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
Jeff Mills, Alex Smoke and Vakant Records, Pressure, The Arches, Glasgow, 23 Feb
Pressure sets the standards as ever by welcoming back Detroit legend Jeff Mills
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Clubs
Basement Breaks, 13th Note, Glasgow, 21 Feb
With more acts and nights appearing every month, the time seems ripe for a night that can give folk a hand finding the acts they should be feeling Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Clubs
Solescience Annual Bang-Off, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, 12 Jan
The soup kitchen for Edinburgh's weather-beaten house-heads Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Theatre
Glasgow's Dance and Physical Theatre: A Preview
An immersive introduction to the extremes of contemporary theatre Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
MusicDuke Special - Freewheel Review
A charming prospect Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Sixpeopleaway - EP
A novel twist on the old singer/songwriter formula Read more »| 10 Feb 2007
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Music
Callel - The First EP
A duplicitous twist on their heroes of old Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Birchville Cat Motel @ 13th Note
masterfully balances beauty and violence, shrieking through distortion over loops and electronics Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
MusicPopup - Chinese Burn
B-side 'Stagecoach' has a silly, leftfield charm, sweetly sympathetic about a girl who cannae catch a bus. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Muso's Top 10: The Frames
Frames axe-man Rob Bochnik gives The Skinny his 10 of the best... Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
MusicRose Kemp - A Hand Full of Hurricanes
laboured vocals and strange lyrics equate to a strong reliance on American grassroots influences Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
David Karsten Daniels - Sharp Teeth
A richly orchestrated tapestry played out by 19 musicians carrying as many instruments Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Malcolm Middleton - A Brighter Beat Single
An anthem for angst-ridden agoraphobics Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Malcolm Middleton - A Brighter Beat Album
brighter, grander and lusher Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Aereogramme - no really, everything's fine
"The question every band should ask themselves is this: are we doing this to make a living or are we doing this because we love doing it?" Read more »| 10 Feb 2007