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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Music
Magik Markers - Boss
No easy ride, but filled with curiosities and wonderment for those listeners willing to be swept along with the Magik Markers' bubbling cauldron Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
MusicDinosaur Jr. @ The Liquid Room, 27 Aug
Witness the three-headed, tinnitus-inducing behemoth that is Dinosaur Jr. Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Clubs
MNX - Aggro and Allegro
Continue to get to know your local labels with our ongoing series of specials: this month it is the Glasgow/Scottish-based label MNX (pronounced Monox), who are fast making a name for themselves in techno circles. Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Clubs
Gravious & Monochrome, Oscillate, The Ivy, Glasgow, 24 Aug
Pushing for a suitable climax, his closing number, a remix of Prodigy's No Good (Start The Dance), unapologetically steals the show Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Clubs
Spooky Affair: Haunted House Party
SF: The band trying to prove the stereotypes wrong: meet Haunted House Party.
PQ: ""If you could prolong that feeling and bottle it you could sell it as a very nice drug."" Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Clubs
Felix Da Housecat - Future Calls the Dawn
Two very different tracks from the Chicago disco king to enjoy here Read more »| 08 Sep 2007
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ClubsGroove Armada - Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control) Pt. 2 (Columbia)
Prince's influence on the track is abundantly clear from the start in the lyrics alone Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
ClubsLil' Mama - Lip Gloss
Lil' Mama's voice and command of the material here bodes well for future releases Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Clubs
Muddyloop - Girl on Girl
If a horny guy growling about lesbian action is your thing, fair enough, but it's otherwise best avoided Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Clubs
Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat
Trance pop for the aficionados, at its best. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Clubs
Wink - Higher State of Consciousness [Dirty South & TV Rock remix]
A new generation of clubbers can begin to experience its acid delight Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Clubs
u-Ziq - Duntisbourne Abbots Soulmate Devastation Technique
Duntisbourne... is by no means bad, on the contrary, it's just that for such a pioneer in his field we might expect a little bit extra from Mike Paradinas Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Clubs
Steve Bug, Subculture, The Sub Club, Glasgow, 18 Aug
His set perfectly demonstrates the less is more ethic so evident at Pokerflat, stripping house back to its bare essentials, revealing raw power often lost by DJs trying to hard to please Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Clubs
Wahoo - Take It Personal
An attempt to mix up styles, with varying results Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Clubs
Sixtoo - Jackals And Vipers In Envy Of Man
The drums on Jackals and Vipers... range from distorted boom bap to heavy jazz, while the melodic components move lithely between John Carpenter horror dynamics, echo-led dub experimentation, raw funk, and post-rock atmospherics. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007