will tell you. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Clubs
Air - Mer Du Japon
If it ain't broke don't fix it, and we guess that's what the Frenchmen have learned during their time working together Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Clubs
Foy Vance - Be with You
His album, Hope, will at least have to show a lot more diversity Read more »| 10 Jul 2007
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Clubs
Trabant - The One
Filthy Duke's remix reigns supreme with its glam aesthetic and bump 'n' grind backdrop Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Clubs
SugarBeat: Garden Kuts
throwing you six artists isn't enough, say SugarBeat Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Books
A Feast of a Fest
These days they don't even have to bribe me to go Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Clubs
Glasgow feature - Kaput!: They Do Things A Bit Different
Leader: Rejecting the familiar Saturday night club formula for something a little more esoteric is Kaput! The Skinny gets the lowdown
Quote: ""We play the wilder, less commercial side of rock 'n' roll - from the proto-disco of no-wave and the urgency of post-punk, to krautrock and the droning waves of post-rock... all the while professing love for Ivor Cutler, soundtracks and any strange outsider music recording we can get our hands on."" - Colin/Kid Twist Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Clubs
Dizzee Rascal, Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 1 June
Bell Them Slags entices the audience to put their hands up if they have a slag's number in their current phone Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Clubs
Death Disco, The Arches, Glasgow, 16 Jun
The Death Disco bandwagon still shows no sign of slowing! Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
ClubsThe Society - Heavymightymoodygroovy
A fine selection of tracks that live up the the album's title, and will no doubt appeal to all levels of society Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Clubs
The Mitchell and Dewberry Band - Beyond the Rains
The album's momentum is diminished somewhat by the extra length of a few tracks, breaking up the album instead of bringing it together as a cohesive whole Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Clubs
Rustie - Jagz The Smack
His boom-bap electro is just dying to be played through a stack hard enough to handle cranking it way beyond sensible. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007